While challenging by nature, the corporate world can be even harder to navigate for first-generation leaders. Commonly cited issues include lacking family guideposts, established networks, or even preexisting industry knowledge—however, these same cha…
As a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and communications practitioner, I often use metaphors to reframe complex issues. Employing metaphors can create space for empathy, encourage creative problem-solving, and center asset-framing communication….
Investing has a lot in common with parenting. No one really knows what they’re getting into beforehand—and it’s the day-to-day decisions that make all the difference in the end. (There’s a lot less call for wet wipes in investing, however).
While p…
Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic-design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. He is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books…
The biggest tech companies in the world are in the middle of a heated race to build the most powerful and popular generative AI products. That means they’re also in a race to hire the employees needed to build these tools.
A 2023 survey…
It happens far too often: a promising candidate sails through the interview process, but then starts to seem unsure and uncommitted. Your team has spent hours on screening and interviews, but in the end, you have to back out before making an offer—or …
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again.So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me…
In the span of a week, Google has reportedly fired about 50 employees over protests of its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. The move came after dozens of employees participated in demonstrations and sit-ins at Google’s offices in …
Why every direct report has a weakness leaders must manage, including ones who shine
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As leaders, we receive the most attention when things are going wrong, whether we know it or not. Yet when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan, our teams need certainty more than ever. Certainty can be found in many forms such as clarity, direction,…
