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Ex COO of Pinterest Sues Company for Wrongful Termination

HR Digest

Former Chief Operating Officer of Pinterest, Françoise Brougher, has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging gender discrimination and wrongful termination. Pinterest is aimed at women, and according to the latest statistics from the company, it has 400 million active monthly users, mostly women.

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Organizations Are Failing To Capitalize On Data And Technology

The Horizons Tracker

According to a report by Accenture, although CEOs recognize the importance of utilizing data, technology, and people for growth, only a small percentage of large global companies are effectively utilizing these elements. Those that do have the potential to increase productivity by 11%, leading to increased profitability and revenue growth.

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Paige Ross on Crafting Talent and Well-being at Blackstone

HR Digest

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. In this role she oversees human resource management globally for the firm.

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What’s That Musky Smell?

The Practical Leader

.” Objectifying and dehumanizing people seems to be a pattern at Musk’s companies. He said technical and analytical skills were the key to career advancement at their company. We could really push this further and make the same argument for “human resources.”

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Creating More Fun Working Conditions

Strategy Driven

Any company can make the working conditions at their company an asset for their employees. Here’s some examples of how companies are making working conditions at their companies more fun today. COO Eric Spencer agrees. When the company moved to its first conventional office, the no-shoes tradition came too.

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Title Liberation

N2Growth Blog

It depends on the size of their companies, where the head office is situated, the number of offices and employees, the turnover, etc. That happens too when companies start using titles as compensation to make employees feel important, to get them on board, to compensate for a salary rise or bonus which is just not coming. Pretty clear.

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How Charismatic and Incompetent Managerial-Leaders are Destructive

Mike Cardus

Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. He was liked by the companies customers and vendors, and they were happy to have him visit and treat them to golf and dinners. Consulting and examining this with the company CEO, CFO, COO and Sr. Photo Credit.

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