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This is what your highest performers really want

At a moment when employers are sinking billions of dollars into AI adoption, workforce development has become less of a priority. Training budgets have contracted, forcing companies to make tough choices about which employees deserve the additional support that they’re still willing to offer.

Girl dads make better bosses, study suggests

Having a child can abruptly shift the way you view the world. That may be especially true when it comes to men who are raising girls: According to new research, fathers who are in manager roles behave differently towards women at work after having daughters.

China and the US can make nice, if not peace

Washington and Beijing have spent nearly a decade trading tariffs, export controls and blacklists, with each round threatening rupture. Yet they keep recovering from the brink. Tensions soared before summits and plunged immediately after.

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