1/x Welcome to the 2023 #CharterSummit The whole Charter team is so excited to join speakers and attendees in writing the new people-first paradigm in organizational leadership. You can still register to watch virtually. Click here to register: https://t.co/4kSJNT2Jts

ICYMII: For Sunday's Charter Briefing newsletter, Charter editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney sat down with General Stan McChrystal, who is known for his deep and successful change management during his years in top military posts. Read an excerpt from their conversation for

From Charter AI reporter Jacob Clemente: the first in a series about how genAI will change different industries and professions, focused on AI adoption in the legal field. "The productivity increase that I have experienced over this last couple of years by integrating a whole

In 'Talk,' Harvard Business School professor Alison Wood Brooks shares her four TALK maxims, a research-backed framework for having better conversations: Topics - "We have to choose good topics, but we also need to manage them well. Even if you start with a bad topic, good

Earlier this week, Trump signed executive orders targeting DEI programs and flexible-work privileges for federal workers. Here's what that means for employers:

Charter editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney has been in Davos, Switzerland this week for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. He wrote about his insights from this year's convening, based on panels, interviews, and other discussions. Read his takeaways from what leaders are

With Monday's inauguration still fresh for many workers, some managers are bracing for potential political conflicts in the workplace. In this week's Charter Pro newsletter, Dr. Kurt Gray, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill and author of Outraged,

Is ESG investing illegal for employee 401k and other retirement plans? One federal judge in Texas thinks so. “If it's upheld—and I think it's probably likely that it will be upheld if I had to wager,” says Gregory P. Feit , it “could effect a sea change in how investment

Ahead of our Jan 30 summit, "Leading with AI," we sat down with Rebecca Hinds, head of the Work Innovation Lab at Asana and one of our summit panelists. She shared insights from Asana's research on AI adoption including: 👉 Factors that influence whether or not someone adopts

Journalist Eva Dou’s forthcoming book House of Huawei documents the Chinese tech company’s rise from a small telephone-switch company to global behemoth. While the focus of the book is detailing Huawei's development amid domestic and international developments including Chinese

What happens when employers’ efforts to solicit worker feedback fall short of true worker voice? In a recently published study on a 2014 unionization effort at Disneyland, researchers identify a phenomenon called “voice veneer,” or “when employers appear to address concerns

How are you supporting your employees in Los Angeles? LA-based reporter Michelle Peng shared advice in this Monday's Charter Pro newsletter, including emphasizing flexibility, offering material support, and sharing resources. “What [employees] really want to feel is that my

Could an AI mimic your writing so convincingly that even your colleagues couldn’t tell the difference? A new research working paper suggests we might be closer to that reality than many think—at least for one CEO. We spoke to Harvard Business School professor Prithwiraj

For yesterday's Charter newsletter, we spoke with Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, co-author of Tomorrowmind and chief innovation officer and chief product officer at BetterUp, on BetterUp's research on how to communicate better around AI. She shared practices that drove employee

A recent study on Github's Copilot revealed that use of the AI tool may reduce software developers' reliance on teammates, changing the way they collaborate and interact as a team. We spoke with one of the lead researchers for what this means for workers and organizations:

Over the past four years, the Biden National Labor Relations Board has left quite the legacy under the leadership of general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. "We’ve made great gains in enforcing labor law in the way Congress intended—to protect the rights of workers to organize,

Each week in 2024, Charter AI reporter Jacob Clemente shared his "AI Tip of the Week," a suggestion for experimenting with AI for readers to try. To close out 2024, Clemente rounded up his favorite tips from the year, with an eye towards the tactics he still uses in his work.

One way to start the year off right: the 'One Word' activity, inspired by One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, and Jimmy Page and Gordon’s work with the Clemson Tigers football team. Since 2022, Charter has kicked off each year by picking both

Looking for a sense of purpose to drive you as you enter the new year? Hospice care doctor and writer Jordan Grumet offers a practical guide for doing so in 'The Purpose Code,' out next week. We took a look at 'The Purpose Code,' with an eye towards the most practical insights

Charter's best advice from our "Pro Tip of the Week" and "Steal This Idea" features throughout 2024, including: 👉 Roll out an "Offsite in a Box," inspired by Dropbox's practices. 👉 Use "white flagging" to gracefully exit conversations, from Isabel Berwick's 'The Future-Proof

As 2024 comes to a close, we looked back at everything we've read for our book briefings and author Q&As throughout the year. We rounded up all of our favorite insights, advice, and case studies from 14 books we read this year, including Supercommumicators by Charles Duhigg, Over