Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a permanently changed family dynamic, the uncertainty of what …
My morning routine has remained largely unchanged over the years. Just as I did when competing as a D1 athlete, I still wake up early and work out. Only now, instead of heading to my practice, I shepherd my kids to different schools and their ea…
Half a century since the passage of Title IX, generations of girls who played sports have grown up and climbed the corporate ladder.
Title IX, which was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, prohibits sex-based discrimination i…
If you work for a family business, you’re not alone. Nearly 60% of employees around the world work at family-owned businesses. Such enterprises, McKinsey & Company note, thrive because they are “adaptable and resilient.”
One set of emplo…
Across disease types, patients with disabilities experience inequities all along the care pathway—with consequently worse outcomes. Inclusive pathway designs and targeted interventions could help.
“This can’t be the end of deep ocean exploration,” said businessman Guillermo Sohnlein.
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 the pa…
Imagine this: You’re working for a new company and for the first few weeks, you listen a lot and don’t say much to anyone. Then, at an all-hands meeting, you are asked to say a few words. You start out with a short joke, and it immediately falls…
As a coach, I’ve encountered my fair share of eccentric executive behaviors. But nothing prepared me for the moment when a CEO I was working with burst into my office with a gleam in his eye. He proudly recounted his latest “achievement. An eight-hour…
According to an Indeed survey of more than 23,000 Gen Z and millennial workers last year, the majority of both demographic groups research a company’s sustainability initiatives before accepting a job offer, and 96% want to push their companies to do …
