Leadership
Beacon Mutual’s New CEO Spero: ‘We’re Within an Hour of Every Policyholder’
The board of directors of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has elected Brian Spero as president and CEO of the company, effective in July. The Warwick, R.I.-based workers compensation carrier's board ...
Corporate Social Responsibility Can Get a CEO Fired: Research
CEOs are increasingly encouraged and even pressured to invest in reducing a company's carbon foot print, make the firm more diverse and focus on product safety. But researchers from the University of ...
Empathy Can Help Employees Feel Better About Their Jobs and Selves
A company stands to benefit if its employees form connections with others built on empathy, according to a new Harvard Business Review article, which argues that employees who show they care about ...
Eyewitness to Hurricane Destruction: TOPA Insurance CEO Shares Caribbean Experiences
When Topa Insurance Group President and CEO John Donahue arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) just a few days after Hurricane Irma hit, one of the first things he noticed aside from the utter ...
Eight Steps to Creating a Loyalist Team
Teams work or they fail to work. And often, the people on them can't give specific reasons for either outcome. When teams fail, they often dissolve into cliques riddled with blame or confusion. You ...
Promoting the Wrong Person Can be Right for Your Company
Consider this: Sometimes it can be in a company's best interest to promote the wrong person for the job. Yes, that sounds counterintuitive, and a new blog posting based on research by Daniel Barron ...
Why You Shouldn’t Tackle the Most Important Task First Thing in the Morning
Time management is not only about setting up systems to process and prioritize work. It is also about choosing the right work at the right time and avoiding work or distractions that sap your ability ...
Pre-Bailout CEO, Exec Pay Returns to AIG
American International Group Inc's new Chief Executive Brian Duperreault has pledged to revive the insurer's glory days of top talent, underwriting discipline and fat profit margins. One thing he has ...