Kevin J. Delaney

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Game-Changing Baby Bonds Are a Meaningful Way to Financially Invest in Workers’ Babies

Darrick Hamilton, an architect of baby bonds and New School professor, discusses the possibility of employers setting up baby bonds for the children of their workers, especially the lowest-paid employees.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How Management and Expertise Can Increase in Value with AI

Ethan Mollick, associate professor at Wharton. and author of Co-Intelligence, discusses how AI can help the most-skilled workers and how to create a “sharp edge” to your expertise.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How to Address Managers' Struggle

How AI can reduce the conflict between managing work and managing people.

By Kevin J. Delaney

At the Forefront of the Future of Work: Accenture's Ellyn Shook

Accenture chief leadership and human resources officer Ellyn Shook on how AI will change every single job, and how she’s preparing nearly 750,000 workers for that.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What CEOs Are Actually Doing These Days

A Q&A with Russell Reynolds' CEO on how the CEO job has changed significantly in recent years and whether CHROs can maintain their heightened relevance.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Key to Constructive Communication on Charged Topics

An alternative approach to company town halls from MIT researchers.

By Kevin J. Delaney

Book Briefing: 'Hidden Potential' by Adam Grant

One of our obsessions at Charter is how to achieve sustained high performance in organizations and pilot them to get stronger year after year. Research overwhelmingly shows that a key component—at odds with downsizing fads...

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Management Skills Most Valuable in the Age of AI

And the management skills that are less valuable as AI raises low-skilled workers and flattens organizations.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How to Shore Up Diversity Efforts Against Attacks

Expert recommendations for re-assessing and modifying DEI practices amid legal scrutiny and emboldened opposition.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Sweet Spot for Hybrid Work

New research on the ideal number of days for teams to work in the same location.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How AI Requires a New Management Approach

Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Modern Work & Business Applications, on the changes coming for knowledge work and management.

By Kevin J. Delaney

"Make Something Wonderful': How Steve Jobs Communicated Purpose

This collection of Steve Jobs's words demonstrates his talent for communicating the missions of Apple and NeXT, providing valuable lessons for any current or aspiring leader.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How Incentives Really Work

The new book 'Mixed Signals' unpacks what research says about motivating performance, changing behavior, and getting better results.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What 'Deeply Responsible' Businesses Have in Common

The book 'Deeply Responsible Business' is a valuable catalog of notable efforts over the past two centuries by profit-seeking businesses to also pursue the common good.

By Kevin J. Delaney

Four Steps for Successful Reinvention in Work and Life

The new book 'Next!' by Joanne Lipman is a thought-provoking guide to figuring out the next thing.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How the Corporation Came to Be

The new book 'For Profit,' by Texas A&M law professor William Magnuson, examines the history of the corporation, wrestling with whether it serves the interests of society.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How Offices Are Using Less, Better Space

JLL's Neil Murray on where organizations can save money on office space and where they should invest.

By Kevin J. Delaney

7 Rules for Better Identity Conversations

The book 'Say the Right Thing' is a helpful guide for workplace discussions about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other aspects of individual identity.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Best Workplace Lessons We Learned from Books This Year

Research, insights, and advice for managing yourself and your team.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What to Do When You Can't Make All Your Employees Happy

Tips for being effective at work without trying to please everyone.

By Kevin J. Delaney
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