CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Increasing diversity in the executive ranks of the banking industry requires the support of senior leadership and more determination from those looking to move up. More effort is needed in both areas, according to speakers at a forum on minorities in banking hosted by the Federal Reserve. The two-day event featured speakers
Making it through the day becomes the goal of most employees, along with bringing home a paycheck. Both employees and employers suffer when employee goals fail to evolve beyond those two factors. The pressures of everyday business weigh on shoulders of all professionals, and leaders feel like they can’t afford to invest in their employees
089photoshootings / Pixabay Employee turnover can cost a business in numerous ways, from the logistical costs of recruiting and training a new employee to lost productivity while the new employee is brought up to speed. Vetting potential hires and testing for cultural fit can improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention, and one recent survey of
Shutterstock Is your company as diverse as it could be? Workplace diversity has rightly become a top priority, with 57% of recruiters saying they have strategies designed to attract a more diverse pool of candidates. Why Diversity? It’s been shown that diverse organizations reap tremendous benefits. More diverse companies have more creativity, stronger innovation, and increased market share. Diverse
Technology and society are changing so fast that it’s hard to imagine what the world might look like in 10 or 20 years. In the midst of the doom-and-gloom predictions about workplace disruption and jobs lost to automation, there is solid research that predicts AI will actually create more jobs than it eliminates —including some
I once worked in Japan. In many ways, it was an ideal job, and I was paid very well. But I felt miserable, lonely, and pointless. As the only foreigner in an 80 strong staff, I can remember passing the entire eight hour day without saying a word to anyone. Those days were tough; I