A few weeks ago, right before widespread lockdowns took effect, I attended a networking meeting where an individual said to me: “I’m a hugger, and if I get the virus, so be it. We’ll all eventually get it anyway!” This perso…
Managing remotely is always challenging, even more so in periods of disconnection. Here are five best practices for remote management in a changing world.
For the first few years of my writing career, I would often get stuck on a sentence and feel completely and utterly paralyzed. I had heard the advice that I should write a crappy first draft then go back to edit, but even a crappy first draft wouldn&#x…
Too often we ask female leaders to act more like men.
Connect frequently, set clear boundaries, and stay ahead of problems.
“I have questions,” was my first thought when I learned at the beginning of March that so many publications were switching to remote work due to COVID-19. I’m not saying this was the wrong thing to do. Far from it. Ensuring that wr…
“I have questions,” was my first thought when I learned at the beginning of March that so many publications were switching to remote work due to COVID-19. I’m not saying this was the wrong thing to do. Far from it. Ensuring that wr…
For Fast Company’s new Restaurant Diaries series, we’re asking chefs, restaurateurs, and other food-world entrepreneurs to take readers inside their businesses at this critical moment for the industry. They are on the frontlines of respon…
Editor’s Note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders. To submit a question, write to Webb at dearfound…
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly evolved into a global glue trap. It’s developed a quasi-monopoly on our attention, our freedom, and our money. Surviving as a startup is a roller coaster under normal circumstances, so in times like these, do th…
