Every time we describe the program, the same eyebrow goes up at the same moment: “Best Intern of the Year?” Sometimes it is curiosity. Often it is scepticism, lightly disguised. “Aren’t they… just learning?” “Don’t they only stay a few months?” “Is there really enough there to award?” The answer is yes, and the question […]
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When we tell people we require five verified testimonials per nomination, the most common follow-up is some version of: “so it’s basically Glassdoor for managers?” It isn’t. The difference matters. And it is structural, not cosmetic. The dominant mode of workplace praise on the internet is a free-text testimonial. Somebody writes a paragraph. Then somebody
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The phrase started as a joke. Or a counterpunch. After years of “red flag boss” content saturating LinkedIn and TikTok, somebody wrote a post praising a manager and labelled it a “green flag.” The internet did the rest. Within months, “green flag manager” was a recognised phrase, a hashtag, a meme. By 2025 you could
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If you opened LinkedIn this morning, you saw it. A post about a boss who replied to messages at midnight. A thread about a CEO who fired the company by email. A carousel listing fifteen “red flag” interview questions. A viral video of someone describing why they quit on day one. The reactions, the comments,
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