Are you struggling to recover from a setback? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Neil Pasricha, a former Walmart executive and the author of You Are Awesome. They talk through what to do when your confidence is shattered by bad reviews, you’re in a difficult situation that you don’t know how to navigate, or you want to be a high achiever again after plateauing for a while.
Thasunda Brown Duckett, CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, on empowering women through financial health.
From being overconfident to taking success for granted.
Melinda Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Pivotal Ventures, is committing $1 billion over the next ten years to advance gender equality. She says evidence shows it’s the best way to drive economic development in nations and performance in companies. She shares her own stories as a female executive at Microsoft, a working mother, and a nonprofit leader learning from women around the world. Gates is the author of the HBR article “Gender Equality Is Within Our Reach.”
Why don’t more universities let people learn on their phones?
A survey of 1,862 workers breaks down attitudes by race and gender.
Melinda Gates is funding women in a big way. Will others follow?
Nearly 60% of employees have never discussed their mental health at work.
And how to write regulations that people actually follow.
Faster and cheaper pathways to good first jobs are emerging.
They put too much focus on process and not enough on product.
We’re often told that to succeed in the workplace, you need to bring your A game, play office politics, and network nonstop. But how do you do that when you suffer from social anxiety?
Host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Ellen Hendriksen, a clinical psychologist, and Arvind Rajan, the CEO of Cricket Health and a former executive at LinkedIn.
Women at Work is back Oct. 14 with stories, conversations, and practical advice about being a woman in the workplace. Expect to hear from us every Monday for the next couple of months. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network.
Making critical feedback “nice” doesn’t make it more effective.
What goes unsaid can have a profound influence on employees’ actions.
Ed Stack, the chief executive of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided after the Parkland school shooting to pull assault rifles and high-capacity magazines from all of his company’s stores. The controversial choice hurt revenues. But the retailer weathered the storm, thanks to inclusive and thoughtful decision-making, careful communication with all stakeholders, and a strategic shift to new product lines. Stack explains why he chose to take such a public stance on a hot-button social issue and how it has affected him personally and professionally. He is the author of “It’s How We Play the Game: Build a Business. Take a Stand. Make a Difference.”
Stay in touch with peers from university — without seeming awkward.
