Not loving your job? Dreading Monday morning? You’re not alone. Only 21% of U.S. employees report feeling engaged at work, according to a Gallup Poll. While a record number of people quit their jobs during the Great Resignation, not everyone cou…
While the digital age gave those who opted in the means to amplify themselves, the hybrid and often virtual landscape we now work in proves that having a personal brand is no longer a choice; it’s a requirement. To succeed, we must have the mean…
The number of Americans with a criminal record has risen sharply over the past three decades. Now, more than 70 million people, or roughly one in three American adults, have a criminal record, according to The Sentencing Project. That’s more tha…
Ask many corporate workers what they think of human resources, and they’ll rattle off a litany of stereotypes: HR is incompetent, any brush with HR spells bad news, or that HR will always toe the company line. Above all else, people tend to beli…
In 2020, disabled people were among the hardest hit by pandemic-related job losses. The employment rate for workers with disabilities fell to 17.9%, eventually yielding a record high unemployment rate of 17.7% in late 2020—a major blow for a co…
Venture is all about the entrepreneur, says Danny Rimer, a partner at Index Ventures. “The rest is noise. Total available market (TAM) size is noise. Talking about what the exit is going to be is noise. Thinking about where the company shou…
By the year 2045, the majority of the U.S. population will be racially diverse. Already, this reality is impacting our culture, politics, businesses, and national sense of identity.
Companies are particularly eager to get ahead of the change and en…
If you’re feeling stuck in your job or like you want a new career, hiring a career coach may seem like a good idea. And you certainly have a wealth of options. A 2020 report by the International Coaching Federation, which offers coaching certif…
As I leave a recent in-person event at the office, I reflect on how much more common this feeling of energy and connection was pre-pandemic. I reflect on this fondly. I wonder: Will we ever restore the same degree of joy in the workplace again? In the…
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Growing up in West Pullman on Chicago’s South Side in the 70s, Tanya Perry, 58, w…
