THE POWER OF INCLUSION Are you an employer seeking to attract and engage today’s workforce? Be ready to adapt, suggests new research from the Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion and the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative.
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Millennials and a shift in buying behavior According to Deloitte’s Perspectives report ‘Investment Management Outlook 2017,’ one major trend likely to impact our industry in the coming year is “a shift in buyer behavior as the Millennial generation becomes a greater force in the investing marketplace.” If investment management firms want to drive growth, they
6 Things Every Mentor Should Do In light of all the recent discussion of mentors and sponsors, I found Harvard Business Review’s recent article, “Six Things Every Mentor Should Do,” enlightening. According to Vineet Chopra, MD and Sanjay Saint, MD – there are six things every mentor should consider:
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RAY DALIO The 5 Criteria for Success I recently watched Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater – the world’s largest hedge fund – speak with Andrew Ross Sorkin on Deal B%k at The New York Times. Dalio grew up in a middle class home, the only child of Italian-American parents. He began investing at the age
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The first quarter of 2017 is just coming to a close but already gender diversity on boards seems to be a popular topic, cropping up in several studies and news articles. Here are some headlines that have caught my eye over the last few months:
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In my previous post on “The Brexit Surprise,” I highlighted the potential situations for women that could arise when Britain leaves the European Union. One of the benefits for women in the European Union is the protection of equal pay, and not simply for the exact same job—for jobs that have comparable value. The United
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Conflict is a fact of life, in business or otherwise. Yet, managed incorrectly, conflict can have devastating effects: strained relationships, lost productivity, and low morale. Even at C-suite levels, executives try to avoid unpleasant conversations, with deleterious results. Rather than creating more conflict, learning to deal with conflict in a constructive manner can lead to
Women and men are not paid equally for the same job. However, while that gap has been slowly shrinking, the gap at the upper echelons of management is not. An article in USA Today from earlier this year crows: “Surprise! Women Trump Men on CEO Pay.” On the surface, this is great news. Unfortunately, the
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It has been said that “leading” and “managing,” though used interchangeably, have different meanings. The idea goes that the leader is a visionary, with big picture ideas, and the manager is the one who carries them out. It’s a nice concept in a world where we are consistently trying to exceed the status quo. Perhaps
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One of the key obstacles in workplace equality is inherent bias. Moreover, it is the most difficult type of bias to overcome. Leanin.org and McKinsey & Company co-authored a “Women in the Workplace 2015” study. One of the most interesting portions of it dealt with the different types of bias present at work.
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