Let’s face it, the corporate world is friendlier to early birds than to night owls. For night people, getting to that 8:30 a.m. meeting can be a horror. Especially if you have been up late working the night before, traveling between time zones, or jus…
Once, at a previous job, just after our annual insurance re-enrollment presentation, I noticed that mental health deductibles were no longer offered in my insurance renewal options. I contacted my HR rep to see if my therapy would no longer be covered…
As LinkedIn evolves as a hub for consuming and sharing professionally-oriented content, more C-suite executives are posting on the platform to connect with their customers and employees.
According to LinkedIn, C-suite leaders have increased their p…
During a recent weekly meeting at my company, I had an epiphany. As I scanned the faces, I realized that an ever larger proportion of our employees were not one, but two generations younger than me. It wasn’t just a matter of perception. Research show…
In 2022, UPS implemented a pilot program for emergency on-site childcare at a warehouse in California, after noticing that workers were regularly calling out sick due to unexpected gaps in childcare. The company found that the return on this investment…
As the saying goes, “money is the root of all evil,” but in the year of our lord 2024, maybe the true root of all evil is workplace stress.
Headspace, a digital mental health company, just published its sixth annual report on the workf…
Many organizations are asking employees to do more with less, leading to widespread burnout and disengagement.
According to a Gallup study, only one-third of American employees were engaged in their work in 2023, with the rest costing the nation…
Everyone has off days at work, and sometimes the bad outnumber the good. It can be tempting to “quiet quit,” doing the bare minimum while you wait to clock out. In fact, according to Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace repo…
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 …
Nearly 40% of U.S. employees don’t trust their coworkers, according to a study from BetterUp. While you don’t have to be friends with everyone at the office, you don’t necessarily want to enemies either.
If you consider these pe…
