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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

Henry discusses EY’s response to evolving workplace dynamics, including flexible work models and investments in emerging technologies. EY has a consistently received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) since 2005, demonstrating a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

– Martha Beck Not long ago, my career had been dedicated to sales, mentoring, coaching and leading an exceptional sales force. However, they will rock even louder on my terms as an entrepreneur and professional coach. Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock!

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Five Years After Lehman’s Collapse, Bankers Still Haven’t Confronted Their Biases

Harvard Business Review

In 2005, four dozen senior executives at Lehman Brothers took a decision-making course. Today’s super-fast technology cues traders’ fight-or-flight responses, leading them to make snap decisions that do not account for the probability of disastrous future events. Finance Recession'

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Is the Next Karl Marx a Management Consultant?

Harvard Business Review

A brief sampling: Michael Porter and Mark Kramer's " Creating Shared Value ;" Christoper Meyer and Julia Kirby's " Runaway Capitalism ;" Dominic Barton's " Capitalism for the Long Term ;" the collected works of Umair Haque. in the 1970s and replace it with a simple, decisive credo: Do what benefits shareholders.

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What Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

Harvard Business Review

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, New Orleans was a place where too many people accepted that the city’s zenith had passed over 150 years ago. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. Insight Center.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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Innovating Around a Bureaucracy

Harvard Business Review

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.