By now, the science is well established: groups of diverse individuals make better decisions. But the workplace statistics are painfully clear: diversifying can be a slow process.
Becky Hammon, the first woman to be an NBA assistant coach, may soon be the first woman to be an NBA head coach.
The US is creating a new naval command and redeploying the Second Fleet in the Atlantic, the department of defense announced yesterday (May 4), putting teeth behind a new national security strategy announced in January.
When the winning horse crosses the finish line of the Kentucky Derby today, it’s almost certain it will finish somewhere between one minute and 59 seconds and 2:06. Every Derby winner in the last 70 years has finished in that band.
Corporate executives traditionally refuse to discuss their companies’ stock prices. Share prices are a function of the market, they say, and generally out of their control.
If you’ve ever tidied up the office break room, organized a Secret Santa gift exchange, or counseled a distraught colleague, you’ve performed emotional labor at work. And it’s likely your efforts were never thanked or acknowledged. Now a startup co-founded by Laszlo Bock, Google’s former head of human resources, appears to be using technology to make employees feel a little more appreciated.
Silicon Valley may claim it celebrates failure, but elsewhere, it’s shunned like the plague. In most professions, belonging to a successful organization can accelerate future earnings and advancement. Job applications pour into companies like Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Co. in part because job seekers know having those employers on their resume will benefit them over the course of their career.
If Starbucks was shaken by the aftermath of arrests at a Philadelphia store, you couldn’t tell from its quarterly earnings call.
WeWork, the shared-office startup, isn’t just pioneering new ways of working, but new ways of accounting.
WeWork, the fast-growing co-working startup, is asking the bond markets for money, and so let slip some previously secret financial details. Its numbers, as reported by Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, show a company with staggering ambitions and some big bills to pay.
Companies know by now that diversity in the boardroom leads to better decision making, and a business that’s more in touch with all of its potential customers. As a result, companies are charging headhunters with identifying women and people of color as potential board candidates.
In the information economy, high performers aren’t just being hired by companies to manage the business. High performers are the business.
There’s a reason almost every presentation or keynote address begins with a joke. Humor breaks up tedium, eases tension, and helps foster team spirit—and studies indicate funny leaders create trust and improve performance among their employees.
If your image of a leader is a white guy in a tie, this past week might help reframe your thinking.
In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addressed the subject of high standards, including the importance of knowing what they look like, and how much work is required to reach them.
Starbucks’ announcement that it will close 8,000 US stores for an afternoon in May to provide its employees with racial-bias training was greeted by a storm of headlines and a flurry of social media commentary.
Resumes are a poor proxy for a human being.
Starbucks, embroiled in controversy over perceived racial profiling, will close more than 8,000 company-owned US stores for a day in May to conduct racial-bias training.
Since its founding in 1971, Starbucks has worked diligently to build its brand as a progressive enterprise. From sourcing its coffee beans ethically to offering health insurance to its US store employees, the company has positioned itself as a leader in corporate responsibility.
Bank of America, the US’s third-largest bank by revenue, is the latest corporation to publicly take a stand against the gun industry in the aftermath of February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The bank will no longer lend to makers of assault rifles, it declared this week.
Andre the Giant today may be best remembered from his role as Fezzik in The Princess Bride, or from his image on the ubiquitous Obey! sticker campaign created by artist Shepard Fairey.
A US court yesterday (April 9) declared it was illegal for employers to use women’s prior salaries to justify paying women less then men.
Women can’t be paid less than men based on their previous salary, a US appeals court ruled today (April 9), a major victory for advocates fighting to close the gender pay gap.
Behind the graceful lobbies and elegant dining rooms of luxury hotels are the grim, windowless spaces where employees work, eat, and try to relax.
