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Sparking Leadership, my weekly series on leading people, plus articles on burnout and the realities of work.


What if the right career move is actually a step back?
Here's something you don't read every day: in a recent BI article, a senior engineer at Meta talked about how he actively asked his organization to demote him. Not because of poor #performance but because the new role did not allow him to do the things he was really good at (and thus, add value). His request was denied and he eventually went back to his previous employer. His story got me thinking about something we almost never talk about at work: the shame of demotion. We t

Christina Ioannidou
Feb 52 min read


Middle Management: Is this the most overlooked, under-supported role in business? 🤔
According to a Predictive Index survey, 70% of middle managers would prefer to return to individual contributor roles if they could...

Christina Ioannidou
Feb 20, 20252 min read
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