Those who oppose fair pay as I describe it—as an activity with both market and structural blind spots in need of correction—often worry that changing the way pay works will limit business innovation, or that business leaders will no longe…
Want to be happier at work? Your coworkers may hold the key. An ongoing Harvard Study of Adult Development found that strong personal relationships are predictors of long-term happiness. Considering that we spend the majority of our waking hours at wor…
By now, the majority of leaders have heard of emotional intelligence and seem to have bought into the notion that it is important to have it in their organizations. In a survey by Career Builder, 71% of employers stated that they valued EQ (emotional q…
Prior to 2020, only 4% of U.S. employers enabled 40% of their workforce to primarily work from home. That’s despite the fact that flexible work arrangements (FWA) have been studied since W.K. Kellogg Co. deviated its staffing schedules in t…
Taking time off work is itself, a lot of work. I know because I took a big chunk of time off recently. Sometimes life events converge in ways you can’t control. My March and April included:
Moving eight hours away
My wife’s graduation fr…
Reader, let me tell you a secret: I spend the first two hours of my Monday workday not working.
Okay, it’s not that much of a secret. It’s the headline of this piece, and it’s blocked out on my calendar. By this point, every Jane, …
If maintaining a strong corporate culture hasn’t been a priority during the pandemic, then you don’t understand its importance.
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In order to assume an equitable seats at the table, women have needed to break down barriers in the workplace. As women climbed the ranks, the glass ceiling still seemed to be out of reach, though it was cracking.
Pre-pandemic, unemployment was at a 50…
Merging our home and work lives was a crash course that none of us anticipated.




