Performance improvement plans (PIPs) don't have to just be a cost-cutting measure in disguise. They can actually maximize employee performance. Here’s how.

0:00 - 2:47 Ice Breaker - what's the weirdest job you've ever had2:47 - 3:26 Reality of how companies use PIPs3:26 - 4:40 Real cost of replacing employees4:40 - 09:59 What really caused poor performance09:59 - 10:45 Who survives PIPs?10:45 - 15:51 How to rethink the whole process

https://hbr.org/2025/11/case-study-should-a-chro-abandon-performance-improvement-plans

Barely two months into his new role as CEO of Verizon, Dan Schulman did the unthinkable a week before Thanksgiving.

Would you replace a Board Member with an AI Board Member? You will be blown away by this incredible research (and shocking findings) from this recent Harvard Business Review article: https://bit.ly/4oDAdvL

In this episode of Praxis Project, Barry Marshall, Valerie Bleza, and Marcus Wilburs dive into a controversial take from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: the need to hire Gen Z even if AI can do their work.As companies integrate AI to eliminate rote, mundane tasks for financial efficiency , we face a critical question: If we automate entry-level work, how will the next generation learn the business?

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Financial Reality: Why it is practically "negligent" not to utilize AI for automating administrative tasks.
• The Learning Curve Gap: If interns don't scrub data or handle basic AP tasks, will they develop the "human intelligence" required for senior roles?.
• The "Jenga Tower" Effect: Marcus shares a powerful analogy on how removing too many lower-level structural pieces might cause the organizational tower to fall.
• The Leadership Pipeline: Barry explores the risk of shrinking the capacity for people to learn, grow, and mature into leaders who can manage humans.
• Actionable Advice: How to balance AI efficiency while maintaining a robust pipeline of future human leaders.

Join the conversation: Are we flattening the organizational structure too much? Is the future still "very, very human"?. Let us know in the comments!Fortune Article: https://fortune.com/2025/10/30/airbnb...