This past Saturday morning I was in Party City at 8 a.m. purchasing a cake topper for an important celebration in my life. As I approached the cash register, I heard an employee say to the manager, “Karen just walked
Jeff Bezos recently released his final shareholder letter as CEO of Amazon. In the third quarter of 2021, Bezos will move into a new role as executive chairman of Amazon’s board. He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, CEO of Web Services, Amazon’s biggest profit
Spain has joined countries like New Zealand and Sweden to test-run a four-day, or 32-hour, work week. The European nation introduced a government-approved four-day work trial in an effort to promote a better work-life balance, as research shows that working
As we near the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, organizations need to decide how they are going to operate going forward. Culture leader Salesforce – a global, but American cloud-based software company – has landed on three
As the world races to vaccinate as many people as possible – as quickly as possible – organizations are going to have to take a stand on the vaccine. Questions need to be answered such as: Should we mandate the
A group of first-year analysts in Goldman Sachs’ investment banking unit say grueling 100-hour weeks have damaged their health and are causing them to consider bailing on their high-paying Wall Street jobs.
The group surveyed themselves and then created a
The group surveyed themselves and then created a
When I worked in global Internal Communications in Corporate America for decades, I would regularly approach HR about the need for our company to have a telecommuting policy. The vast majority of the time, the answer was, “No,” because senior
You may not have heard of Qlik yet, a leader in advanced data analytics software for large companies, but its resume is impressive. Many FORTUNE 500 companies use Qlik’s products to mine for insights to improve their business, but Qlik
McKinsey’s research shows that winning cultures emerge from carefully selecting the right ‘recipes’ that, when applied together, create superior organizational performance. Organizations thrive through a sense of belonging and shared purpose, which can get lost on employees who are working remotely.
Traumatized and tired, nurses are quitting in droves due to the stress brought on by the pandemic. Although America’s nurses have been voted the country’s most trusted professionals for the past 20 years, for the past year they have endured long hours,