How to fix compliance training
Companies pour millions of dollars into compliance training that employees don’t pay attention to and HR teams spend way too long...
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Anne Kong
- Dec 22, 2020
- 2 min
Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom
Great leadership is crucial to the success of any great organization. As part of the annual ASU + GSV Summit, our CEO, Roxanne Petraeus,...
hannelore48
- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
Our launches embarrass our product team. It’s become our superpower.
There’s a common saying in the startup world that you have to launch your product while you’re still embarrassed by it. In theory, this...
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- Oct 6, 2020
- 6 min
Changing Mindsets to Build Better Company Cultures: A Conversation with Rob Chesnut
Early-stage companies have to keep a keen eye on the bottom line. Even those that thrive right out of the gate operate with a focus on...
Anne Kong
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Why Your Startup Needs a Book Club
“Wait, but why is your team starting a book club? How does everyone have time to read?” a friend who also happens to work at another...
Roxanne Petraeus
- Aug 26, 2020
- 4 min
Disrupt Industries, Don’t Break Laws
California deadlines for harassment prevention compliance are...
Ethena Team
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
How to Make Difficult Conversations About Bias Easier
By Roi Ben-Yehuda The following scenario is based on an actual event. Imagine this happened at your office. A co-worker is hanging up...
Ethena Team
- Apr 9, 2020
- 4 min
Privacy, Inclusion, and Effective Remote-Leadership, with Stellar Health CEO, Michael Meng
As companies and teams transition to working from home, it’s no surprise that the shift has resulted in a number of new challenges,
Ethena Team
- Feb 25, 2020
- 5 min
Proactive Strategies to Put Employees First, with Mark43’s VP of People, Steve Hoffman
Companies are unique. (We were going to make a snowflake metaphor, but we respect you too much for that.) While this may not feel like a...
Ethena Team
- Feb 14, 2020
- 5 min
Why dating the CEO is not a great idea…and other Valentine musings
Early on in our company, my co-founder jokingly asked me, “Are you sad you can’t date anyone at Ethena?” I am not. And to clarify, mostly...
Ethena Team
- Feb 14, 2020
- 4 min
Sexual harassment training is terrible and that matters
That yearly training we all click through isn’t just bad, in some cases, it’s making workplace gender dynamics worse. We have thoughts....
Roxanne Petraeus
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
Reflections on service, imposter syndrome, and what to wear
This Veterans Day, I’m sharing some reflections on being a veteran and a woman. While veterans aren’t a monolithic group, and all I can...
