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ESG Needs To Be Core To Business As Usual

The Horizons Tracker

Throughout there is a strong desire to treat people respectfully, and through this engender a reciprocal sense of loyalty. ” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate. .” ” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate.

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Is Your Heart the Boss of You? | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Research is showing that the heart can learn and send out dopamine (a pleasure chemical that influences behavior) and oxytocin (a chemical associated with the feeling of love). Most people, including myself would always associate these chemicals with the brain and nervous system. I agree that balance is key.

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What Neuroscience Reveals About Creating Better Leaders In Today’s Organizations

Tanveer Naseer

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. This suggests that endocrinal functions that regulate the autonomic central system are actually regulated by the conscious control of stress levels.

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A No-Layoffs Policy Can Work, Even in an Unpredictable Economy

Harvard Business Review

In today’s economy, organizations are supposed to treat employees almost as free agents, with low expectations of loyalty on either side. When we were aiming to close a small chemical-dependency hospital in 2013, for example, we looked hard into unmet needs in the area. We’ve certainly had to change too.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. ” Improving risk management. ” Improving risk management. On the contrary, academic research and business experience point to quite the opposite.

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Growth Needs to Come from the Entire Company

Harvard Business Review

In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. With all this in place, Starbucks can move with assurance to expand. How do we add value in ways that others do not?

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

Worse yet, they’ll sometimes hire different vendors to address different issues – lifestyle coaches, employee assistance counselors, case and disease management vendors, nurse lines, occupational health and safety experts, workers’ compensation specialists, disability managers, organizational development consultants, you name it.