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Communication and a clear strategy for inboarding can help smooth out obstacles when employees are internally promoted to leadership positions, a transitions specialist says.

Some common scenarios suggest employers are mishandling their internal promotions and failing to pay enough attention to 'inboarding', increasing new leaders' risks of underperformance and attrition.

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Minor workplace grievances are increasingly building to an "explosion" point because employees aren't equipped to tackle them early, and hybrid working is pouring fuel on this fire, a conflict expert says.

New managers are feeling overwhelmed in their roles, but connections, rather than competencies, are largely to blame, according to a development specialist.

Research that suggests most executives plan to leave their employer in the next two years should drive employers to address leadership stressors now, a talent expert says.

Some of the behavioural traits that get employees promoted to management roles are now causing attrition in their teams, a leadership specialist warns.

Customers are the "lighthouse" example workers use to discuss workplace aggression, but the pandemic has highlighted an increase in peer-to-peer aggression as well, a physician says.

"Remarkable" behaviours are produced when a leader incorporates both strength and warmth into their repertoire, making them workplace "catalysts", a leadership specialist says.

Organisational health can seem "too big and complex" to address, but HR plays a critical role in "triggering the conversation" that pushes it forward, a workplace wellbeing specialist says.