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March 2017

Leadership and career
March 31, 2017

Be More Funny, Make More Money

Want to make your company a better place to work? Understanding the benefits of using humor appropriately is the first step, actualizing this knowledge the second. Here are some ways humor can help your organization become a place that the best people can do their best work — and have…
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Leadership and career
March 29, 2017

How to Manage a Virtual Workforce (or How to Herd Cats)

Business leaders and employers interested in building a virtual workforce are in good company. According to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, virtual team management is a skill among the top workplace trends for 2016. And Global Workplace Analytics, a research company devoted to helping organizations understand emerging workplace strategies, finds…
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Compliance
March 27, 2017

What Do Compliance Directors Need to Know to Sleep at Night?

Between new rules from the likes of the SEC and FDIC, a compliance director's day-to-day is getting increasingly complex. In fact, the House Financial Services Committee estimates private sector firms will spend 24 million man-hours annually to comply with Dodd-Frank rules alone. And now that compliance directors can be held…
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Compliance
March 24, 2017

Talking with Your Feet

Chief compliance officers are optimistic and committed to "doing the right thing." It is in their blood and may be at the core of their professional fabric. My guess is that there are far fewer CCOs who like to push the envelope than their legal counterparts. Some lawyers are capable…
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Compliance
March 23, 2017

The GDPR: Are You Prepared for the Latest Data Protection Regulation?

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation date approaching and an abundance of new requirements coming with it – companies are scrambling to figure out what they need to do in order to ensure their data protection programs are ready. Nothing like a deadline to get everybody moving, right??…
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Leadership and career
March 22, 2017

Has Integrity Become a Commodity?

This may seem an odd question to ask, but has the "cost" of integrity created a commodity market in dishonesty?  Can integrity be traded like an investment or derivative?  In other words, if the price of integrity becomes too low, will the market for dishonesty rise to find equilibrium in…
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Leadership and career
March 20, 2017

Positioning Your Business as an Early Mover

An “early mover” is a firm that quickly recognizes a unique opportunity or risk in the marketplace and uses that knowledge to evaluate its options either before anyone else or along with other firms that likewise recognize the significance of what’s developing. Early movers have the advantage of time, with…
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Compliance
March 17, 2017

Disparaging Company Tweets May Be Protected

By: Patty Tehrani Do employees have a right to complain about their jobs and employers on social media? Another recent decision delivered by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regarding employee tweets may give some insights into this issue. But before we delve into this case, let's consider the basis of…
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Recruiting
March 15, 2017

SilkRoad’s State of Talent 2017

Goodbye Processes and Transactions; Hello Employee Experiences New research shows 53 percent of HR professionals report higher employee engagement through better onboarding, details other top challenges and opportunities in 2017 SilkRoad, a global leader in talent activation, today announced its "2017 State of Talent" report, providing in-depth analysis of the issues…
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Compliance
March 13, 2017

Everything You Need to Know About Comp Time

By: Noelle West One-third of private employers are at risk for an FLSA lawsuit. Are you one? In a recent independent survey, one-third of 500 private-sector employers said they used comp time (or compensatory time) instead of overtime — a common violation of the FLSA.* In other words, one-third of…
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