There are of course benefits and drawbacks to most major paradigm changes, and the shift for a large portion of our workforce going remote is no different. Here’s what several companies that have adapted to remote plans learned about the shift both good and bad. What are some of the more foundational challenges your team … Read full-story
Maria Reis is a vital part of LG Electronics North America’s Human Resources team. She holds the Head of Compensation and Benefits position, making her responsible for creating an employee-centered working environment. She has successfully created a work culture that focuses on the happiness and prosperity of every employee, making it a desirable place to … Read full-story
The benefit of a flexible work plan is that you can do so much with it. It’s fair to say that imaginations across the nation and across the world are only just getting fired up when it comes to the possibilities of a work model that doesn’t depend on synchronous work in the office. Here’s … Read full-story
Business expansions rely on a lot of things, and while some organizations lost ground during the earth-shaking pandemic, there were others that were standing on just the right piece of shaking turf to leap forward from. Here’s how and – if possible – why these companies have come out the other end of this worldwide … Read full-story
With the paradigm shift to remote work as a kind of new normal, working-from-elsewhere has increasingly become a desired feature of any job, it’s worth taking a look at some of the ways that this massive transformation has affected things associated with work – like internships. The necessary shift to virtual internships for many companies … Read full-story
Christina Luconi is the Chief People Officer at Rapid7. She’s built her career on her ability to help startups accelerate growth by developing people strategies that allow companies to “scale with soul”. From establishing shared values to navigating global expansions and public offerings, her expertise has helped companies like Sapient (now Publis.Sapient) and @stake (acquired … Read full-story
Before joining The Hollister Group, Karla Driskill developed mentoring programs between businesses and individuals including college students and women entrepreneurs. Driskill’s passion during those years was supporting women in the workplace—something that remains vitally important to her. But the year 2012 marked a turning point in Driskill’s career when she met The Hollister Group Founder … Read full-story
As the Great Resignation continues at full blast despite our attempts to rename it or spin it out of existence, here’s to a batch of companies that understand how mentorship passes on the essential human knowledge that hardwires the future in via dedicated new generations of employees. What does great mentorship add to your company? … Read full-story
At IBM, diversity plays a core role in the way employees approach their company culture. By employing a group of diversity and inclusion leaders along with an array of business resource groups, the company can scale its strategy while staying true to its belief that a diverse, inclusive workforce is a stronger workforce. The company’s … Read full-story
Constance Rodts, who serves as Executive General Counsel for GE Gas Power, began her career more than 25 years ago as a private practice attorney. After graduating from law school, Rodts passed the bar exam in both Texas and Georgia, then worked for a little over a decade as a commercial litigator at a variety of firms … Read full-story
During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, e-commerce businesses soared as lockdowns kept shoppers indoors and focused on sprucing up their homes. Although a fundamental sea change was already happening from traditional big-box shopping retailers to online venues for home furnishings, the pandemic sped up the transition at lightning speed. For the latest Leadership Lessons episode, Comparably Co-founder & … Read full-story
It’s always impressive when a company can retain employees, who are constantly being bombarded from within and without about the potential of taking other jobs. But to do so well during the era we’ve come to call The Great Resignation (which continues to this day) is doubly impressive. Let’s hear how these four companies have … Read full-story
With Juneteenth – now a federal holiday – falling on Sunday, June 19th (the official day) and Monday, June 20th (for observance,) Comparably wanted to check in with clients for a roll call of companies truly dedicated to helping make right what has long been made wrong in this country for Black employees and communities. … Read full-story
Allowing people to fully embrace love for their pets as companions, therapeutic sidekicks, and even children is really about embracing one of the most benevolent human traits: the tendency to feel for compassion and empathy for those we feel we have in our charge. And cat and dog owners know, especially, that a few of … Read full-story
With 25 years of experience in healthcare working for global brands like Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories, Jeff Castillo was thrilled with the opportunity to join Medela, a family-owned global organization focused on the science of care. Combining his professional background with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and his own experience as a … Read full-story
TextNow is a leading mobile application providing free cellular and phone services to millions of users worldwide. As their Chief Product Officer, Dave Chiang oversees engineering, product, and analytics to help TextNow scale faster. Chiang is helping to improve TextNow’s digital communications platform as the company grows, using his 20+ years of experience developing and … Read full-story
Here’s how these thoughtful modern companies extend equality and consideration to LGBTQ employees and communities today and throughout the year. What are some of the ways that your company supports LGBTQ+ employees and communities? GE Power supports the LGBTQAI+ community through the Pride Alliance employee resource group (ERG). The Pride Alliance has a mission to … Read full-story
What does a company or corporation – whose main purpose is to make money for itself, its employees, and its investors – owe the world at large? Thankfully, by dint of sheer force of good will from the vigilant US population, companies know that the good works we expect of every U.S. citizen also apply … Read full-story
AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM THE BEGINNING Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Kevin Miller was surrounded by people who would eventually influence his career to become the co-founder and CEO of GR0, the fastest-growing SEO agency in the nation. He follows in the footsteps of his father, who served as the CEO of Budget Rent-A-Car during … Read full-story
BEGINNINGS “When I was growing up, I was very close with my dad, who was always my coach in sports,” remembers Cheryl DeSantis, Chief People and Diversity Officer for SmileDirectClub. “Every day he would ask me, ‘Who did you make smile today?’ That was his way of opening conversation. And so, when I had the … Read full-story
Major changes to our ways of life and work can, to those willing to be open-minded, represent major new opportunities. For businesses like these three, the pandemic shook things to the core, often breaking up sediment and allowing for rapid growth or evolution that “normal” business cycles might not have allowed. Here are a handful … Read full-story
For many working moms, 9-5 is all business, but they’re putting in overtime keeping their families fed, happy and healthy. See how these five companies prioritize and support their working mothers! What do working mothers mean to Appian? At Appian, working mothers represent innovation. Becoming a working mother has given our leaders compassion and empathy … Read full-story
IN THE BEGINNING Karmela Gaffney recalls first encountering the then-new world of digital space via the online PDF brochures for the websites of the hotels she worked for in her early career. She recalls telling her hotel owners at Best Western International that they needed to be in on the digital environment. She was in … Read full-story
For companies trying to foster an inclusive and diverse workplace, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are an important tool. For these six companies, ERGs don’t just meet their employees’ needs, they also impact their company culture as a whole. See how. Can you describe some of Momentive’s more interesting or uniquely-run employee resource groups? “When you … Read full-story
Please note that this interview was conducted before Russia launched its war against Ukraine. Certain sections have been edited to reflect a post-invasion view and are noted as such. Eugene Goland is the founder and president/CEO of global software engineering firm DataArt, working closely with the leadership team, contributing to the company’s strategic planning, development, and … Read full-story
After the last few years, it’s clear that remote work is here to stay. While some companies are focusing on bringing employees back into the office for work, these organizations are focused on creating a great, global, remote workforce. See why these 7 companies are prioritizing remote work and some of the benefits they’ve seen … Read full-story
STARTING OUT “The career advice that I give everybody is run toward their problems,” says Ron Alvesteffer, President & CEO of data center solutions provider Service Express. “Go try to fix it; go add value. Solve as many problems as you can by getting involved. And if you do that for enough people at your … Read full-story
There will always be offices. Nowhere else can creative and productive minds really cook with gas, sparking off each other to catapult forward to the next great idea. With the move to remote, many office plans have changed to center around new ideas, often with the idea of heightening the value of that in-person teamwork … Read full-story
The list of urgent things that we are in process of fixing in this world in 2022 is long and daunting, and atop them all is the existential crisis we all face every second off the day – climate change. Mother Earth is on the verge of finally recoiling in shock at our treatment of … Read full-story
With the move to remote for many workers, health coverage has remained the most valuable benefit one can get from a company beyond monetary compensation. But there are a wide spread of benefit packages out there, some slimmer than they seem, other bursting with compassionate offerings. Here is how 6 companies do it well. Can … Read full-story
