It’s no mystery why your employees want to take Ozempic or Wegovy (both are the same drug — Semaglutide — just in different dosages). In addition to treating Type II diabetes, this drug can help with weight loss. But as a business leader, if you are on it, should you keep it
The biggest-ever deal in athlete sponsorship was Nike’s $1.3 billion sponsorship of Michael Jordan. The second-biggest deal in athlete sponsorship was Nike‘s Cristiano Ronaldo sponsorship. The third-biggest was Nike’s $1 billion sponsorship of LeBron James. Do you see a pattern? When Nike wants to do something, it can find the money. And yet, according to multiple posts
“We don’t hire women.” That was the message Sandra Day O’Connor received from around 40 law firms early in her career, even though she graduated in the top 10 percent of her class at Stanford Law School in 1952. We don’t see that problem today, thanks to the efforts of women like Justice
Seventy-six percent of U.S. fathers take less than a week of paternity leave after adding a new baby to their families. That’s despite the fact that 45 percent of U.S. companies offer some form of paid paternity leave. While this may seem like a benefit to employers — of course you want your
veryone hates HR. Employees see it as an equivalent of the school principal’s office where they go when they do something bad, and business owners often see HR strictly as a cost center. But successful businesses owe a big debt to their HR departments. Here are 10 reasons to be thankful you have
Ever since the October 7 attack on Israel, tensions between supporters of Israel and supporters of Palestinians have been running high, with both Muslim and Jewish groups reporting an increase in hate crimes. Leading law firms have revoked offer letters to students who signed public letters supporting Palestine, and the Anti-Defamation League has reported a nearly
Everyone hates their annual performance review but we dutifully do them. (For some good reasons, but I digress.) I few weeks ago, I published 18 True Tales of Ridiculous Performance Appraisals, and what I got was even more tales of ridiculous performance appraisals. Enjoy, but managers, don’t use these a
As a small-business owner, my reputation is extremely important to my success. If you can’t trust me, you certainly aren’t going to hire me to train your employees or speak at your conference. So, I was horrified when recruiting expert and The Robot-Proof Recruiter author Katrina Collier reached out to let me know that
A pre-employment physical exam is pretty standard at many companies, especially in a workplace as physical as a warehouse. So why did the EEOC just settle a lawsuit with Dollar General because of their pre-employment physical exam policy? Because Dollar General asked employees not just about their medical history, but about their family
It’s coming up on the most wonderful time of year … the time when already stressed-out bosses have to come up with presents for their direct reports. Or maybe a party! Or a bonus! It’s difficult to figure out the right approach. Handing out a bottle of wine isn’t
