Welcome to “Pressing Questions,” Fast Company‘s mini-advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions.
Q: How do I apolog…
Taking a leap of faith is scary, but maintaining the status quo is more likely to result in regret over time, especially at work.
According to a recent survey conducted by Resume Now, two-thirds of workers report having career-related regrets, with …
When you’re looking for a new job there’s a lot to figure out: What information should you include on your résumé and what do you need to trim? Is a cover letter really necessary? What are the best answers to the most common int…
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 …
What keeps you up at night or causes you to dread going in to work the next morning? For way too many of us, that answer is a toxic workplace culture or working for a destructive leader, or worse yet, both. There is now unequivocal evidence to support …
How much of your childhood do you remember? I think of myself as having a pretty good memory, but the many years of my childhood exist in my mind as a handful of moments. Having kids has made me think a lot more about the memories we make and keep and …
In 1971, a young Silicon Valley startup introduced the first electronically programmable microprocessor to the world. Intel’s innovation helped fuel the personal computing revolution. Now a tech titan, the company aims to play a role in the arti…
For many of us, the idea of negotiating a bill is a completely foreign concept. At best, it sounds naive to imagine your service providers will give you a break just because you ask—and at worst, it calls to mind the type of Scrooge who insists …
It’s been well over a year since the innumerable tech companies based in California had to start complying with the state’s pay transparency law, forcing many employers to show their hand in an industry where the competition for talent ca…
This past weekend, hundreds of farmworkers took to the streets of Palm Beach, Florida—an enclave for billionaires like Nelson Peltz, the chairman of Wendy’s and its largest shareholder. By their side was a 15-foot puppet in the form of an…
