Author: Christopher Palma

For over 15 years, Mandy Tang gathered accolades. She worked in publishing, earned a master’s degree in business administration and dove into corporate America at American Express. She developed her professional skills at high-growth startups and even had a successful side gig as a career coach. Through it all, her

Like many others, Romaine Seguin’s perspective shifted during the height of the pandemic. As president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding, she was managing tens of thousands of frontline employees, working to deliver critical supplies like vaccines and personal protective equipment. “We all saw the stories… and [I realized] this is

Last month, I was prepared for challenges at the Seafire Wellness Festival in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. An ice bath was on the agenda and seemed like the ultimate test—a freezing plunge promising to push my physical and mental limits. But the real shock came during a financial

Salary increase budgets at U.S. companies are projected to remain stable at 3.7% in 2025, up from 3.5% in 2024, according to the latest Salary Budget Planning Report from WTW. Many organizations are thriving without significant challenges in attracting or retaining employees, leveraging flexible work options, benefits and perks to

Journaling is a meaningful exercise to help make sense of your emotions. Self-reflection enhances your self-awareness, which is necessary for personal growth. Writing about your thoughts and feelings can help transform your experiences into learning opportunities, while cultivating deeper gratitude and encouraging a more profound understanding of the events in

He has been named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people. He has five New York Times bestsellers. But it wasn’t by accident. Malcolm Gladwell is intentionally leading the way on building influence, a topic he deconstructed for listeners in a recent LinkedIn workshop.  While many business owners could only

After the election, many Americans learned about a new social media platform taking hold—Bluesky. In early November, 1 million people joined Bluesky in a single day, and some experts connected the dots that disgruntled X users were fleeing from the changes Elon Musk had incorporated at X to try Bluesky

Every workplace team is like a melting pot of various backgrounds, experiences, strengths, weaknesses and personalities. It’s these differences that help you to become a well-rounded and successful cohort. But, these same dissimilarities can also cause friction among the group.  If you’re having trouble understanding why Ryan from marketing never

Jessica Muñoz was working as a nurse practitioner in Honolulu when she first learned American children were being bought and sold for sex. Kids were coming into the emergency room where she worked, but their stories “just didn’t line up,” she says. Often, they’d been written off as troublemakers or

“By the end of 2025 a bingo card is gonna hate to see me coming… because yep, I’m gonna make one, I’m gonna use it, and I’m gonna achieve all my goals.” Tiara, a writer posting on TikTok wonders why she didn’t think of this before. “It’s genius.” While some