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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management. households spend 3% of annual electricity budgets on heating water to wash clothes.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle. Too typical, however, is the situation described by a senior executive at a chemical company. Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. You don’t have to look far for examples of political spending gone awry.