Category Archives: Workplace
The Wayfair Walkout’s Reminders: Employees are not Owned or Paid Media, and Their Advocacy is a Two-Way Street
Employee advocacy is a popular topic among executives and communications leaders alike. The increased recognition that employees are a powerful force in shaping conversations about your brand, and ultimately a huge factor in your reputation, has created a wave of initiatives and campaigns designed to unlock the potential of employees as advocates. In many industries, restrictive…
Why I Am Working Today, on the Day Without a Woman
Today is International Women’s Day. I am at work. Pretty much like every other day. And while many will taking a stand by participating in the Day Without a Woman, I won’t be. I have an important client meeting, and I am not willing to opt out of it, even to take a stand. As…
International Women’s Day: Lessons in Leadership from the Women of MWW
March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD), a holiday that celebrates the achievements of women worldwide and inspires the next generation of women to make their mark on the world. At MWW, we believe in our #fearless female leadership, who continuously make it happen for our clients on a daily basis. In honor of IWD,…
Is It Time to Stop Talking About Millennials in the Workplace?
Every day, we are inundated with news articles, infographicsand studies about Millennials in the workplace, and the challenges of managing them. Millennials are lazy, entitled, disloyal…or a contrarian view that Millennials are more career-driven, more qualified and in some way better than any generation entering the workforce. Funny, I’ve heard that narrative about the disenfranchised,…
Was 2013 the Year of the Woman in Leadership, or is the Glass Ceiling Shatterproof?
Was 2013 the Year of the Woman in Leadership, or is the Glass Ceiling Shatterproof? By most reports, 2013 has been a great year for women in leadership. We have a female CEO at a major American automaker; Duke Energy’s iconic CEO Jim Rogers passed the baton to Lyn Rogers. Yahoo’s stock doubled in value…
Ode to the Working Mom
I am a Mom. I wear that label proudly, passionately, and joyfully. I am also an executive. I worked hard for that title, and I do that proudly and passionately, too. It doesn’t make me special. Nor does it make me a bad mother. There are millions of working Moms. We aren’t Tiger Women, too…
Forget Lean In. How about women try Leaning On…Each Other?
I am the product of an all-girls private school that did all of the things that studies show women’s schools do. It was cool for girls to be smart. Women are leaders. We could (and should) have a voice. And like many women of my generation, I always wanted it all…and learned the hard way…
Who is right: Marissa Mayer or Sheryl Sandberg? Leadership Lessons from Working Moms
It isn’t every day that the newly appointed CEO of a mega-company says “My maternity leave will be a few weeks long. And I will work throughout it.” It’s great to see companies appointing leaders who aren’t middle-aged white males. And it is great to see a Board of Directors recognize that someone’s vision, talent…
Looking to improve your company’s reputation? Start with improving your culture
Schadenfreude. That’s what a lot of people experienced earlier this year, when a mid-level equity derivatives trader used the editorial page of The New York Times to announce – quite publicly – his resignation from Goldman Sachs. In an era of sharp political polarization and growing economic inequality, Goldman is either a lightning rod or…