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 …
When was the last time you declined a coworker’s request for help because you were too busy? What about your boss? If you struggle to set boundaries, you’re not alone. More than half of Americans report they often feel that they canȁ…
We write a lot about bad bosses. After all, a bad boss can ruin everything you might like about your job. But what about the good bosses? The people who support your career development, make you feel valued, are open to feedback, and who hold themselve…
According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 84,638 U.S. employers have laid off workers in 2024 so far. Of these layoffs, 15,225 were attributed to a “technological update” and just 383 were explicitly blamed on artif…
Emma Grede is haunted by a certain statistic—that women-owned businesses receive less than 2% of the total funding venture capitalists invest in any given year. It’s not something she’s willing to just accept, though.
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Spring is in the air! The weather is warming, the birds are chirping, the flowers are budding–and the IRS is probably sending you some refund money. Quite a bit of money, if the average refund for the 2024 season remains at the current level of …
Eric LeGrand has dreams that he’s walking. It’s been more than 13 years since he’s taken a step on his own, but in his dreams, there’s no wheelchair. He stands tall. His feet propel his 6-foot-2, 250-pound frame forward. His…
In 1991, I graduated from the University of Delaware and accepted my first role in the banking industry. Now, over 30 years later, my daughter Riley is finishing her last semester at our shared alma mater, as a marketing major and captain of the women&…
One of the downsides of traditional brainstorming sessions is that they favor extroverts. To participate, you need to interject ideas with lots of energy and enthusiasm. Nothing squashes introverts’ creativity quicker than being drowned out by t…
Over the last few years, states that were early adopters of pay transparency laws have served as a testing ground for advocates of the policy change, who argued that disclosing salary information would help mitigate pay inequities on the basis of race …
