Tiffany Sauder: How I navigate motherhood in two-career house
For me, the journey of becoming a working mom—and a two-career household (my husband has an enormous job) —emerged slowly.
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Company holiday parties are back, but with some restraint
More than 57% of companies are planning in-person holiday celebrations this year, according to a survey conducted by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a hiring firm. That’s a big leap from the past two years.
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Kristen Cooper: Philanthropists are ideal investors for social impact
While a traditional startup is 100% focused on making money, a social-impact startup seeks to increase profits while making a positive impact in its community.
Barb Cutillo: Soft skills: Can you demonstrate them on a resume?
This year, I had a graduate student ask an intriguing question: “How do you demonstrate ‘soft skills’ on a resume?”
Mandy Haskett: Moving from ‘what’s wrong’ to ‘what matters’
But what if “what’s wrong” is NOT “what matters” most?
Co-workers knew he was struggling. They didn’t expect he’d buy an AR-15.
About a year before Connor Sturgeon gunned down his co-workers at a Louisville branch of Indiana-based Old National Bank, some close to the 25-year-old knew he was having problems.
Garrett Mintz: Why leadership happy talk hurts your team’s performance
Leadership happy talk stems from pressures, both real and perceived, to show the world and one’s team that everything is going great.
Mark Caswell: Why it’s time to rethink ‘mic drop’ career transitions
I’ve been on both sides: the leader helping someone transition, and most recently, the person going through one.
Tiffany Sauder: Marketing is a black box. Here’s how to solve it.
The road to solving marketing is too often a littered trail of frustrating investments, tactics that had promise but never drove business value, and marketing talent that seems to never stay more than 18 months.
Sam Julka: Making room for workers isn’t just about space
As leaders think about the challenges they face with real estate, they simply cannot compartmentalize it as separate from their workforce. In fact, they cannot separate it from other factors like technology, HR policies and company culture.
Kim and Todd Saxton: What stops entrepreneurs from moving forward?
We will be electing a president every four years, but who knows how long your family will be with you?
Samantha Julka: Discovering the recovery in the work we do
When I shared my morning experience with my colleagues, they said, “You might need to find more recovery time in your schedule.”
Kristen Cooper: Leadership Barbies speak up and take action
Given the current state of Indiana affairs, perhaps it’s time to expand the number of “leadership-oriented Barbies” (and Allans)—and to redefine what leadership looks like in 2023 by honing some new skills.
Ilya Rekhter: The road to 1,000 miners was filled with referrals
The transition from zero to one is daunting. What if the product doesn’t work as expected or, worse, what if no one wants what I’ve built?
Angie Stocklin: How raising a baby resembles building a company
Here is my kind of silly, kind of fun, but oh-so-true similarities of how raising our baby is like building my company.
More than one-third of office desks globally sit empty all week long
The findings illustrate the challenges faced by organizations as they assess office-space needs.
Mandy Haskett: As AI proliferates, machines need soft skills, too
In eight years’ time, it’s predicted, the smartest thing on the planet will be a machine—something not human-made at all, but an autonomous form that has developed itself.
5 common pitfalls to avoid to unlock marketing success
Some businesses immediately grasp how to leverage our services effectively, while others struggle to harness the power of marketing.
Kim and Todd Saxton: Pivoting is important, but you must plant a foot first
Hoosiers might be familiar with the term “pivot” from basketball, where you keep one foot in place (the plant foot) and move the other foot around to shift direction or get leverage.
Garrett Mintz: How to build a company culture that embraces mistakes
Imagine the workplace today. How much grace and patience do we give people to succeed?
Angie Stocklin: Why companies must not overlook customer service
Traditionally, customer service has been viewed as a cost center instead of a revenue driver, and it’s hard for companies to allocate funds to activities that aren’t moving the needle.