Change Marketing. Q&A with Neil Bedwell, Founding Partner at Local Industries
To thrive in business tomorrow demands constant change today, and experienced leaders know that the hardest part of change is convincing people to change with you.
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Should We Have Worker Representation on Boards?
It’s long been a perception in some circles that the corporate fat cats don’t have the best interests of the working man (or woman) in mind. But, what if that group of fat cats included those workers? That is, in essence, what Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been proposing.
Diversity Disclosure Could Land You on FORTUNE’s ‘Most Progressive Companies’ List
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Sixty-five percent of employees would rather have a new boss than a pay increase because of their dissatisfaction with the workplace. The workplace is going through an identity crisis. On the one hand, it wants to hang on to the traditional mindset that has helped build powerful businesses. Yet, there is plenty of evidence showing […]
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Pandemic Spurs Midyear Changes to Retirement Plans
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By Lee Ellis Carla, a senior Human Resources vice president of a Fortune 200 company, has the challenge of evaluating the natural leadership potential of several team members. She had worked with all of them for some time, but she’s unsure about the best criteria to match the needed skills for the job with the […]
Can Industry Hopping Workers Be Your Untapped Labor Source?
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