Dear Round-Up Readers,

Just back from an epic e-bike trip through Flanders, the Dutch speaking portion of Belgium, with my 16-year old son! Biking along beautiful canals, through open farmland, and glorious foliage filled woods, plus hitting several cities (Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent) was the perfect mix of countryside and culture––check out some photos! The food was delish, from Michelin star to burgers…and the BEER!!!  I'm not usually much for beer, but in Belgium it is served very cold and can be light and slightly fruity, so refreshing. My favorite was the Gouden Carolus Tripel at the Het Anker brewery, where we also stayed one night. This was my first time on an e-bike, they are great! Although you still need to pedal, the battery gives you an extra boost that allows you to rack up more miles with the option to work out as hard or as little as you like. Click for info on the bikes we used and our route.

Meanwhile, English Prime Minister Liz Truss lasted 45 days (less than a lettuce) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has formally stepped into a third term of ruling China.

Now, on to other news from the week... 

Business, Women, and Random Trends: 

• 2022 Women in Business Report The eighth annual study from McKinsey and LeanIn.org is out. Research revealed that we’re amid a “Great Breakup”: women are demanding more from work, and they’re leaving their companies in unprecedented numbers to get it. Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates ever seen. That could have serious implications––women are already significantly underrepresented in leadership.

• 7 Pieces of Bad Career Advice Women Should Ignore Somehow I missed this fantastic article in Harvard Business Review last year, so I am glad it made the rounds again on LinkedIn this week. If you missed it, click here!!

• 5 top tips to get yourself on a path to the C-suite Fast Company says getting to the C-suite is less based on your education and more about skills you amass (communications, networking, and patience!) along your career journey. Great read!

• Learn to Like the Most Annoying Person in Your Life Even irritating people (usually) have redeeming qualities! The WSJ offers tips on how to find them.

• Marketing and Mental Health: How to Tame 4 Common Stress Triggers. If you work in marketing or PR, you will relate to this article!! While you may not be able to change the circumstances of what gives you stress, you can control how you react to them. Excellent advice from Redpoint.

• How Did Healing Ourselves Get So Exhausting? Wellness has become yet another task to fit into our schedules, says a new book "The Gospel of Wellness," and women are particularly susceptible. An interesting essay in The Atlantic about why the thing that was supposed to help us heal ourselves has become an expensive obligation, offering a summary of the book which takes a look at everything from Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP to Soul Cycle. I've put the book on my Kindle!

Travel & Hospitality news:

• Female Hospitality Leaders Show Solidarity with Iranian Women Love this video organised by the Persian Hospitality Network, UK based Michelin-starred chefs, restaurateurs, and influencers including created to raise awareness of the anti-government protests taking place in Iran.

• 6 Themes for Hotel Earnings Season According to Skift, expect talk of: group bookings recovery, energy issues in Europe, currency turmoil/recession, development pipelines are at a high but this depends on stable financing, expect more "lifestyle" hotels, and finally China has not really recovered from COVID.

• Second Chance Hiring HBR offers three ways employers can set up formerly incarcerated workers up for success, which might be a great idea in the current labor shortage.

On hertelier this week:

Big welcome to our new subscribers! The story in Forbes, How Women Are Changing The Hotel Industry, keeps bringing new readers! Super excited to have you here. It's been "tech week," so let's beam ourselves in!

• Marriott's Regan Taikitsadaporn: Being an Ally The buzzword “allyship” is now being spoken about more and more as DEI is becoming a focus globally. But what does it really mean? Regan offers advice.

• Money Shame is Real Columnist Nancy Mendelson unpacks the connection between shame and money.

• What Women Want Contributor Rachel Vandenberg sums up what women need right now, inspired by the new McKinsey "Women in the Workplace" report.

   

Listen UP: podcasts I loved this week!

• ON with Kara Swisher The tech journalist interviews Brian Chesky Airbnb CEO on how he navigated COVID, loneliness and how he sees the future of work.

• Nap More––NPR "Life Kit" Podcast, interviewed Tricia Hersey, author of the new book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. She argues our culture equates our value with our output. Too often, we only let ourselves rest in order to have the energy to work harder or make more profits later on—or after we've checked everything off of our to-do list and completely exhausted ourselves.

• Ashton Kutcher x Peloton Motivational Interview and Marathon Training Series “Our Future Selves” If you have a Peloton, this is a great series of interviews/workouts. I've done the Adam Grant and Natalie Portman sessions and the interviews are so engaging! You can do them on the bike or running. Ashton Kutcher is training for the NYC Marathon to raise money in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of his nonprofit, Thorn, which builds technology to defend children from sexual exploitation and eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet.

   

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Have a great week!  

Em