I often think about the Maggie Smith line in Downton Abbey “What is a weekend?” Being a Countess, she didn’t know what a weekend was because she had no workweek. But there was a time in the not so distant past when working American…
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 …
“Just do it.” That’s what Nike’s new return-to-office mandate amounts to. The sportswear giant recently informed employees that beginning in January, they will be required to come into the company’s headquarters four …
This week, we’ve had a collective front-row seat to the Sturm und Drang at OpenAI, in which we witnessed a dramatic dismissal and return of a CEO, an interim female tech leader installed, an employee uprising to get the board to step down, and t…
In a high-growth company, every executive is focused on performance. When companies achieve their financial goals, there is often a well-deserved and collective victory lap to celebrate hard work and a job well done. But more often than not, these vict…
Many of us feel emotionally and physically drained at the end of the day. Maybe you cope by relying on caffeine to get you through the afternoon. Or perhaps you zone out to Netflix when you get home from work. We all feel drained sometimes, but it can …
When Madhavi Vemireddy took the reins of Cleo, a benefits platform that provides end-to-end caregiving support to working families, it was because her predecessor was grappling with the very challenge that the company has made central to its mission. I…
Every negotiation has winners and losers. While the goal is to have both sides leave thinking that they won, there are times when someone loses outright.
“Too often, negotiators don’t pick up on the hints they’re about to lose a…
Cat Stevens, in his 1970’s hit “Wild World” couldn’t have predicted how resonant his well sung chorus would be over 50 years later. We definitely are living in a “wild world and at the moment it does feel hard to get …
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 …
