Viewed in McKinsey & Company As a growing number of companies reflect on their obligations to society’s betterment beyond their traditional focus on providing desirable products and services at a profit, they need not look far from home. “Because of the connection between happiness at work and overall life satisfaction, improving employee happiness could make… More
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Viewed in Harvard Business Review Companies of the world confront many challenges. None are likely greater than the ongoing question of how they will navigate their way back to normalcy (if that is even possible at all) from the world’s hugely damaging coronavirus pandemic. Yet one additional cost of the pandemic is that it is… More
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Viewed in Top CHRO The coronavirus pandemic is challenging global companies in so many ways it is almost difficult to keep up with all of them. But the challenge of employee skill development during the pandemic, especially including developing employee skills in a largely remote work environment, is right up there among the biggest such… More
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Viewed in The Times of India. What attributes do companies seek in their most senior executive? The answer to that question is evolving, particularly as companies increasingly see value in several prominent soft skills, including humility, humanity, humor and hope. The search for these executives reflects a growing recognition that inclusion and consensus-building are key… More
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Viewed in Spencer Stuart. Organizational leadership can be a very lonely undertaking, but that can be overcome at least partly with competent and trusted advisors. Yet, trust is hard to come by in an advisor. Stephen G. Patscot, who heads Spencer Stuart’s human resources practice, writes that one his colleagues “recently quoted a statistic that,… More
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(Despite Trying Really Hard) Viewed in Inc. Despite the best of intentions, most people struggle with productivity. But what can be done to overcome this? Inc. contributor Matt Plummer identifies four not so obvious and even counter intuitive solutions: First, think in terms of high “present value.” This means that investing time up front to… More
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