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Companies in US Are Giving a Day Off To Vote

HR Digest

According to a study by Pew Research Center, the US has some of the lowest rates of voter participation among developed countries. Outdoor equipment retailer, Patagonia has announced that it will shut down its headquarters, offices, stores and distribution centers for Election Day, as it had previously done in 2016 and 2018.

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A Culture of Excellence: An Interview with Melissa Strait

HR Digest

Melissa Strait: When we founded Inspire in February 2018, our leadership team spent time developing a clear purpose and set of behaviors that could align our organization and our brands.? We are focused on developing an HR technology platform that enables finding, hiring, onboarding and developing the best talent.

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Alphabet Workers Union to bring back the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto

HR Digest

They have developed artificial intelligence technology for use by the Department of Defense and profited from ads by a hate group. Kara Silverstein, Alphabet’s director of people operations, said in a statement: “We’ve always worked hard to create a supportive and rewarding workplace for our workforce. union at the company.

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An Interview with Diane Gherson, CHRO at IBM, on Driving Organizational Transformation

HR Digest

The CHRO of IBM, Diane Gherson however, has different views and she has translated the term “human+machine interaction” into HRM practices. Human Resources has traditionally been very process driven. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Is Your C-Suite Working As A Team?

Lead Change Blog

In the VUCA world in which we now operate many businesses have become more agile, networked and team centric in order to respond to the challenges of more competition and digital disruption. However, up to now many of these approaches have been implemented in functional areas like sales and operations, and the C-suite has been left unchanged.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Doug shared some new concepts for transforming an insurmountable checklist of requirements into manageable benchmarks and priorities, which he had developed after conducting a comprehensive review of his company’s operations. He also shared supply discipline systems that reduced common inefficiencies.