George Bernard Shaw famously said, “The single biggest illusion about communication is that it has taken place.” Yet communication based in curiosity about each other can infuse life back into the workplace.
“When you build a culture of curio…
As ambitious professionals strive to steer their organizations through complexity and change, a robust leadership development plan is paramount. But what does it truly mean to develop as a leader in the 21st century? How can you ensure your growth is …
Most of the problems we have to solve at work are too big for any individual to handle. There are too many different areas of knowledge needed to be successful. The projects require too much time for one person to do in a timely fashion. And, the task…
Is your boss texting you on the weekend? Work email pinging long after you’ve left for home?
Australian employees can now ignore those and other intrusions into home life thanks to a new “right to disconnect” law designed to curb …
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…
This summer, I keep getting the same call: “So my company is going back to in-person events and off-sites, and I feel like after working so much virtually, I forgot how to speak in-person both one-to-one and formally.”
You are not alone. &nbs…
The widespread arrival of generative AI models over the past few years has struck fear in the hearts of many people who suddenly realized that significant parts of their knowledge-intensive jobs could be automated. Succeeding in this environment requi…
While the world watched and waited to see if President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid last month, I imagined his internal struggle and thought, I totally get it. I may not be a global leader, but I empathize with the challenges of succession …
Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.I’ve worked fully remotely for the last four years and while I love the flexibility, Zo…
Forced retirement is technically prohibited in the United States under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, but the reality is far less clear-cut.
The Act protects most workers older than 40 from discrimination based on age in h…
