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| Greetings and welcome back. A firm that has helped many corporate clients navigate reputational crises is facing one of its own. The chairman and chief executive of communications firm Teneo Holdings, Declan Kelly, resigned last week after reports that he was drunk and touched women without their consent at a charity event. Mr. Kelly apologized publicly and said he has given up drinking alcohol. He called the incident an “embarrassing mistake.” Stepping in to chair the board is Ursula Burns, the former CEO of Xerox and an outspoken advocate of women and people of color. “My reputation is pretty well known,” she said. “I put my name on things I believe in.” Ms. Burns has a long association with Teneo. She has been a paid senior adviser since 2017 and was a previous client. As chairwoman, she said she will focus partly on bolstering Teneo’s culture, writes the Journal’s Chip Cutter. Her mandate to calm Teneo’s waters underscores the importance of having a reputation for managing diversity well. |
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 | | In taking on the chairwoman role, Ursula Burns signaled her confidence in Teneo following weeks of tumult. PHOTO: ERIN PATRICE O'BRIEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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| In 2009, Ms. Burns became the first Black woman to head a Fortune 500 company. She reflected on her career in a new memoir, “Where You Are Is Not Who You Are,” published last month. She told the Journal she wants stories like hers to become more common. It concerns her when people imply she is unique, she said, and there are others like her. "I meet them all the time. I grew up with some of them,” she said. “They could be here, too. They just didn’t get the chance.” Now, on to more news. —Anne |
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| FRIEND FINDER: Millennials and Gen Z are using dating apps in a new way: meeting friends, without benefits. Apps such as Tinder and Bumble served to help people find friends when they moved to a new city. During the pandemic, this practice of finding platonic companions online boomed. |
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| WORK DRINKS: As society emerges from lockdowns and people reconnect with co-workers at in-person happy hours, many may have to remind themselves just how to do work drinks. Giddy at finally getting together in person, people may be tempted to over-indulge. |
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| CAREGIVER: The pandemic multiplied the needs, concerns and worries of the nation’s 53 million family caregivers—and also ways to help them. Professional caregiving consultants, video instruction and counseling, and expanded services by AARP all aim to help families. |
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| CYBERBULLY POLICY: If you’re a victim of cyberbullying, you might be entitled to compensation—or, at least, that’s the pitch insurance companies are selling. Still a nascent category, cyber insurance may help victims recover legal fees, mental-health services, tutoring to cover missed school, or relocation costs if bullying was so bad that a student had to move to a new school. |
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| DAY JOB: After more than a year of watching parents work from home, kids have opinions about their jobs. For many, it has changed the way they see their parents, how they view work and what they want to be when they grow up. Here’s what five kids around the country had to say. |
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| I've fielded maybe 50 inquiries from recruiters since March/April, and I would say 90% of them were fully-remote opportunities. I didn't even take a pay cut. If someone wants to work remotely, they can, and they will. — Tina Naro, WSJ Member |
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| Tina Naro takes her career in product marketing seriously. She has accepted jobs in hyper-urban areas all over the world: London, Seoul, Hong Kong. In January 2020, she moved to New York to be closer to family and experience the city. “I enjoyed it for about 30 days before everything got locked down,” Mrs. Naro said. She found that she was even more efficient working remotely and that she was able to communicate effectively. When her company transitioned to a hybrid model, she decided to get a fully remote job, seeking a better work/life balance and more space. “You read about all these people who are watching Netflix and having a lot of self-care time, and unfortunately I didn’t get any of that because my company was so busy,” Mrs. Naro said. “I think that negatively impacted my ability to cope.” Mrs. Naro decided to move to a house in Knoxville, Tenn. She shared her experience in a comment on “Remote Work Is the New Signing Bonus.” “Over this past year I realized I can work just as hard and accomplish just as much without living in a box,” she said. |
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| UNCONVENTIONAL: Actress Minnie Driver, 51, will appear in Amazon’s season 2 of “Modern Love,” starting Aug. 13, and in the film “Cinderella,” due in September. She spoke about her unconventional upbringing and making peace with her mother’s wayward spirit. |
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| RUG OBSESSION: DIY rugs are popular among youthful artisans, often under age 30, who began churning out tapestries from their bedrooms in the past year or so. Their subjects reflect life on the internet: rappers, sneakers, fashion logos, cherished animated characters. |
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| MODERNIST: A 20th-century Swiss artist, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, tackled nearly every genre of visual art, earning her the moniker Renaissance woman. Her work will be shown in the coming months in London and New York. |
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