Gustavo Mirabal

The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods on Becoming a Gun Control Advocate https://ift.tt/2IwPe1a Ed Stack, the chief executive of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided after the Parkland school shooting to pull assault rifles and high-capacity magazines from all of his company’s stores. The controversial choice hurt revenues. But the retailer weathered the storm, thanks to inclusive …

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Are You Sugarcoating Your Feedback Without Realizing It? https://ift.tt/2IxLs7L Executive Summary Previous research into feedback inflation — when managers are too “nice” to employees while giving negative feedback — has centered on the idea that managers deliberately sugarcoat tough messages for fear of retaliation, or to protect their employees from feeling bad about themselves. But …

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Why You Should Write Down Your Company’s Unwritten Rules https://ift.tt/2Vu4oJZ Executive Summary Unwritten rules and ways of doing things — both good and bad — are ingrained in the corporate world. Often, these norms become so enmeshed in company culture that leaders don’t even think about them. But if a company’s norms aren’t regularly revisited …

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Advice on Launching a Tech Startup When You’re Not a White Man https://ift.tt/2IvBqnI Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images Whether intentional or not, the tech startup landscape has been optimized for middle- and upper-class white males. According to one analysis, 77% of venture-backed founders are white and 90% of them are men. If you are a nontraditional tech …

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Introducing Season Four https://ift.tt/2IvZmrc From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Women at Work is back Oct. 14 with stories, conversations, and practical advice about being a woman in the workplace. Expect to hear from us every Monday for the next couple …

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Why Companies Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation https://ift.tt/35bB9QA Executive Summary As organizations grow, they begin to prioritize process over product. That impedes real innovation. When organizations realize this, they typically respond in three ways: By hiring consultants to do a reorg (that’s “organizational theater”), adopt new processes such as hackathons to spur innovation …

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Social Anxiety and Success https://ift.tt/2IvHxbM Listen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS We’re often told that to succeed in the workplace, you need to bring your A game, play office politics, and network nonstop. But how do you do that when you suffer from social anxiety? Host Morra …

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Will a Bachelor’s Degree Matter as Much for Gen Z? https://ift.tt/35ecAlY Executive Summary Faster and cheaper pathways to good first jobs are poised to supplant slow, expensive bachelor’s degrees (particularly from non-selective colleges and universities) in Gen Z’s affections. Gen Z has already been prejudiced against large upfront investments. Why buy a car when you …

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