Talent Management
Keeping Up With Inflation: Applied Underwriters Bumps Salaries Up 10%
Applied Underwriters on July 11 said it increased staff salaries across the board by 10 percent to keep up with inflation and its implications. The dramatic adjustment, far outpacing industry ...
Lloyd’s Prefers to Stay in Landmark London Headquarters, With the Right Terms
Lloyd's has decided to stay in its landmark headquarters building at One Lime Street in London – as long as it receives acceptable terms for the renewal of its lease. In January, the market ...
Are 4-Day Workweeks, Flexible Hours the Future?
A four-day workweek sounds appealing to workers, possibly alarming to employers. A bill introduced in the California legislature earlier this year proposed a regular pay rate for 32 hours of work per ...
Is Expertise a Liability? How Negative Feedback Impacts Decisions of CFOs, VCs, Other Experts
Financial strategists, medical advisers and venture capitalists that are considered experts in their fields play a crucial role in major organizations but are more likely than novices to make ...
Why Diverse Representation Should Not Be Your End Goal
Globally, women make up only about a quarter of insurance companies' executive roles, 10 percent of CEOs and 8 percent of board members, according to a study last year by Swiss Re. And, of those with ...
Gratitude in the Workplace Can Improve Health, Stress Management
Expressions of gratitude in the workplace not only strengthen relationships between co-workers but can also improve stress responses to high-pressure tasks as well as impacting long-term health, ...
‘Business Case’ Justifications Can Harm Diversity Initiatives: Study
Leaders who justify their diversity efforts by focusing on the impact it can have on the company's bottom line risk alienating the very employees they hope to attract, according to research published ...
How Dysfunction Spreads Like Wildfire at Work
Dysfunction is highly contagious. Two Rutgers-led studies examine how counterproductive behaviors and bottom-line thinking spread through the workplace, ultimately hurting productivity. The first ...