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Time to Review the Reputation of Team Building Activities

HR Digest

However, time and again, organizations are reminded of the benefits of investing in the engagement levels and efficiency of their human resource. Gathering volunteers and making a day out of the experience will be a great bonding experience for everyone involved.

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The 3 Types of Diversity That Shape Our Identities

Harvard Business Review

Affinity bonds us to people with whom we share some of our likes and dislikes, building emotional communities. Since the 1980s, most global companies have developed diversity and inclusion policies led by human resources. Experiential diversity is based on life experiences that shape our emotional universe. Consider Sodexho.

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We Can’t Talk About Inequality Without Talking About Talent

Harvard Business Review

To be fair, macroeconomists don’t view human resources as completely generic “labor.” The value of stocks and bonds are not directly determined by economic actions or events. The capital markets, however, are not the real economy. They are driven by expectations of future economic actions and events.