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4 Steps for Implementing Your Remote Work Policy

Chart Your Course

Thirty-seven percent of Americans telecommuted in 2015, a Gallup poll found. But successfully implementing a remote worker policy takes some adjusting to maintain clear workplace policies and procedures while still allowing employees the autonomy and flexibility they desire. Define the Scope of Your Remote Work Policy.

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Net Zero Efforts Are Slowly Paying Off

The Horizons Tracker

“Although we found that policies have delivered on their stated goal of reducing emissions, the world remains on a path towards catastrophe,” the researchers explain. These policies alone reduced nearly a billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2022. That’s a reduction of 4% to 15%.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders For 2015

Eric Jacobson

With only one month left of 2014, it''s not too early to start identifying your New Year''s Resolutions for 2015. Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2015. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders?

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

He was one of the most important foreign policy theorists and secretaries of state that America ever produced. Comparisons with Steve Jobs are not off the mark. Kissinger: 1923-1968 : The Idealist by Niall Ferguson Kissinger: 1923-1968 is the first volume in a two-volume biography.

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Wealth Stability Between Generations

The Horizons Tracker

It found that grandparents with the lowest proportions of wealth between 1984 and 1989 were highly likely to have grandchildren in the lowest wealth stratum in 2015-2017. Similarly, those grandparents with the most wealth in the 1980s would have wealthy grandchildren in 2015.

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Zero-Deforestation Pledges Are Largely Failing

The Horizons Tracker

between 2006 and 2015. If supply chain policies intend to contribute to the task of tackling deforestation in Brazil, it’s crucial to expand zero-deforestation supply chain policies beyond soy,” they explain. Indeed, the researchers found that existing pledges have reduced tree clearance in the Amazon by just 1.6%

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Did Austerity Politics Lead To A Rise In Crime?

The Horizons Tracker

Rising crime The research looks at the impact of austerity politics on crime in England and Wales between 2011 and 2015. “Any government that takes seriously the idea of evidence-based policy will want to consider these wider consequences when implementing future austerity-related policies,” they conclude.

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