When Sam Dogen was about 11 years into his tenure at Credit Suisse, he made a life-changing realization: His departing colleagues were getting one to three weeks of severance pay for every year they’d worked at the financial services company.
“I th…
Have you outgrown your job? This can be a hard truth to face, but there are often telltale signs that it’s time to quit.
Maybe you feel undervalued, overtired, bored, or simply stuck. Perhaps you realize you can no longer show up as your best self,…
Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there?
If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse.
Memory usually means remembering things that have already happened. But prospective memory is th…
Accepting the role of CEO to a national nonprofit, Liza felt energized by the board’s challenge to evolve the organization’s mission and programming. Anticipating heavy work demands, she set early expectations with her team: she would work half …
As graduation season winds down, another cohort of Gen Zers enters a labor market that is being transformed by AI.
According to the 2024 Microsoft Work Trend Index, use of generative AI has doubled in the past six months, and 75% of global kn…
You might have heard of a quote that can be attributed to sociologist Jessica Calarco: “Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.”
That became the animating idea behind Calarco’s new book, Holding it Together: How Women Bec…
As CEO of Yum!, I also had the privilege of touring our restaurants often, meeting frontline workers who were just as smart as I was but who hadn’t had the same opportunities. Because they happened to be washing dishes, working the drive-through, or s…
News stories about Gen Z have grown to a fever pitch. Likely, they are the most editorialized generation in history. We’ve learned that they are the richest generation ever. They are the most over-parented yet least equipped to enter the adult w…
Ask colleagues, “Do you have anything nice planned for your vacation?” and you’ll probably be met with a range of responses encompassing everything from envy-worthy trips to Rome to quiet weeks at home catching up with friends and family. But increasi…
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americans’ budgets.
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