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Michelle Peng
Michelle is an LA-based reporter for
Charter.
You can reach her at m@charterworks.com
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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...
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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.
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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.
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