Summer is a season for vacations, long weekends, and unwinding in the warm sun. The days are endless, kids are free from school, and the promise of adventure looms large.
It’s also a time when work feels distinctly different. More specifically, it …
As someone in the leadership development space for over 15 years, I’ve seen a big gap emerge between how much employees want (and need) to learn on the job and how much they’re able. I believe the solution to this problem will come from thinking small…
It can be difficult, if not impossible, to make generalizations about Gen Z—the most diverse generation our country has ever encountered. As Devin Gordon writes in Fast Company’s Summer 2024 issue’s cover story, “Projecting a set of traits onto …
As founders and leaders, our relationship to money impacts the decisions we make for ourselves and those we lead. If money feels crunchy or there’s discomfort around power, pleasure, giving, and receiving, we may want to explore some new practices to …
Kamala Harris’s quick, unexpected transformation from a low-profile vice president to the headline-dominating Democratic presidential nominee has upended the 2024 election in just a few short weeks.
Across the Pacific Ocean, Harris’s story may reso…
Arguably no businesses are under more pressure to grow, and grow fast, than private equity-backed brands. Yet one big thing they do to speed up is slowing them down. PE’s rigorous, data-led, results-now approach has led to tremendous value creation. B…
All managers make mistakes. However, some mistakes are not only avoidable, they’re costly to business and hinder team’s development and growth.
Most managers are too busy playing a catch-up game—handling unexpected issues, calendars filled wi…
Starbucks said on Wednesday incoming CEO Brian Niccol was eligible for annual equity awards worth $23 million and would receive additional stock grants of $75 million for giving up his shares in Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Niccol’s initial annual…
The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) backlash has set in. From slashed budgets to reduced DEI leadership, the corporate initiative that rose to prominence in 2020 now faces increased scrutiny. On top of the economic and political pressures leade…
Employees and executives remain in a battle of wills over where workers should be based. The result is a stalemate: Hybrid work is the new norm.
There is no fairy godmother floating in to make the often awkward shared-time arrangement of hybrid wor…
