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We Need More Than Education To Overcome Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used the educational achievements of the parents as a proxy for their social status, before then looking at the earnings of their adult children as a proxy for their professional success. The researchers looked at data from the National Survey of College Graduates between 2010 and 2017. “Is it social capital?

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Elizabeth Pieters accepted into Forbes Human Resources Council

N2Growth Blog

Philadelphia, PA October 17, 2017 — Elizabeth Pieters, Chief People Officer at N2Growth Inc., Our mission with Forbes Councils is to curate successful professionals from every industry, creating a vetted, social capital-driven network that helps every member make an even greater impact on the business world.”. N2Growth Inc.:

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

But Rogier thought it was the key to boosting engagement and performance, and he had hinted that he might use Contect’s 2017 annual all-employee meeting—his chance to announce new goals and celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments—to roll out the change. And here’s to an even better 2017!”