A friend of mine has a personal mantra for the pandemic: desperate times call for desperate pleasures.
In times of prolonged stress, we need to be even more diligent about carving out time and space for wellbeing, not as a matter of leisure, but …
Women have been getting paid less than men for as long as women have been doing paid work at all. And the fight for equal pay has been going on for just as long. So why does the pay gap persist?
It’s a complex issue, which is part of the reason …
If you look at average national pay-disparity numbers, you can calculate that it will take American female workers until March 24 of this year to earn the same amount of money that men did performing the same work over the course of 2020. This is why a…
If it wasn’t already blindingly obvious that the pandemic has crushed women’s workforce participation, the December jobs report brought sobering news. The U.S. economy shed 140,000 jobs, and women accounted for not some, not most, but all…
Quitters never prosper. Never give up. If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.
There are so many sayings with the same basic message: Quitting is bad. This idea is instilled in kids, internalized by adults, and generally just considered …
In leadership, there are results and opinions. Most people view their own opinions as facts, but they are mostly expressions of their preferences, values, or beliefs. Sadly, people tend to opine on leadership and leaders without taking the time and eff…
What do GOATs (or greatest athletes of all time) have in common?
Serena Williams didn’t just happen to win 23 grand slams. Tom Brady wasn’t lucky to take home his 7th Superbowl win. Katie Ledecky’s 20 gold medals aren’…
Foot Locker wants to elevate its presence and brand impact among women—and designer and entrepreneur Melody Ehsani is stepping up to the challenge as the company’s new women’s creative director.
Throughout her career running her ow…
Last week, Coca-Cola, whose Twitter bio is a simple and warm “Everyone welcome,” found itself at the center of a telling diversity-related crisis. For those who missed it: A set of problematic slides from one of its DEI training sessions,…
Neuroscience has taught us that the brain constantly seeks clarity. Every second, it analyzes patterns in our environments and behaviors to make better sense of the world.
Since humans are wired to clarify and simplify, the ambiguity of the pandemic ha…
