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1. MIT Sloan’s 10 Leadership Tips for 2025

MIT’s Sloan Management Review (SMR) published a list of the 10 most essential leadership strategies that will help you in 2025.

The article, which is based on advice from MIT SMR experts, states that as a leader, the two C’s should be at the top of your list: culture and communication

Here’s a summary of the 10 tips:

1. Articulate your leadership values and hold yourself accountable.

2. Delegate better: Consider the level of trust in the process.

3. Get honest input: Empower people to stop self-censoring.

4. Tap middle managers’ power to strengthen culture.

5. Develop more continuous learners in your organization.

6. Set better boundaries with your team.

7. Energize team meetings: Make everyone feel heard.

8. Stop exalting busyness.

9. Be a manager — not a mouthpiece for higher-ups.

10. Communicate more effectively about change.

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2. Jeff Bezos’ Last Shareholder Letter as CEO

The following letter from Jeff Bezos, entitled “Differentiation is Survival and the Universe Wants You to be Typical,” is his last as CEO of Amazon, and is a must-read:

My favorite takeaway from the letter:

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4. The Difference Between a Boss & a Leader

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5. An 80/20 Tip You Can Apply Today

Here’s a low-effort, high-impact tip you can use with your team today:

• What: Assign tasks to specific individuals (and not to groups)

• Why: This helps avoid the bystander effect (where everyone’s responsibility is no one’s responsibility).

• Example: “Jessica will be responsible for completing this task, and both Mila and Steve will help her out,” is more effective than “Jessica, Mila, and Steve will be responsible for completing this task.”