Oliver Staley

Peek into the lives of the globe-hopping, ultra-successful CEOs, and you’ll see there’s little room for human connections that aren’t transactional.

The world’s biggest company wants a slice of one of the world’s biggest industries.

Like a lot of global companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev has a wide array of meeting technology at its disposal. But the massive brewing company only recently discovered its most effective tool: a simple wooden box.

When the US Major League Baseball season begins today (March 29), one of the most closely watched players will be Shohei Ohtani, who is debuting in the US after a remarkable four-year career in Japan. Ohtani, who will play for the Anaheim Angels, was the both the best hitter and pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball last season, an accomplishment so unusual that he’s invited comparisons to Babe Ruth. (Though his sub-par performance in spring training may have dampened some of that enthusiasm).

One of the critical functions—maybe the critical function—of the US’s Federal Reserve Bank is to make predictions about the likelihood of inflation. Unfortunately, it’s terrible at doing that.

Managing expenses isn’t just a hassle. A new survey of UK employees also shows how costly it can be for both workers and employers who require employees to pay expenses up front, then claim them later.

The textbook way to handle a corporate crisis is so well established, there’s actually a textbook for it. Several, in fact.

Goldman Sachs, the alpha dog of the global finance industry, is also one of its biggest scofflaws when it comes to gender equality, at least in its London office.

It seems reasonable that breathing in pollution would affect worker productivity, but only recently has the damage been documented.

The free-spending habits of tech startups are so familiar they’ve become a cliche. Companies proudly tout their free gourmet meals, climbing walls, and treadmill desks; the excesses are a recurring theme in the HBO show Silicon Valley.

For years, General Motors invited women to join its employee resources group, GM Women, when they joined the company. Now the automaker is trying a new strategy: It’s enrolling them automatically, and requiring the women to opt out if they don’t want to belong.

Earlier this week, the manager of Washington Nationals baseball team surprised his team by bringing three camels to spring training practice in Florida. The dromedaries were there as shaggy, ambling metaphors for the team’s struggles in the post season over the last few years, ie. the Nats’ inability to “get over the hump.”

Frustrated with flying coach? Jealous of the business travelers in first class, or the suits sitting court side at NBA games? If you want a fat expense account, you might consider changing not just your job, but your career.

A decade ago, Google began Project Oxygen, an attempt to identify the characteristics of great managers. The tech giant used its findings to train employees, and then shared the information with the outside world. That included listing the eight behaviors of Google’s best managers:

Diversity hiring, once a niche pursuit of human resources, has become a major recruiting priority at many US companies. As evidence, IBM is suing its former chief diversity officer for bolting to Microsoft.

The ability to communicate, lead, persuade, and persist are seen as increasingly important in companies where the ability to work in teams and across disciplines is prized. Studies have demonstrated that workers who combine technical ability with those soft skills have more job opportunities, and see greater wage increases.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl victory over the dynastic New England Patriots was a classic story of underdog pluck and daring, and no sequence better symbolized their determination than a trick play at the end of the first half.

In theory, working in the gig economy is one way women can bypass many of the structural biases they face in traditional workplaces.

I don’t make a habit of swearing on Facebook, but sometimes when a post seems a bit flat, a cuss word or two can add just the right je ne sais quoi to bring it to life.

In the end, maybe it’s inevitable that the solution to America’s health-care crisis won’t come from government, business, or academia, but from the charitable impulses of billionaires.

Like a medium-bodied Ethiopian roast, progress at Starbucks drips out slowly.

If you’re three decades into your working life and have a gnawing sense of dread that you haven’t saved enough for retirement, you’re not alone.

Amazon has promised to hire at least 100,000 new employees in the US this year. And it won’t ask any of them about their prior job history.

Walmart, the biggest employer in the US, is raising its starting wage to $11 an hour and will begin providing 10 weeks of maternity leave.