Michelle Peng

Michelle is an LA-based reporter for Charter. You can reach her at m@charterworks.com

Recent Articles

Three Lessons from Five Years of Flexible Work 

What we’ve learned about designing policies that promote wellbeing and productivity, with examples from Prudential, AFLAC, and Dropbox.

By Michelle Peng

Exit Interview: Spotify CHRO Katarina Berg

Katarina Berg's Lessons from 12 years leading talent and culture programs at Spotify.

By Michelle Peng

How to Thread ‘a Pretty Difficult Needle’ With Inclusion

Paradigm's Joelle Emerson on making sense of DEI pullbacks.

By Michelle Peng

How to Build Strong Workplace Cultures in the Trump Era

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on how to shift culture amid change and the power of being “caught doing good.”

By Michelle Peng

DEI is a change management issue. Here’s how to treat it like one. 

Four takeaways from successful corporate transformations for getting DEI back on track.

By Michelle Peng

A New Framework for DEI

A new framework from Lily Zheng focused on outcomes and business practices rather than performative initiatives.

By Michelle Peng

Why EY Treats Loneliness as an Inclusion Issue

As worker engagement hits a 10-year low, EY's DEI leader shares three practical strategies for fighting workplace loneliness and boosting belonging.

By Michelle Peng

Tips for better conversations at work

Insights from Alison Wood Brooks, author of Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves and professor at Harvard Business School.

By Michelle Peng

What business leaders should know ahead of the next Trump administration

 A guide to what we’ve learned from tracking the likely flashpoints for changes to work and workplaces under the incoming US president.

By Michelle Peng

How labor law changed under Biden—and what comes next

The insider view from Jennifer Abruzzo, the NLRB’s general counsel, on what employers and workers should be aware of.

By Michelle Peng

What we learned from books in 2024

The best advice from Charter's book briefings, author Q&As, and more, featuring Over Work, Supercommunicators, Co-intelligence, and more.

By Kevin J. Delaney and Michelle Peng

11 predictions for work and leadership in 2025

Predictions for AI, flexible work, meetings, and DEI from Nick Bloom, Edith Cooper, Brigid Schulte, Liz Shuler, and more.

By Jacob Clemente and Michelle Peng

Lessons for Navigating Uncertainty from 'The Enduring Enterprise'

Insights from Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg, authors of The Enduring Enterprise.

By Michelle Peng

Six experts on what the election means for workplaces

Essential areas to focus on in the months ahead to support workers and power business performance.

By Michelle Peng

Research: How to Preserve worker Wellbeing as Election Day Approaches

An interview with BetterUp CIO Gabriella Rosen Kellerman about new research around the election's effect on worker productivity and wellbeing.

By Michelle Peng

Why status—and not just power—determines workplace success

A Q&A with Alison Fragale, author of 'Likeable Badass'

By Michelle Peng

Six Experts on What We’ve Learned about Returning to the Office

Insights from Stanford's Nicholas Bloom, Atlassian's Dr. Molly Sands, and more.

By Michelle Peng

Actor Lamorne Morris’s advice for avoiding burnout

From Hollywood Video to TV's New Girl, how Lamorne Morris prevented and treated burnout throughout his career.

By Michelle Peng

How to Break Through to Detached Team Members 

Insights from our conversation with Vijay Pendakur, author of the forthcoming The Alchemy of Talent.

By Michelle Peng

The Antidote To Being Bored at Work

UNC's Shimul Melwani on her research on boredom at work.

By Michelle Peng
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