Research via Images Here is a succinct view of what research surveyed a total of 318 businesswomen from 19 different countries and 30 different industries. The respondents on average were 48-years old, with the large majority (75 percent) indicating that they were either mid- or senior-level leaders. This research throws light on whether women...
Continue readingDo Women Make Good Mentors For Other Women?
There have always been these lengthy conversations about how women have to work extra hard, sacrifice a lot more and often battle uncomfortable situations to reach the glass ceiling; let alone break it. Many a times, women don’t have the right type of support systems that they need to grow in a professional space...
Continue readingThe Talent First CEO
by Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan An agenda for the talent-first CEO In tumultuous times, a company’s talent is its most valuable and reliable asset. What does it take to lead an organization that truly unleashes its human capital? In our combined 90 years of advising CEOs and their boards, the three...
Continue readingCreating a Culture Of Employee Engagement
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology has found conclusively those investments in the superior human capital generates better performance by the company. This should also answer the question to WHY employee engagement is needed, but it does not answer the question of HOW. Employees also have to feel that the work...
Continue readingReap The Benefits Of Continuing Professional Development
An article in bizjournals.com made a very good point. “While experience is a great teacher, it often means that we tend to continue what we have done in the past. Professional development opens us up to new possibilities, strategies, knowledge and skill areas. It also goes on to enumerate why if you are an...
Continue readingMillennial Generation – How Do You Effectively Manage Them?
As the Millennial Generation overtakes the workforce from the Baby Boomers and Generation X, the new technologies are remaking the workplace. This change of the business world is reshaping the work nature and is ushering in a need for new and updated management strategies. So how do you manage the Millennial Generation effectively? According...
Continue readingDesign a Competitive Compensation Plan to Retain Star Employees
A competitive and well-designed compensation system is a cornerstone of employee recruitment and retention for most organizations. If you’ve ever lost a key employee because you weren’t paying them enough, you know the pain of not only losing a top recruit but also having failed to discover problems that could have been solved earlier...
Continue readingWhen It Comes to Attracting Talent, It’s Innovate HR or Die
Hiring Is Increasingly Seen as an Arm of Marketing When McDonald’s starts using Snapchat to hire workers, you know the hiring paradigm has shifted. Innovate HR or die. This summer, the fast-food giant said it planned to hire about 250,000 workers, and that Snapchat was part of the plan. “Forget trolling LinkedIn to...
Continue readingBoost Your ‘Executive Presence’—And Shift Your Career Into High Gear
If you’re feeling stagnant in your career and often passed over for promotions, you could be lacking what’s known as “executive presence.” In fact, when 400 CEOs were asked how they chose their next level leaders, 89 percent said they looked for this one critical trait. But what is executive presence? Having it means...
Continue readingMental Illness: The Hidden Workplace Challenge
Millennial Women at Particular Risk Mental illness is a largely misunderstood disease that carries much stigma in society. But it doesn’t just strike the unemployed! Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. Employee stress levels continue to rise as more and more employees spend extra hours at...
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