Leadership
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Serena Williams’ secret to success is about more than talent: You have to grind ‘every day’
It’s an old adage that practice makes perfect—something tennis star Serena Williams knows all too well. She echoes the sentiment that success requires constant dedication, and she reflects that philosophy in her athletic and business endeavors; persistence and determination are winning traits for sweeping a match, or leading an entrepreneurial venture. And she’s proving that the…
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Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but boilermakers and welders actually rank among the worst entry-level jobs
Trade jobs are having a moment. Touted as the smarter, safer alternative to “irrelevant” overpriced degrees and entry-level white-collar jobs (which tech CEOs warn could soon be swallowed by AI), traditional manual work like welding, plumbing, and carpentry is experiencing a resurgence among Gen Z. Around 78% of Americans say they’ve noticed a spike in…
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A CEO denied raises to spend money on AI instead. Companies have ‘no idea what they’re going to need in a workforce’ when the AI race is over
While you’re worried about AI replacing you, it may already be cutting into your paycheck. In January, global cloud software company Teradata told its 5,100 employees that there won’t be annual salary raises this year as the business shifts its budget toward AI investments, Business Insider reported. The focus for 2026 is to “win in…
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AI productivity gains are real but so is bad management: ‘Leaders are really struggling to articulate what the vision and strategy is’
Earlier this year, Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok made an observation about AI’s “productivity paradox” as data emerged that employees could potentially save an entire workday a week by deploying AI, but economic data showed a steep drop in productivity: “AI is everywhere except in the incoming macroeconomic data,” Slok wrote in a blog post,…
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NYU Stern professor Suzy Welch says the career aspiration to follow your passion is ‘dumb advice’
Many who have succeeded in their careers pass down the same mantra to aspiring professionals: Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life. But Suzy Welch, author and NYU Stern School of Business professor, says the age-old advice to chase a dream job is deeply misguided. “The very worst career…
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‘Nobody knows what they’re doing’ says Michelle Obama
“I lived in the White House. I was first lady. That wasn’t my plan. I had no training for that…but we figured it out.” Speaking at SXSW London, Michelle Obama offered a lesson that will resonate with global corporate leaders, many of whom will have spent their careers navigating roles or circumstances they may not…
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Former ‘Glee’ star Jane Lynch says the secret to career success isn’t a 10-year plan: ‘Life doesn’t care about your timeline’
Jane Lynch may be a Hollywood mainstay today, but the Glee star had no career plan after college and didn’t even land her breakout role as fiery cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester until the age of 49. And it’s proof, she told Gen Z, that you don’t need to have it all figured out in your…
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MacKenzie Scott’s approach to her $26 billion giving spree was inspired by a book she read in college about writing
Before MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge and started on her path to give away her $36 billion net worth, she went looking for a paragraph in a book she’d marked up during her college years. Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, just months after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos…
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Dropbox called hybrid work ‘the worst of both worlds.’ New research suggests it’s down to ‘paradox management fatigue’
A truce of sorts has quelled the return-to-office wars that have raged in the post-pandemic workplace. Hybrid work policies, which require some in-office work while allowing flexibility to work from home, have become commonplace. In 2023, only 20% of companies had implemented hybrid policies. That number had shot up to 38% in 2024 and to…
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Walmart CEO John Furner worked his way up from the garden center. After 30 years, he’s sharing the one trait that matters most in his job
For the past 13 years, Walmart sat atop the Fortune 500 as America’s revenue king. But this year, Amazon pulled off what once seemed unthinkable: overtaking the $930 billion market cap retail giant and ushering in a new phase in the battle for retail supremacy. For Walmart CEO John Furner, however, adapting to change is…