A Harvard Business Review article entitled, “Where Religious Identity Fits into Your DEI Strategy” provides reasons and seven practices to help companies embrace religious diversity. The third practice highlighted was to develop religious literacy within your organization. As our society becomes more diverse in religious beliefs, even smaller businesses can have many different faiths represented in their workplace. Team ...
The Harvard Business Review discovered six key reasons behind the growing level of manager burnout. The fifth reason they discovered was a lack of fairness. When I was in banking, I worked extremely hard one year to land millions of dollars of new accounts. At my performance review my boss informed me that he was only allowed to give ...
Although the Supreme Court recently ruled against affirmative action related to universities, their decision will likely impact the diversity, equity and inclusion practices of businesses soon. For instance, the Harvard Business Review believes that to “reserve hiring or promotion slots for underrepresented groups, instructing managers to use race or sex as a tiebreaker…, or tying demographic targets to manager compensation, ...
The Pareto Principle claims that 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. In business, this usually means that 80% of your results are gained through 20% of your people’s efforts. Those people who diligently perform the work are the ones who seem to carry the load for the rest of the organization. They are the unsung heroes that ...
If I personally need insurance or financial services, I know lots of great people. The difficulty for me is selecting which person to hire. With multiple good choices, I find it challenging to navigate the hard conversations I must have with those friends with whom I don’t choose to do business. Each circumstance leads to an ultimate decision that I ...
In college, my roommate had a new Pontiac Firebird. While I was caresless that semester, my generous roommate let me drive his car any time I needed. However, I cavalierly started to treat his car like it was my own. One day a friend was visiting and asked if he could drive my roommate’s car to the store. I foolishly ...
Several studies highlighted in the Wall Street Journal substantiate that “attractive” people experience a “halo effect.” This halo effect means that we tend to assume that good looks are a sign of intelligence, trustworthiness, and good character. A Journal of Economics and Business study found that good-looking banking CEOs make over $1 million more in total compensation than their lesser-looking ...
For about a decade, I spent each Father’s Day alone. My wife and kids went to Autism week at camp each year during Father’s Day. Kathy was a volunteer camp nurse, and my kids were campers. The dates were uncontrollable, but I still felt lonely and unappreciated at times on Father’s Day. Finally, the year came when no one went ...
A CEO I worked for early in my career became furious with one of his family members. Rather than working through the anger, this CEO fired his relative without processing the ramifications. He may have had good reason for his anger, but his approach had a lasting impact on his family. Their family was splintered and estranged for many years. ...
Sportswriter, Terry Pluto, interviewed Pastor Chuck Myricks about his tips for living out your faith at work. Our last tip of Pastor Myricks is to get to know people as people. Pastor Myricks points out that everyone experiences trials. It may be a sickness or a family member’s death. During these times, a kind word or even a prayer are ...
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