I often think about the Maggie Smith line in Downton Abbey “What is a weekend?” Being a Countess, she didn’t know what a weekend was because she had no workweek. But there was a time in the not so distant past when working American…
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from …
Companies need to uplift their much-maligned middle managers. Not merely a midpoint to the top, they are the true center of the organization.
The new mandate? Propel technological and operating-model changes in HR while still keeping the “human” in human resources.
You may be surprised at how much film and TV have shaped society. Pulitzer Prize winner and data expert Walt Hickey reveals why.
“Just do it.” That’s what Nike’s new return-to-office mandate amounts to. The sportswear giant recently informed employees that beginning in January, they will be required to come into the company’s headquarters four …
This week, we’ve had a collective front-row seat to the Sturm und Drang at OpenAI, in which we witnessed a dramatic dismissal and return of a CEO, an interim female tech leader installed, an employee uprising to get the board to step down, and t…
Lessons from digital native companies.
In a high-growth company, every executive is focused on performance. When companies achieve their financial goals, there is often a well-deserved and collective victory lap to celebrate hard work and a job well done. But more often than not, these vict…
Many of us feel emotionally and physically drained at the end of the day. Maybe you cope by relying on caffeine to get you through the afternoon. Or perhaps you zone out to Netflix when you get home from work. We all feel drained sometimes, but it can …
