First Watch subsidizes child care for all employees

Honest Company's Carla Vernon on leading with resilience | Female athletes are changing the leadership game | First Watch subsidizes child care for all employees Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( April 4, 2024 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [X]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [Honest Company's Carla Vernon on leading with resilience]( [Honest Company's Carla Vernon on leading with resilience]( Vernon (Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) The Honest Company CEO, Carla Vernon, has spent her career in increasingly high-level leadership positions that have required her to prove herself from the outset in each new role to win credibility and the trust of employees and investors. "We're not as accustomed to imagining women and brown people at the helms of business," says Vernon, who eschews blame and stays resilient. "In my mind, I'm like, 'don't worry, you won't doubt me for long. This is going to be great and it's going to be fun.'" Full Story: [BBC]( (4/3) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Today's leadership [] [Female athletes are changing the leadership game]( [Female athletes are changing the leadership game]( Caitlin Clark (Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Female athletes, such as 22-year-old Caitlin Clark, the star of the Iowa Hawkeye's women's basketball, have boosted fan engagement for the sport and turned many players into brand ambassadors, something business leaders should notice, writes Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Mehta notes a study showing 94% of female C-suite executives played sports, something that has made them even more engaged in their work. Full Story: [Fast Company (tiered subscription model)]( (3/29) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [First Watch subsidizes child care for all employees]( Brunch chain First Watch now offers all full- and part-time employees access to child care and elder care at discounted prices through its partner, child care provider Bright Horizons. The benefit was added in response to employee feedback revealing that a lack of affordable care for kids and other loved ones can be a hurdle to career advancement, said chief people officer Laura Sorenson, and programs like this could become a solution for the broader restaurant industry. 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