Polarizing. Challenging. A lot of wasted time.That’s how six lawmakers described what it is like being in the U.S. House—a particularly tumultuous period in American history that has brought governing to a standstill, placed their lives in dange…
President Joe Biden slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. The South Africa-born Musk denies the allegation.“That wealthiest man in the world turned …
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 the pa…
I have spent over 16 years studying more than 30,000 leaders from interviews at my own executive search firm, focusing on the leadership strategies that boost the exemplary candidates above the rest.
Analyzing the data, I’ve broken down the twelve…
In the typical working day, leaders juggle multiple priorities, stakeholders, and decisions, which can lead to cognitive overload. Cognitive overload occurs when the demand on cognitive resources exceeds one’s capacity to manage them. It negativ…
At some point, someone at work is going to upset you. It might be a supervisor who doesn’t support a project that you’re passionate about. Or it might be a colleague who undermines your work or takes credit for something you did. Or perhaps it’s…
Today, leaders are typically put into one of two buckets: superhero or supervillain.
The myth of the superhero CEO is ever-present in today’s discourse on leadership—as is its counterpart, the corporate villain whose failings are all too clea…
Recent headlines have demonstrated a clear desire for many organizations to return to work models of the past—in some cases as a misguided attempt to yield better results. Yet, employee exodus combined with recruitment challenges are once again reveal…
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In my nine years as Textio’s CEO, I wrote 1,100 email messages (!!!) to reignite conversations with people who, despite initial enthusiasm and engagement, had gone ghosty on our sales team.
Most salespeo…
The immense potential of artificial intelligence has become one of today’s most popular business talking points. But there is dramatic disparity between the AI perspectives of corporate leadership and their workers. Sixty-five percent of HR leaders be…
