Think back to the early days of the pandemic, when many of us were still figuring out our Zoom features and feeling a little shell-shocked by what was happening around us. Seeing a coworker’s cat jump on the desk to investigate the laptop or hea…
What separates a good founder from a great one? Every entrepreneur wants to create a company that is successful and beloved by consumers in the long term, but the vast majority of startups get stuck and, in my experience, lose their way before the thre…
One time in a job interview, the hiring manager asked me to tell them about myself. “Tell me about yourself” always feels like a loaded question. What, and how much, am I supposed to share? I told them about my time in law school, the are…
Zoom meetings. Virtual team happy hours. Online collaboration tools. This was how we worked and interacted with our team members for over a year.
As offices reopen you may be wondering, do I even know how to socialize in person anymore?
Social skills a…
Her words soared across the Twittersphere, inciting thousands of reactions: “Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to work on the weekends.”
If we wanted to be pedantic, we could call venture capi…
We studied Europe’s top 1,000 start-ups to learn how they succeed in the region’s fragmented value pool and found the answers lie in four distinct strategic plays.
One year ago, my company set out to add a second independent director to our board. We established a core set of priorities looking for someone who had at least two of the four following qualifications: experience in financial services, expertise in ri…
In a world of incessant change and increasing complexity, flexibility is one skill that is rising in importance. With its role in fostering creativity, innovation, and agility, cognitive flexibility is one of the top skills required to ex…
My cohost on Hit The Ground Running, social media editor Christina Royster, and I both took winding paths to working at a magazine. She started out as a graphic designer and I spent some time at a public affairs and political consulting firm after I gr…
For some companies, hybrid working arrangements create the best of both worlds. Employees get flexibility to work from home some days, and teams get a chance to be in person on others. But shifting to a hybrid arrangement is new for many organizations,…
