The End of the Company-Sponsored Career Net For much of the millennial working experience, the women’s employee resource group (ERG) functioned as a silent partner in career advancement. It was free, it was on-site, and it delivered two essential commodities: colleagues who could vouch for your work...

Dolly Parton’s Legacy of Allyship: Lessons in Advocacy and Action Country music icon Dolly Parton, 80, recently passed away following a short battle with cancer. While her rise to stardom was built on legendary songwriting and performances—producing timeless hits such as “Jolene” and “I Will Always ...

Press Secretary Is a “Greedy Job” The challenges Leavitt describes are not unique to her or to the current administration. Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin has popularized the term “greedy jobs” to describe positions that offer high pay but demand long, inflexible, and often unpredictabl...

Rethinking Mental Strength in the Workplace There is a persistent myth about what it means to be strong at work. According to this conventional view, strong people absorb pressure without complaint, push through discomfort, and never show weakness. They keep doubts to themselves, project relentless ...

Rethinking Procrastination: A Solution, Not a Character Flaw Procrastination is commonly dismissed as a personal failing, a sign of weak discipline, poor motivation, or sloppy time management. Jon Acuff, however, offers a fundamentally different perspective. As a New York Times bestselling author, s...

Is It Stress, Burnout Or Dehydration? Feeling overwhelmed by the year ahead? You are far from alone. A 2026 Talker Research survey of 2,000 Americans found that 35% describe the year as “stressful,” nearly one-third call it “challenging,” and 37% say life feels out of control. These feelings are esp...

Empathy Drives AI Adoption and Employee Confidence New research from Businessolver’s 2026 State of Workplace Empathy AI Special Report reveals a striking connection between workplace culture and employee attitudes toward artificial intelligence. The report, released in August, surveyed more than 1,0...

The Most Common Funding Sources for New Businesses For first-time founders without an established track record, securing startup capital is often the first major hurdle. Launching a business can easily require hundreds of thousands of dollars—or even millions—depending on the industry and the founde...

Target Faces Backlash Over Racist Halloween Costume Imagery Target has come under heavy public scrutiny after a children’s Halloween costume sold on its website was widely condemned for featuring racist imagery. The product listing showed a Black child modeling the costume in a pose that many observ...

Freud on Repression: What He Actually Wrote “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” This is one of the most frequently quoted lines attributed to Sigmund Freud, yet he never actually wrote it. The saying is a paraphrase of one of the cen...

Nuance Across the Tech Layoffs While some vulnerable positions have certainly been eliminated due to AI, it would be a mistake to attribute the entirety of the recent mass layoffs to the technology’s adoption. To better understand the dynamics at play, the state of California has launched an AI-Unem...

Bill Gates Warns the AI Era Demands a Pause Before the Next Big Bet For decades, Bill Gates has built his career on betting big on technology. From the personal computer revolution to the rise of the internet, his investments and predictions have often shaped the future. However, his latest essay, p...