No amount of training could have prepared me for the challenges of providing teletherapy during the height of the pandemic. Almost every one of my clients noted feeling despondent due to a lack of social connection, an exacerbation of their existing me…
After the many ethical and moral violations and excesses that defined the last 50-or-so years, the private sector is beginning to turn a corner in a post-pandemic world. In 2021, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer, private business is the most tr…
Executives’ overall views on the economy continue to improve. As more and more economies are recovering from the pandemic, perceptions of potential risks are evolving.
FTC failed to meet burden for establishing Facebook has a monopoly in social networking, judge says
Silicon Valley has a problem that not enough people are talking about. Great companies are flaming out or being embroiled in scandals because founders aren’t asking for help when they need it. After a year of working from home in one of the most…
Those who oppose fair pay as I describe it—as an activity with both market and structural blind spots in need of correction—often worry that changing the way pay works will limit business innovation, or that business leaders will no longe…
Want to be happier at work? Your coworkers may hold the key. An ongoing Harvard Study of Adult Development found that strong personal relationships are predictors of long-term happiness. Considering that we spend the majority of our waking hours at wor…
By now, the majority of leaders have heard of emotional intelligence and seem to have bought into the notion that it is important to have it in their organizations. In a survey by Career Builder, 71% of employers stated that they valued EQ (emotional q…
Prior to 2020, only 4% of U.S. employers enabled 40% of their workforce to primarily work from home. That’s despite the fact that flexible work arrangements (FWA) have been studied since W.K. Kellogg Co. deviated its staffing schedules in t…
Taking time off work is itself, a lot of work. I know because I took a big chunk of time off recently. Sometimes life events converge in ways you can’t control. My March and April included:
Moving eight hours away
My wife’s graduation fr…
