The idea that a college degree levels the playing field for students of different socioeconomic classes has been bolstered in recent years. Research from 2011 and 2017, for example, found that earning a bachelor’s degree helped students from less adva…
Navigating your team through organizational change is a demanding and transformative journey. It tests your leadership capabilities while offering personal growth and learning opportunities. In my experience, maintaining employee engagement through me…
If you’ve been laid off, furloughed, or needed to take unpaid time off to take care of yourself or a family member, it can be easy to let your good financial habits fall to the wayside. After losing a job, when you’re in economic survival mode, who ha…
Years ago, when my firm was just getting established, I was pitching for a new creative contract. I brought along an older male consultant who had wrinkles, a pot belly, thinning hair, and a 30-year-old portfolio of corporate speech writing. I wanted …
Venture capital plays an important role in helping new businesses get off the ground. The field also has a stubborn gender gap.
More than four in five partners at U.S.-based venture capital firms are men, surveys and research show. Perhaps relatedl…
A one-size-fits-all approach to IT doesn’t work. For tech leaders to deliver their organization’s strategic outcomes, they must determine the right mix of IT capabilities within defined cost, investment and performance constraints. Read this TechRepubl…
Roughly a third of Patagonia’s customer-service staff will be asked to move within 60 miles of a designated “hub” city.
Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, in a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections.
The two compani…
We’re in the midst of a post-pandemic small business revival: Americans have started more new businesses last year than ever since data collection started.
Female entrepreneurs are a major driver of that growth. New data from my company…
Imagine your boss says, “Can you step into my office? I need to talk with you.” Immediately, your senses go into overdrive, trying to mine her tone of voice and unconscious behaviors for clues to her intention. Is she angry? Excited? Worried?
Wha…
