EMPOWERED WELL-BEING What is Well-being? “Who doesn’t want to have less stress, more flexibility, a more human approach to dealing with the demands of work and life?” This is the question posed by Jennifer Fisher, National Managing Director of Well-being at Deloitte, in a recent LinkedIn post. Wellbeing is tied to inclusion, Fisher asserts, which is why […]
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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“Innovation is important—it solves problems today in a way that positions us to address the unforeseen problems of tomorrow.” The Rockefeller Foundation Innovation, and the creativity that fuels it, drive the success of an organization in areas such as talent retention and increased revenues. As leaders, how do we foster an environment that fosters innovation? Adam
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Parental leave has been in the news, with companies announcing new, more generous policies, and Presidential candidate Donald Trump revealing his proposed plan for new mothers. Is the US taking steps to catch up to the rest of the developed world with regards to parental leave? Netflix’s new leave policy generated headlines in August and
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The concept of a 9-5 workday has been gone for a long time. But we’ve replaced it with a far more extreme timetable: 24/7. Technology has made it increasingly easy to take our work with us when we leave the office. Think of office life 25 years ago: your phone and computer stayed at your
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The 2008 financial crisis resulted in 7.9 million job losses and the recovery was slow. With companies hesitant to hire full-time employees, but still needing to get projects done, they turned to freelancers. And those who were looking for paying work began freelancing to make ends meet. Yet, while the economy and job outlook has
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In a LinkedIn post on January 14, senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett announced that President Obama would propose new initiatives to support working families in the form of paid sick leave as well as six weeks of paid time off after the birth or adoption of a child. While the paid sick time would
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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill Happy and engaged workers can support the success of a company and motivating employees is a key tenet of engagement. Yet, motivation is also a murky area and hard to gauge. Advice often runs the gamut of compensation to mentoring. While
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Summer seems to offer more opportunities for reading. The pace in business lessens as people take vacations, kids are out of school, and the hot weather beckons us to slow down. While the lure of the latest best seller might be strong, this summer offers a crop of new business books you may want to consider.
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During gender gap conversations, we tend to focus on the “what’s wrong” aspect of the conversation. We provide statistics for the lack of women in leadership, bemoan the numbers of women leaving (or forced to leave) the workforce, and gloomily describe the “second shift” of housework after a day at the office. Certainly, having the
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