Are your 2024 goals ready? Now, don’t stress. I know it can be difficult to finish year-end duties, provide performance reviews for everyone on your team, and also put together thoughtful, productive goals for the year ahead. Furthermore, whether they are goals for yourself or your staff, turning your overarching aim (to grow
LinkedIn used to be the one sane place on social media. It was the place you were supposed to go for business insights and networking opportunities, so of course you didn’t want to say anything too bizarre — it could hurt your reputation in the real world. A few years ago, though,
Disney is all about making dreams come true. But right now, it’s all about fair pay. A judge just certified a class action lawsuit against Disney that allows 9,000 women to join together to sue for fair pay. This particular lawsuit is under the California Equal Pay Act, but it’s illegal to pay women
I was so lucky to be able to speak at DisruptHR Zurich, sponsored by Spot On, a company that has the absolutely coolest offices I’ve ever been in. Their mission is to bring people together and to solve problems, which is pretty much the same thing as DisruptHR.
Don’t force your employees or coworkers to drink. Does this really need to be said? Yes, it does, because it comes up often. As a non-drinker myself, I’ve had adults try to pressure me into drinking. I even had one woman — at a Girl Scout Retreat, no less, after our
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
I’m concerned with California’s new Fair Chance Act regarding how we evaluate people with criminal histories. I have a lot of vulnerable employees, and the last thing I want is to bring a violent criminal into work! How can I protect my employees and follow the law? To
Recently, Wired reported on an individual who used AI software to apply for jobs. The article cited how Julian Joseph use a bot, perhaps appropriately named LazyApply, to submit applications for roles, pointing out: “After Joseph paid $250 for a lifetime unlimited plan and installed LazyApply’s Chrome extension, he watched the
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
