The thing about mental illness and what makes it so hard is it’s all too often hidden from view. As employees continue to face residual stressors from the pandemic and uncertain economic times, among many other world issues, it’s essential business leaders take real action.

Business leaders are wading through uncertain economic times — again. Here are five action steps to take for your customers, employees, and partners before hitting the panic button.

Dara has had a fascinating journey within the entertainment and media industry, from a tough lead negotiator at HBO to her current role as an empathetic people leader at a multi-billion dollar, publicly-traded company. In this interview, Dara talks about her transition from law to HR, how she successfully navigated the infamous 18-month long Sirius and XM merger, and why it pays to get personal with your team.

CEOs and lieutenants share many foundational leadership qualities, but their characters play distinctly different roles. That’s the magic of the CEO-lieutenant relationship.

After seven years at Peoplesoft, Heidi left the HR tech giant at its height to co-found her own HR consultancy, Knowledge Infusion, with no consulting experience whatsoever and sold it to Appirio in 2012. In this Q&A, she describes how representation in the workplace is essential to cultivating innovation and why every leader should embrace their unique strengths early in their career.

After a brief hiatus to focus on a few other endeavors, we're back with the latest installment of our Lieutenants Series. Hiral spent more than 14 years at one of the largest IT services firms on the planet where he led a $3B portfolio but wasn’t afraid to write himself into an active role on a customer contract or take career inspiration from a gym poster.

Cat is the SVP of global education at ServiceNow and has had an incredible career in learning, leadership development and organizational change. She's redefined what training and learning programs look like in the enterprise.

Zoë Harte is the Chief People Officer at Upwork. In this Q&A she talks about how Upwork manages its own hybrid and remote workforce, her role guiding talent innovation at the company, how HR can be a guidepost for culture, and why speaking the truth is so important.

Paula-Jo (PJ) Oleksak, the chief business officer at Slice, talks about her transition from finance to operations, how she builds successful teams by keeping things simple, and the need to empower people while allowing them to be full humans, especially in today’s world.

Tomorrow marks the four year anniversary of Wipro's acquisition of Appirio, and I’m now beginning the next chapter of my professional career with Tercera. Tercera is our new company focused 100% on identifying and building the next generation of cloud professional service providers.

In the months since the global pandemic has taken hold, I’ve had the opportunity to work with dozens of leaders across multiple industries who are grappling with how to respond to the crisis.

Every business leader needs a lieutenant. A wingman or wingwoman who they turn to for advice, a much-needed reality check, and most importantly, help pushing forward the ideas and priorities they have established for their organization.

To say that I am a strong advocate for a remote workforce may be putting it mildly.

In 2012, while CEO of Appirio, I had the opportunity to sit down with Adam Bryant, who was writing the New York Times' Corner Office column, to talk about our company culture and some of my personal philosophies on the topic.

When it comes to hiring and working with sales leaders, there are a few who are exceptional, a few who are terrible, and many somewhere in-between.

I had the opportunity to speak with leadership expert Mike Robbins a few weeks ago for his podcast "We're All In This Together" about the culture we built at Appirio and some of the lessons I've learned over the years.

It seems parents are willing to sacrifice almost anything to ensure their kids get into a good school -- their savings, free time, and judging from the recent college admission scandal, even their integrity.

When thinking about what I’d do after leaving the helm of Appirio, I contemplated many options.

Many companies talk about it. But seeing the profitability in adapting a new type of management style, operations, recruiting and training, and setting goals that coordinate with a positive work culture isn’t always clear.

A few months ago I officially moved out of the CEO role at Appirio, a services firm I co-founded more than 12 years ago to take on the role of Global Culture Officer at Wipro.