Employees’ personal social media accounts are often open for all to see. Employers may discipline or even terminate an employee whose viewpoints or statements are construed as offensive, harassing, or discriminatory. Whether such actions could land t…
“You know they still use your image on Facebook for recruiting efforts, right? And they have that picture hanging up in the building,” a former colleague said to me. “The one of you at that event. It’s still there.”
At first, I was shocked an…
The past few years have seen corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts evolve from corporate medal of honor to business standard to political landmine. In the past year alone, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become the m…
The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Monday, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental cha…
After 14 years at the helm of the Service Employees International Union, Mary Kay Henry is formally stepping down today from her role as president.
Henry was the first woman to lead the 103-year-old union, has about two million members—including h…
The WNBA is investigating whether the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $100,000 annual sponsorship to Aces player for this season and next is allowed.A league spokesperson confirmed Saturday that there is an open investigation looki…
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…
There’s a big problem with work that’s invisible to too many of us: According to the CDC, 61 million adults in the United States (26%), have at least one disability. About half of that group: 33 million adults in the U.S. have an invisible, or non…
2024 is forming into one of the hardest years to survive as a startup founder. Last year, entrepreneurs were already reporting high rates of anxiety and depression.
Compounded with the continued economic downturn, growing global inst…
Artificial intelligence has had an undeniable impact on most industries and organizations over the past year, and I believe it will dramatically transform how business is conducted for years to come. But the AI revolution isn’t new. In fact, I would a…
