Culture matters. A strong ethical culture can supercharge an organization into outperforming its peers, attracting and retaining exceptional talent, and empowering long-term innovation. A weak culture, however, doesn’t just make those things imp…
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 …
Running legend and nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis was known as a slow starter. He would begin his run at the back of the pack, yet he’d often end up finishing first. While it sounds counterintuitive, Lewis’s method was simple …
For many people, what they do is core to who they are. But regardless of how much of your identity you tie up in your profession, only part of work is the tasks and responsibilities that make up your job. The rest—the parts that (hopefully) make…
Recently, a young woman asked me how she could afford to purchase a home in the current housing market. (For added stress, she was looking for a house in the Washington, D.C. area). Though she had a high-paying job and money saved for a down payment, s…
Many professionals consider adding public speaking to their résumés either as a way to add more skills and revenue streams or as a potential career change. My path to becoming a professional speaker was through social media and content m…
Hey! Your headphones are too loud.
I’m not saying you need to take them off. Let’s be real: Headphones are here to stay. The twin forces of true wireless, which makes headphones more convenient, and remote work, which has replaced in-p…
Daydreaming about your career can help you set goals. You can imagine the position you want, then set a plan to get there. But what about the dreams you have at night? While they often seem random and nonsensical, the dreams you have when you’re…
This is probably not the first article you have read over the last few years that starts with the melodramatic inclusion of the polycrisis that has affected the talent economy. Be it the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the invisible revolution, or w…
“The only scenario in which the AI revolution ends well is if everyone participates, bringing a diversity of opinions,” says Brian Chesky, cofounder and CEO of Airbnb, speaking at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York last mont…
