What Your Vote Means for Immigration
As I discussed almost a year ago, immigration has become one of, if not the, key issue in the U.S. Presidential election. Now we’re in the final stretch of this election season and voters finally get to go to the polls to cast their votes, its important to consider what your vote might mean for U.S. immigration […]
The Importance Of Empathy In HR
There’s a problem brewing in the world of HR, and it has to do with the public perception of our profession. You’ve been around long enough to be familiar with some of these grumblings: HR people always take the company’s side regardless of the matter, we’re too concerned with policies to actually solve real problems, […]
IMF Forecasts Slowing Growth for North America
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is here and it’s… mixed. Globally, the IMF forecasts a 3.1% growth rate for the rest of 2016 (down from 3.2% in 2015) and 3.4% for 2017. Emerging economies are expected to grow at 4.2%, with India at 7.6% for both 2016 and 2017 and China at 6.6% in 2016, slowing to 6.2% in 2017. However, […]
Wells Fargo Is Clawing Back Executive Bonuses
Earlier this month we learned that Wells Fargo fired thousands of front line bank employees for creating over 2 million “ghost accounts” for existing customers. Today the bank announced that they would be clawing back millions of bonuses from its executive team. The “ghost account” scheme allowed Wells Fargo retail bank employees, who are considered sales […]
Books Your Newbie Business Leaders & Managers Need
Something I’ve always done whenever I have taken a new job or consulting gig has been to immerse myself in books. I want to quickly absorb knowledge, information and resources so that I can hit the ground running. It’s a coping mechanism of sorts. Journals, white papers and magazines while effective often only go surface […]
Bill Nye Says Robots Aren’t Going to Kill Us, But They Still Might Kill Our Jobs
In a new Big Think video Bill Nye addresses the coming robot apocalypse. Is it going to be more Terminator 2 or more Wall-E? Or what if it’s just a Jetsons-esque transformation of the home and workplace? I for one could go for a robot maid with a strong personality (roomba’s don’t talk back and […]
