Well, maybe not die, but put up a big battle. My big hill is dress codes: I think every business needs one. People who insist that dress codes are for stuffy people and they hire people who “know how to dress” drive me nuts. Just spell it out. Dress
Is DEI dead? Several news sources have reported this week that Microsoft laid off its DEI team. That isn’t precisely what happened, according to a Microsoft spokesperson who said in an email to Inc., “This was two roles impacted in the events team, doing work that was duplicative of the centrally managed D&I org —
Former President Donald Trump just announced his vice presidential pick: Ohio Senator JD Vance. While you may not think politics applies to business, this is an example of a hiring strategy valuable to business leaders. How do you go about choosing your core team–especially when you’re launching a new venture? (While the United States isn’t exactly a
t’s usually easy to respond to requests for references or to verify employment from companies that former employees are applying to. But sometimes it’s not so simple. Here are some of the situations I’m dealing with: An ex-employee said he’d worked for us for seven years. It was
Have you ever been in a meeting where someone presented your idea as their own? It’s disheartening. It doesn’t feel appropriate to speak up and say, “Hey, that was my idea,” yet if you keep quiet, others keep stealing your ideas. Idea theft isn’t just a minor annoyance;
Rage applying may be a new term, but the practice certainly isn’t new–even though some are claiming this is a “Gen Z phenomenon.” It’s not. It may be that Gen Z coined the term and are using it on TikTok, but it’s hardly new. What is rage applying? Rage
Unless you are a farmer or live in a farming community, you probably haven’t heard of Tractor Supply Co. Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, the company is valued at $28.8 billion and employs 50,000 people–but on June 18, it had a $31.2 billion market cap. What happened, and what caused the company to end Pride
Sexual harassment happens at work. Some of it is overt and obvious (“If you don’t sleep with me, you won’t get a raise.”), and some is subtle and harder to identify (depending on the tone and relationship between the two people in question, “You look nice today” could be a
The CEO decided to have an open-concept workspace, with hoteling tables (that is, no one has their own dedicated workspace) and conference rooms for confidential meetings. He says all the data shows it is great for collaboration, and because we are a hybrid office, it makes sense to
“Disagree then commit.” Netflix just released its new “Culture Memo,” and while there is a lot to learn from this document, this is my favorite phrase. It’s also a principle all business leaders should implement immediately. Not everyone will agree with everything you do. A company like Netflix, which produces a wide variety