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All Briefs
2019
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Three Ways Managers Can Avoid Giving A Soul-Crushing Performance Review
January 07 | Rebecca L. Ray, PhD, Former Executive Vice President, Human Capital, The Conference Board | Comments (0)According to research my company conducted, only 32.5% of America’s workforce is actually satisfied with this aspect of work. It comes as no surprise that several management gurus, including Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis, advocate for upending the performance review process entirely. Regardless of your perspective, the fact that only three in 10 workers prefer the status quo should capture the attention of every manager looking to attract and retain the best and brightest.
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Will AI Regulation Stifle Potential for Social Good?
January 03 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Artificial intelligence (AI) could help to address significant societal challenges, including those identified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For organizations that seek to use such technology for social good, an understanding of the existing use cases and potential for social impact should be considered within the context of a heightened regulatory framework that might stifle successes.
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Q&A with Sharad Jain: PwC Governance Insights Center Partner’s Perspectives on the Job of a Corporate Director
January 03 | Sharad Jain, Partner, Governance Insights Center, PwC | Gary Larkin, Former Research Associate, Corporate Leadership, The Conference Board | Comments (0)This Q&A with Sharad Jain discusses the job of the corporate director from his perspective as a partner with PwC’s Governance Insights Center. He touches upon topics like the external auditor’s direct reporting line to the audit committee and the challenge of a board’s oversight of a company’s tone at the top.
2018
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Would A Sector By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
December 19 | Timothy J. McClimon, President, American Express Foundation | Comments (0)The charitable/social/independent sector is a formidable economic force that's reported to generate 10 percent of the country's gross national product, but the lack of any standard name for it could be diminishing its influence on public policy. Leaders will need to step up to agree on terminology that gives the sector collective clout.
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On Governance: What Does the Near Future Hold for Proxy Advisors?
December 19 | Gary Larkin, Former Research Associate, Corporate Leadership, The Conference Board | Comments (1)The question for the SEC is how far it should go in addressing changes to proxy advisory firms. Do all proxy advisors need to be treated like investment advisers or do they need their own regime? What should they disclose? How will the way they do business change?
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How Silicon Valley Works…Ecosystems Breaking Traditions for Transformations
December 19 | Victor Assad, CEO, Victor Assad Strategic Human Resources Consulting | Comments (0)Despite not understanding how Silicon Valley works, hundreds of corporations have started Silicon Valley innovation labs because they know that digitization is rapidly changing everything, and their corporate cultures are too siloed, insular, slow to accept, slow to use, and slow to commercialize the innovation they desperately need to survive.
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Japanese companies lead sustainability disclosure, but are reporting requirements incentivizing compliance over substance?
December 14 | Thomas Singer, Former Principal Researcher, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Findings from a global study of corporate sustainability reporting reveals that companies in Japan have the highest overall sustainability disclosure rate. The findings raise the fundamental question of why companies report and whether reporting regulations are incentivizing compliance over substance.
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The Unemployment Rate Does Not Fully Capture Labor Market Slack
December 13 | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The unemployment rate may be overestimating current labor market tightness. An exercise on monthly employment changes shows that 63 percent of all newly employed people aged 25 to 54 in October 2018 were not actively looking for a job in the previous month. If employers are looking for slack in the labor market, they should find better ways to source and recruit the people who are not looking for work and allegedly not willing to work.
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Living Your Purpose: Driving and Measuring Business Adoption
December 12 | Patricia Bayerlein, Executive Director, Gagen MacDonald | Comments (0)Leading businesses are turning to purpose to articulate their mission, power growth, unite and motivate the organization, and become future-ready in a world of non-stop change. Companies can and should use purpose intentionally to figure out how to run their businesses.