Leadership
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Exclusive: Michael Boes talks being named the first-ever chief MAHA officer. ‘Nothing’s been off the table’
Michael Boes, a former adviser at the Health and Human Services Department who worked under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping into a newly created role at Steak ’n Shake: chief MAHA officer. The job, announced this week, will revolve around the nutrition, ingredients, and healthfulness of the restaurant chain’s food offerings. Boes said the
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‘This is a ‘come to Jesus moment’: Ford CEO says American carmakers are battling a perfect storm
Ford CEO Jim Farley, the leader of the 122-year-old company that democratized the car for everyday Americans, said carmakers are facing three “perfect-storm moments” that could prove existential. Farley took over as CEO in 2020, but has worked at the automaker since 2007. Before that, he spent nearly 20 years at Toyota. Now, he thinks
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With entry-level jobs vanishing, Gen Z grads are ditching corporate America—piecing together careers with entrepreneurship, gig work and freelancing
College was once a one-way ticket to a secure, full-time job with health care and a 401(k). But in the AI age, it’s becoming less of a reality and more of a faraway dream. That’s most apparent to recent graduates. Today, instead of betting on a full-time job, more Gen Z graduates are looking to
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Meta executive says he only gets stressed five times a year and that it’s actually a ‘useful signal’
CEOs and workers alike struggle with intense pressure from unmanageable workloads, mounting job responsibilities, and lofty business expectations. However Meta’s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, is good at keeping his cool amid the heat in leading the $1.69 trillion business; If anything, stress is a helpful cue rather than a debilitating feeling. “I don’t feel
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Forget LinkedIn—Amazon’s Andy Jassy started a chicken wing eating club to network when he first moved to Seattle for work
Moving to a new city and starting a new job can be one of the most intimidating parts of building a career. You have to make new friends, rebuild your local network, and, in Andy Jassy’s case, find the best spots for buffalo chicken wings. Now the CEO of Amazon, Jassy was just another new
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Fewer than 1 in 4 workers feel their job is safe. Here’s why worker ‘FOBO’—fear of becoming obsolete—is hurting companies
When Oracle cut scores of jobs last month, Melody Wilding, an executive coach and author, knew she was going to hear about it from her clients. For months now, the corporate professionals Wilding advises have been airing fears about losing their jobs, and their worries seem to spike “when big companies make layoff announcements,” she
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‘Godmother of Silicon Valley’ Esther Wojcicki, mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs, shares her secret to raising future leaders
Every parent wants their child to succeed, but some parents, like Esther Wojcicki, are especially adept at inspiring greatness in their child. Dubbed the “Godmother of Silicon Valley,” Wojcicki is the mother of Susan Wojcicki, the late YouTube CEO who left a secure job at Intel to help start Google out of her garage. She’s
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‘The disfavored groups, No. 1, obviously, would be white males’: Ron DeSantis is still signing anti-DEI legislation
White men have been discriminated against through diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday after signing legislation which prohibits counties and cities from funding or promoting DEI initiatives. The Republican governor defined DEI at a news conference as “an ideological construct that is designed to promote a particular political agenda, particularly
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Nearly half of working-age Americans don’t have a retirement account—even 40% of workers nearing their 60s don’t have any money stored away
American workers have dreams of throwing in the towel by their mid-60s and spending the rest of their days in cushy retirement—but it’s become less of a reality for most. In fact, many professionals aging towards their workforce exit could make the leap with thin financial safety nets. Nearly half of working-age Americans in the
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LinkedIn’s new CEO Daniel Shapero says the company you keep has a bigger impact on your career than job titles
Daniel Shapero was named CEO of LinkedIn this week, stepping into the role long held by Ryan Roslansky. But after nearly two decades at the Microsoft-owned company, Shapero says he didn’t climb to the top by chasing titles—he did it by choosing the right people. “The best career decisions that I’ve ever made have been