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More than 32 employees at HR tech company Rippling are failed founders.  Insider spoke with the company's cofounder and CTO and head of people to learn why.  This article is part of a series called "Leaders by Day," which takes a look at how prominent business leaders are tackling various challenges in today's economy. When HR tech company Rippling cofounder and CTO Prasanna Sankar founded social network LikeALittle in 2009, the company attracted 20 million pageviews in six weeks, only to collapse three years later.  It was a difficult time of introspection for the tech entrepreneur. Sanka...

As a result, more leaders will be judged on a key trait: emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is one's ability to understand how people feel and react to make decisions. This article is part of a series called "IQ to EQ," which explores the management styles of inspiring business leaders. Check here for similar stories. Emotional intelligence is a crucial leadership skill that is going to become more important for executives across the board. That's according to diversity and inclusion consultants who said leaders can't achieve the important work around racial equity without it.  ...

. The term "digital transformation" has become so ubiquitous that it can mean almost any change from a manual process to an electronic one. But why do we have to think of change in terms of digital transformation? Few would argue that replacing an inefficient manual task with automation is a "transformation." However, I think of change in terms of innovation, in terms of altering how we do something or the way we behave—in terms of disrupting an ecosystem. Innovation isn't just automating processes that already exist, but rather applying technology to solve a problem in a different way. In ...

The 240-year old biopharma company reinforced its global ambition in 2019 with the $62 billion acquisition of pharma firm Shire

When working her way up, she learned a few crucial pieces of advice about leadership.  For Wheeless, it's important to balance work and fun, make time for others, and speak up.  This article is part of a series called "Leaders by Day," which takes a look at how prominent business leaders are tackling various challenges in today's economy. Naomi Wheeless first started working in customer relations when she was in college. She was working in a contact center making $12 an hour.  Wheeless eventually worked her way up to directing the call centers at companies like Satellite AutoGlass and Bank...