Defining and Improving Corporate Culture
Corporate culture is hard to define, yet culture is often cited by employers and employees as an important factor in talent placement. Further, Harvard researchers found that,“when aligned with strategy [...]
Shareholders Target Female CEOs
Last year, State Street announced its intention to use shareholder activism to work towards gender parity on corporate boards. However, it appears that women on corporate boards can also be [...]
Millennials: Disrupting the status quo
Millennials: Disrupting the status quo Millennials: they’re challenging the status quo in every aspect of society, including the corporate sector. […]
Can Ethics Guide Artificial Intelligence?
As CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty is no stranger to both the complexities of the modern business environment and gender diversity. Artificial intelligence, or cognitive computing, as IBM prefers to call [...]
Addressing Cybersecurity in the Business World
Recent events such as the Equifax hack and the breach of the Edgar system, the SEC’s public company files, are not isolated events; this is a new reality. The volume [...]
Is the War on Talent a Delusion?
The term “war for talent” has been subsumed into the business lexicon since its introduction 20 years ago. This “war” rages on and it appears that we are no closer [...]
Can Business Learn from the Military?
“All effective leaders are effective leader developers,” says Bernard Banks, retired Brigadier General of the US Army and now X at Kellogg School of Management. Banks noted that upon leaving [...]
Millennials
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 [...]
Trust has become a high priority
Trust has become a high priority Trust.. it’s a high priority issue these days. Since the financial crisis of 2008, trust has catapulted into the limelight and the impact on [...]