THE PROBLEM: “I am the director of a non-profit where a significant portion of staff represents a younger generation. Workplace dynamics have been challenging for me as a leader, trying to manage employees who are not well-equipped with coping and resiliency skills. Additionally, there is a gap in their ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously […]
Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we’ll be to that sense of irrelevance that often comes with aging, both professionally and socially. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful it is when […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (lemono) Q: MorphoSys is dedicated to developing and delivering innovative medicines that redefine how cancer is treated. That is clearly a complex challenge; and as we know, complex challenges require great teamwork. What is the most important thing you have learned about effective teamwork that you didn’t know when you began your […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Blueastro) Chef José Andrés immigrated to the United States from Spain at 21 with the equivalent of $50 cash. Today, he is a two-time Michelin-star-winning chef, runs 31 dining establishments, is a New York Times best-selling author, professor, father of three, and is a leading philanthropist and humanitarian through his work as […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Rudzhan Nagiev) Dr. Swati Mohan is one of the foremost women leaders in aerospace engineering — a field comprised of 88.8 percent men and 11.2 percent women. In 2020, she led the mission that landed a rover on Mars to search for signs of life. Currently, she is leading another high-profile mission […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Rudzhan Nagiev) Before she became CEO of TaskRabbit, Stacy Brown-Philpot was a dog-loving leader at Google who sometimes brought Zeus, her little Yorkshire Terrier, to the office. One day, a manager on her team asked if she could sit with Zeus for a few minutes because she’d just had to tell some […]
The Women Amplified listener featured in this episode of “That’s a Good Question” is leading a remote business unit with ambitious goals, a steep climb ahead, and limited resources. She’s struggling with the tricky juggling act of keeping her team engaged — while avoiding the balance and burnout conundrum — and without compromising her hands-off leadership […]
Today we hear from Mónica Guzmán, author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times; and senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels. Guzmán believes that by asking the right questions, we can regain lost connections with friends, family and colleagues across all political divides. In this […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Ada daSilva) Celeste Headlee is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, co-host of the weekly series Retro Report on PBS – and host of the Conference for Women’s podcast, Women Amplified. This month, she allowed us to turn the tables and interview her about her specialty: effective communication. Q: What made […]
Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Rudzhan Nagiev) If you’re like many people, you may feel that – given the toxic, polarized state of public discourse these days – it’s best to avoid differences of opinion in the workplace. But that’s not necessarily so, says Mónica Guzmán, journalist and author of I Never Thought of It That Way: […]