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Offering Wider Support At Food Banks Can Reduce Poverty

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study conducted by the University of East Anglia highlights a potential solution for alleviating poverty by incorporating comprehensive support services within food banks. This innovative program involved placing representatives from Citizens Advice and Shelter within the food bank facilities. ”

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Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

The HR Digest: Can you tell our readers about ERGs (employee resource groups) at BoA and how they promote change within the company in practical terms? Our newest group, The Parent and Caregivers Network, reflects the growth in teammates with caregiving responsibilities and helps to provide support and resources.

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Countries Hurt Themselves When They Deny Immigrants Access To Banking

The Horizons Tracker

“For example, a major ceiling on the economic potential of undocumented immigrants is their lack of access to the banking system to obtain credit and mortgages,” the authors continue. Tapping into these resources would result in a further expansion of the U.S. economy and boost economic growth in the mid- and long-terms.”.

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Using AI To Improve The Efficiency Of Food Banks

The Horizons Tracker

New research from Cornell University attempts to perform a similar trick with food banks to improve the distribution and allocation of food among the facility’s patrons. The researchers gathered data from the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, which serves six counties in upstate New York.

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How to Succeed With Limited Resources

Let's Grow Leaders

You don’t have enough time, enough resources, or budget– or maybe you lack all three. According to research psychologist Adam Grant, increasing resources increases your likelihood of a project’s success… but only for a while.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

It is not a result of a faulty strategy but rather a predictive outcome of high growth that can rapidly exhaust internal resources, including managerial ones. This resource-intensive and time-consuming process put additional pressure on FinTech executives while leading highly diverse and remote teams.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List? Sponsored by Stanford GSB.