Michelle Peng

How a Mobile-First Real-Estate Firm Brought Home Into the Office

A look inside Avenue 8's New York City office.

By Michelle Peng September 21, 2022

Today Is Working Parents Day. Here Are 8 Things Parents Need from Workplaces.

What employers can do to show up for parents in the face of an ongoing child care shortage, inadequate paid leave policies, and continued inflation.

By Michelle Peng September 16, 2022

For a More Sustainable Workplace, Think Like a Customer-Experience Manager

As environmental policies become increasingly important to consumers, it's time to start learning from CX pros.

By Michelle Peng August 26, 2022

How Employers Can Stand with their LGBTQ+ Employees Post-Roe

Last week, Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization confirmed the fears of LGBTQ+ advocates, allies, and community members. In it, he urged the court to reconsider other landmark civil...

By Michelle Peng June 30, 2022

What Workplace Leaders Can Learn from Lizzo’s Apology

The singer's statement on 'Grrrls' is a case study for managers in how to handle workplace mistakes.

By Michelle Peng June 24, 2022

Reimagining Lever House, a NYC Landmark, for the Future of Work

Plans are underway to redevelop Lever House, an icon of modernist architecture, for a new generation of workers.

By Michelle Peng June 23, 2022

Goldman Sachs' Unlimited Vacation Policy Needs to Address These Four Questions

Simply giving people unlimited paid time off won't move the needle on employee burnout. Here's what will.

By Michelle Peng June 6, 2022

The ‘Covid Graduates’ Have Some Career Advice for the Class of 2022

Alums from the class of 2020 returning to campus for makeup ceremonies share what they want new grads to know about entering the workforce

By Michelle Peng May 27, 2022

At This Office, Employee Wellness Starts With a Pickleball Court

Financial-services firm TIAA is opening the doors to its redesigned Charlotte, NC campus this summer, where they emphasized employees’ physical and mental wellness throughout the 92 acres.

By Michelle Peng May 25, 2022

What In-Home Daycare Educators Know About Making Remote Work Better

Three lessons from family childcare providers about working from home.

By Michelle Peng May 19, 2022

Ellen Pao on What Asian American Women Need from Workplaces

Asian American women are disproportionately left out of corporate leadership. Four women explain what companies can to do fix it.

By Michelle Peng May 13, 2022

What It Looks Like When Architects Build a Future of Work Space for Themselves

Architecture firm Perkins Eastman designed its new Pittsburgh studio to be ‘a real time experiment in the future of work.’

By Michelle Peng April 20, 2022

Abbott Elementary's Lessons for Our Own Workplaces

ABC comedy Abbott Elementary's had a record breaking first season. Here's what the Emmy Award winning show has to teach us about our own careers and workplace relationships.

By Michelle Peng March 22, 2022

What Gen Z Digital Nomads Can Teach Us About Community in a Remote World

Gen Z is taking advantage of remote work policies to become digital nomads rather than putting down roots in a community. Will the lifestyle make them more lonely?

By Michelle Peng March 9, 2022

What Is Impostor Syndrome, and Is It All Bad?

A new study from MIT indicates that a surprising symptom of impostor syndrome might be helping you at work.

By Michelle Peng March 2, 2022

5 Ways to Fix Office Air and Get Workers Back

Since moving to its new office a year ago, Windsor Federal Savings, a Connecticut-based bank, hasn’t had a single instance of Covid transmission through the workplace, even with staff back on both hybrid and full-time...

By Michelle Peng February 17, 2022

Eileen Gu Didn't Have to Choose Between China and the U.S. I Wasn't So Lucky.

Eileen Gu defies gravity. As an Olympian freestyle skier, her runs feature dizzying sets of jumps, flips, and tricks. What feels even more gravity-defying to me is her seeming ability to effortlessly float between her...

By Michelle Peng February 15, 2022

Four Ways To Fix Performance Reviews for Caregivers

As anyone with school-aged children knows, the Omicron wave has left many parents scrambling, with schools and daycares closing and government support largely dried up. And now, with performance reviews around the corner, many working...

By Michelle Peng January 20, 2022

Lead Your Hybrid Meetings as a Team Sport

A strategy to ensure remote and in-person participants feel equally included.

By Michelle Peng November 16, 2021