Mita Mallick

Workplace strategist at Wiley

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Mita Mallick is on a mission to fix what's broken in our workplaces. She has been both a marketing and human resources executive with a track record of transforming businesses. Her highly anticipated next book is The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses.

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Marketing

‘Diwali Is All About Home’: How South Asian Brands Like Elements Foster Deep Connection This Diwali Season

The potential for South Asian brands to partner and serve consumers during this big gift-giving holiday is untapped — and that's what Elements has set out to do this Diwali season.

Thought Leaders

This Is the No. 1 Mistake People Make as a Boss — But It’s Easy to Fix

On this National Boss's Day, let's stop ourselves from falling into one of the most notorious bad boss behaviors out there.

Thought Leaders

We Must Teach Our Daughters to Stand Up For Themselves at Work — 3 Lessons as a Woman in Corporate America

If I could go back and talk to my younger self, I would tell her to do the following to stand up for herself in the workplace.

Human Resources

Stop Telling Women to ‘Smile More’— It’s Time to End This Workplace Double Standard

So on this Women's Equality Day, stop asking women to smile at work. Instead here are three things leaders should focus on instead to break the bias in our workplaces.

Thought Leaders

Rage Applying to Jobs Won’t Help You Get Unstuck in Your Career. Try These 3 Strategies Instead.

Walk away from that keyboard and stop yourself from applying to another job in a mad dash, panicked and frenzy state. If you are unhappy in your current job, start by focusing on these three strategies.

Thought Leaders

What Are You Doing to Close the Gender Pay Gap? Start With These 3 Steps.

If you want to honor Equal Pay Day, start with these three actions to help close the pay gap in our workplaces.

Thought Leaders

She Turned Her Pandemic Hobby Into a Full-Time Business. Now Her Heritage-Inspired Candles Are Sold in Retailers Like Nordstrom and Barnes & Noble.

Melissa Gallardo creates premium home fragrances in candle form, all inspired by her Latin heritage. As she continues to build and grow her business, these are the lessons she wants to share with other founders.

Thought Leaders

If You Want to Honor Women’s Equality Day, Start by Re-evaluating the Performance Feedback You Give Women at Work

Consider the following three ways we can start mitigating our bias when it comes to how we evaluate women's performance.

Business Branding

She Launched Her Black-Owned Beauty Brand with $1,500 in Her Pockets — Now Her Products Are on Sephora’s Shelves.

On her journey to disrupt the beauty industry with her brand OUI the People, here are three lessons founder Karen Young shares.

Human Resources

Growing Up, She Was Bullied For Embracing Her Indian Heritage. Now Celebrities Like Mindy Kaling Wear Her Indian-American Fashion Brand — and She’s Aiming for Retail Stores Next.

Megha Rao is disrupting the fashion industry with her Indian-American-inspired fashion brand, holiCHIC. She's learned a lot of lessons in her journey from corporate America to entrepreneur, but here are three she wants other aspiring business owners to learn from her.

Thought Leaders

This Award-Winning Korean Chef Says Entrepreneurship Is Glamorized. Her Recipe For Success? Hard Work and Consistency.

Esther Choi, founder of mŏkbar and mŏkbar Brooklyn, believes entrepreneurship isn't as easy as it looks on social media. These are the lessons she hopes other aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from before they decide to take the plunge into launching their own business.

Building a Business

I Thought I Was Resilient, Until a Devastating Loss Showed Me Resilience Is Not Something You Just ‘Have’

It's something you build.

Thought Leaders

This Mexican-American Founder Is Challenging Biases About Mexican Cuisine Through Culturally-Diverse Products. Now His Brand Is Sold in Over 11,000 Stores Nationwide.

Building and scaling SOMOS, while challenging bias about Mexican food and culture, hasn't been easy for Miguel Leal and his co-founders. Here's what he wants other entrepreneurs to learn from his experiences.

Thought Leaders

This Woman Founder Is on a Mission to Make Education Accessible for All — No Matter Your Race or Gender. These Are the Three Lessons She Wants Other Industry Disruptors to Learn.

Lan Phan, founder of Community of Seven, said she was often the only woman of color at the decision-making table, and she wants to change that for the next generation. Here's what she wants other founders disrupting their industries to know from her experience.

Building a Business

After Her Unexpected Layoff, This Founder’s Love of Fragrances and Self-Care Helped Her Cope. Now She’s Disrupting the Fragrance Industry.

As she continues to grow and scale her company, here's the advice Brianna Arps, CEO and founder of MOODEAUX, has to share with other aspiring entrepreneurs as she continues to grow and scale her company.

Building a Business

She Maxed Out Her Credit Cards and Sold Her Engagement Ring to Start a Business. Now She Has $25 Million in Funding — and Smart Advice for Fellow Black Women Founders.

As she continues to scale her company, Denise Woodard, CEO and founder of Partake Foods, has a few things to share with other Black women starting businesses.

Thought Leaders

‘The Little Mermaid’ Isn’t Just for Kids. Here Are 3 Poignant Lessons Leaders Can Take Away From the Disney Remake.

"The Little Mermaid" once again reminds us of the power of storytelling — and the power leaders have to disrupt bias and shatter stereotypes. Here are three lessons we can take from the movie.

Thought Leaders

Here’s the Biggest Way You Can Show Up for the Black Community Beyond Black History Month

On my journey to be an ally to the Black community, here's the one major goal I'm focused on.

Thought Leaders

This Black Founder Was Gaslit By Her Doctor During Pregnancy. The Experience Drove Her to Create a Community for Expectant Moms.

Here are three lessons Nathalie Walton has learned while building her groundbreaking app, Expectful.

Thought Leaders

The Dos and Don’ts of Wearing a Halloween Costume at Work

Here are three things to keep in mind to ensure everyone can feel included and enjoy Halloween.

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Honor and Respect Indigenous Colleagues as a Leader

Instead of checking boxes as a leader, do the work to understand how you can support Indigenous colleagues.

Thought Leaders

Planning a Company Offsite? Here’s How to Ensure It’s Inclusive.

If you're planning your first company offsite since the pandemic began, here are five things to keep in mind.

Thought Leaders

‘Bias Is a Business Killer,’ Says the Co-Founder of the Largest Black-Owned Wine Company in the U.S.

Here are three lessons Robin McBride and her sister have learned while building McBride Sisters Wine Company.

Thought Leaders

This Baker Was Told Not to Speak Spanish With Colleagues, So She Started Her Own Cake Company That Values Employees Just As Much As Customers

The three most important lessons Kristina Lavallee has picked up over the past decade of running The Cake Girl.

Thought Leaders

This Founder Went to Prison When He Was 15 Years Old. That’s Where He Came Up With the Idea for a Company Now Backed By John Legend.

Three of the most important lessons Marcus Bullock has learned from building Flikshop.

Thought Leaders

How This ‘Shark Tank’ Vet and Her Game-Changing Invention Are Revolutionizing Personal Safety

Raquel Graham shares what she's learned in building Roq Innovation and its Headlightz Headbands.

Thought Leaders

“I Am Not a Diversity Quota,” Says the Founder Disrupting the Dessert Category

Here are three lessons Najwa Khan has learned in building her better-for-you brand.

Thought Leaders

This Filipino American Founder Is Disrupting the Beverage Aisle by Introducing New Flavors to the Crowded Bubbly Water Market

Here are three lessons Sandro Roco has learned in bringing Asian flavors to the industry for the first time.

Thought Leaders

This Founder is Starting a Breakfast Revolution by Reinventing One of America’s Favorite Foods

Here are three lessons Aimee Yang is learning as she builds BetterBrand.

Thought Leaders

How This First-Generation American Founder Is Taking on Fast-Food Giants

The three most important lessons Ayeshah Abuelhiga has learned in building Mason Dixie Foods.

Mita Mallick

More From Mita Mallick

‘Diwali Is All About Home’: How South Asian Brands Like Elements Foster Deep Connection This Diwali Season

This Is the No. 1 Mistake People Make as a Boss — But It’s Easy to Fix

We Must Teach Our Daughters to Stand Up For Themselves at Work — 3 Lessons as a Woman in Corporate America

Stop Telling Women to ‘Smile More’— It’s Time to End This Workplace Double Standard

Rage Applying to Jobs Won’t Help You Get Unstuck in Your Career. Try These 3 Strategies Instead.

What Are You Doing to Close the Gender Pay Gap? Start With These 3 Steps.

She Turned Her Pandemic Hobby Into a Full-Time Business. Now Her Heritage-Inspired Candles Are Sold in Retailers Like Nordstrom and Barnes & Noble.

If You Want to Honor Women’s Equality Day, Start by Re-evaluating the Performance Feedback You Give Women at Work

She Launched Her Black-Owned Beauty Brand with $1,500 in Her Pockets — Now Her Products Are on Sephora’s Shelves.

Growing Up, She Was Bullied For Embracing Her Indian Heritage. Now Celebrities Like Mindy Kaling Wear Her Indian-American Fashion Brand — and She’s Aiming for Retail Stores Next.

This Award-Winning Korean Chef Says Entrepreneurship Is Glamorized. Her Recipe For Success? Hard Work and Consistency.

I Thought I Was Resilient, Until a Devastating Loss Showed Me Resilience Is Not Something You Just ‘Have’

This Mexican-American Founder Is Challenging Biases About Mexican Cuisine Through Culturally-Diverse Products. Now His Brand Is Sold in Over 11,000 Stores Nationwide.

This Woman Founder Is on a Mission to Make Education Accessible for All — No Matter Your Race or Gender. These Are the Three Lessons She Wants Other Industry Disruptors to Learn.

After Her Unexpected Layoff, This Founder’s Love of Fragrances and Self-Care Helped Her Cope. Now She’s Disrupting the Fragrance Industry.

She Maxed Out Her Credit Cards and Sold Her Engagement Ring to Start a Business. Now She Has $25 Million in Funding — and Smart Advice for Fellow Black Women Founders.

‘The Little Mermaid’ Isn’t Just for Kids. Here Are 3 Poignant Lessons Leaders Can Take Away From the Disney Remake.

Here’s the Biggest Way You Can Show Up for the Black Community Beyond Black History Month

This Black Founder Was Gaslit By Her Doctor During Pregnancy. The Experience Drove Her to Create a Community for Expectant Moms.

The Dos and Don’ts of Wearing a Halloween Costume at Work

5 Ways to Honor and Respect Indigenous Colleagues as a Leader

Planning a Company Offsite? Here’s How to Ensure It’s Inclusive.

‘Bias Is a Business Killer,’ Says the Co-Founder of the Largest Black-Owned Wine Company in the U.S.

This Baker Was Told Not to Speak Spanish With Colleagues, So She Started Her Own Cake Company That Values Employees Just As Much As Customers

This Founder Went to Prison When He Was 15 Years Old. That’s Where He Came Up With the Idea for a Company Now Backed By John Legend.

How This ‘Shark Tank’ Vet and Her Game-Changing Invention Are Revolutionizing Personal Safety

“I Am Not a Diversity Quota,” Says the Founder Disrupting the Dessert Category

This Filipino American Founder Is Disrupting the Beverage Aisle by Introducing New Flavors to the Crowded Bubbly Water Market

This Founder is Starting a Breakfast Revolution by Reinventing One of America’s Favorite Foods

How This First-Generation American Founder Is Taking on Fast-Food Giants

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