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20 Apr Can EAP Handle Your Employees Needs During the Crisis?

Posted on Apr 20 2020 16:21h

Can EAP Handle Your Employees Needs During the Crisis? [spacer height="20px"] According to the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) 97% of large organizations (with over 5,000 employees) and close to 80% of smaller organizations offer free Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) to help with personal and family issues....2

16 May Women Business Owners Join Forces to Help Hold Companies Accountable on Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Posted on May 16 2019 16:34h

Washington, D.C., May 16, 2019 – Shaara Roman, workplace culture expert and founder of The Silverene Group, a management consultancy in Arlington, Va., today announced a new partnership with OurOffice, the first integrated technology platform for managing diversity, inclusion, and belonging. OurOffice, led by former...2

06 Mar Here’s How to Triple the Number of Women Managers in Any Company

Posted on Mar 06 2019 12:06h

Source: Valentina Zarya, Fortune, March 6, 2018 It’s that time of year again! International Woman’s Day is a holiday during which people and companies around the world celebrate women’s accomplishment and reflect on the gender divide. In corporate America, this means confronting the fact that women make about...2

15 Feb The Key to Getting Much Richer Is All About How You Treat Women

Posted on Feb 15 2019 09:00h

Source: Frances Schwartzkopff, Bloomberg, May 15, 2018 Governments interested in generating much more economic growth need to get more women into the workforce. The proof lies in the Nordic countries. The region has grown a lot richer thanks to decades of policies designed to improve gender equality, according...2

01 Jan Finally, Evidence That Diversity Improves Financial Performance

Posted on Jan 01 2019 09:00h

Source: Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali, HBR, July, 2018 When managers and scholars talk about diversity’s impact on organizations and teams, they’re usually referring to the effects on collective accuracy and objectivity, analytical thinking, and innovativeness. On “harder” measures of financial performance, researchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship...2

15 Dec Women key to overcoming innovation and talent gap, says OneKC for Women

Posted on Dec 15 2018 09:00h

Source: Elyssa Bezner, Startland News, October 30, 2018 OneKC for Women designed its November event for men, said Rania Anderson. “Winning at Work” is a chance for male business owners and entrepreneurs to improve results by changing the way they interact with women in the workplace, she added. Rania...2

29 Oct Intel hits diversity targets for U.S. workforce 2 years ahead of goal

Posted on Oct 29 2018 09:00h

Source: Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat, October 29, 2018 Intel announced it has achieved full representation of women and underrepresented minorities in its U.S. workforce two years ahead of its 2020 goal. That means that the percentage of women and underrepresented minorities matches the talent pool available for skilled...2

11 Sep PR Agencies Need to Be More Diverse and Inclusive. Here’s How to Start.

Posted on Sep 11 2018 10:56h

Source: Angela Chitkara, HBR, April 12, 2018 Over the last year, there has been no shortage of avoidable PR nightmares for leading corporate brands. In January, fashion retailer H&M came under fire for an advertisement featuring a young black boy in a green hoodie bearing the words “coolest monkey in the...2

20 Aug Closing the gender gap in some science fields may take over 100 years

Posted on Aug 20 2018 15:51h

Source: Kyle Plantz, ScienceNews, April 20, 2018 If you’re a female computer scientist, you may not see an equal number of men and women working in your field in this century — or even the next one. It might take a whopping 280 years for that scientific...2

12 Jul 4 Ways to Shake Up HR and Remain Relevant With Employees and Consumers

Posted on Jul 12 2018 09:00h

Source: Jeff Smith, Helen Rosenthorn, AdWeek, April 13, 2018 In today’s cluttered and always-on world, greater relevance with customers is what wins the battle for brand supremacy. That relevance is built by becoming a brand that people want in their lives, one that keeps pace while everything...2