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Leadership and career

Leadership and career
March 6, 2017

Racial Strife in the Workplace — What’s an HR Professional to Do?

By: Bob Cooper Consider the following. A client calls with an urgent problem: A white employee jokingly made a racial comment to an African-American employee, whom he thought was his friend and whom he wrongly assumed would not be offended.  The comment was clearly overheard by several other employees. Understandably, the…
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Engaged Employee
Leadership and career
March 3, 2017

5 Pillars of Successful Employee Engagement

As the job market continues to gradually improve, employers are being held by their staff to new standards for positive and engaging workplace experiences. Gone are the days where workers held on to their jobs for dear life. Instead, employees are constantly on the lookout for better opportunities, better perks…
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Leadership and career
February 24, 2017

When Purported Corporate Values Fail to Align with Actions

By: Barbara Brooks Kimmel Barbara compiles "Tuning In to Trust & Ethics," a monthly column of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World's Trust Alliance. As Trust Across America’s column has discussed in the past, organizations and their leaders often find themselves caught in "trust and ethics traps." This week's "biggest catch" was Mylan…
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Leadership and career
February 22, 2017

Volunteering for the Common Good

By: Melissa Beck When it comes to corporate philanthropy, giving back can take many shapes and forms — purchasing tables at fundraising events, sponsoring local programs and teams or offering in-kind donations to increase visibility. These monetary contributions go a long way for nonprofits, which can use much-needed funds to…
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Leadership and career
February 17, 2017

Keep Your High-Value Information Close – and Your Employees Closer

By: Ron Arden In the course of doing business, intellectual property and high-value information changes hands like a hot potato – within the organization as well as with vendors, partners and customers. Unless appropriate guidelines and protocols are put in place identifying who should or can have access to this…
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Leadership and career
February 16, 2017

Boards Should Take a Fresh Look at Risk

Boards have a critical role in overseeing a company’s key risks—whether those risks fall into strategic, financial or operational buckets, or relate to regulatory compliance or other corporate obligations. The board’s role in overseeing risk also continues to attract the attention of investors, regulators and other stakeholders, prompting calls for…
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Leadership and career
February 15, 2017

The Core of Leadership

By: Lee Ellis Despite the seeming lack of honor and accountability that we see in our culture today, I still choose to believe that most people that I encounter have good character and will operate ethically. Would you agree? Interestingly though, when I was a volunteer for three years in…
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Leadership and career
February 8, 2017

Becoming a Public Company Board Member

By: Tracy Houston We are living in unprecedented times of uncertainty and challenge. Never has it been more critical for directors and officers to be capable of leading in the boardroom. In light of increased regulatory changes and reduced public confidence, the question of who sits on a board and…
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Leadership and career
February 6, 2017

Creating a Value-Oriented Sustainable Business

By: Gizem Alper As the world becomes more and more globalized by the day, the importance of maintaining it in mint condition has gained awareness from all actors in society. A responsibility to conduct business in a sustainable and value-oriented manner has been vested on businesses by international actors –…
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Leadership and career
February 3, 2017

Are You Tough Enough to Cross the Rubicon?

By: Linda Henman During the Roman republic, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the northeast and Italy proper to the south. The river distinguished not only the geographic boundaries for the province but also the military restrictions for governors and magistrates. Therefore, rulers required generals to disband…
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