Leadership
The Building Blocks of Employee Motivation
As a company's success grows, employee motivation can actually begin to suffer. To combat this, a new article from First Round Review advises leaders to focus on four building blocks of employee ...
CEO Viewpoint: Bold and Innovative Industry Action Required to Drive Progress on Diversity and Inclusion
Exponential increase in technological advances. Escalating impact of climate change. Extreme political polarization. Three phrases that describe the world we're living in and the emerging, evolving ...
Munich Re Will Halt Investment in Coal-Related Businesses
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, will stop investing in bonds and shares of companies that generate more than 30 percent of their sales with coal-related business, its chief executive said, ...
To AIG CEO Duperreault, the Path to Profitability Is ‘Not a Straight Line’
After a disappointing second quarter, AIG CEO Brian Duperreault restated his pledge that the struggling insurer would reach an underwriting profit after 2018. He also cautioned that the road to ...
An Effective Leader Is Often an Interesting Public Speaker
An arguably key part to being a leader of a company is public speaking, and it's not just talking in front of a crowd. Leadership expert Chris Brady argues that the bigger challenge for leaders is to ...
Favoring Employees Who ‘Kiss Up’ to the Boss Can Have Negative Consequences
Executives might want to think twice about how they favor employees who "kiss up" to the boss at work to boost their careers. A new Oregon State University study says employees who rely on the ...
A Good Leader Finds Out the Story Behind a Job Well Done
A good leader asks for the story behind a job well done, rather than just giving compliments and going on with their day. That's the argument that Ron Carucci makes in a recent Harvard Business ...
Carriers Writing U.S. Cyber Insurance Soared to 170 in 2017: Aon
The number of U.S. insurers providing cyber insurance keeps growing rapidly along with the ever-increasing amount of cyber attacks. As of 2017, 170 U.S. insurers reported writing cyber insurance, up ...