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How to Set Your Company Apart in a Tech-Driven World

The FINANCIAL -- Technology is a great imitator. It has imitated everything from taxi drivers to workplaces to friendships. But as the Airbnb example shows, and our own experiences on social media confirm, imitation can only take you so ...

Western Europeans favor some restrictions on Muslim women’s religious clothing

The FINANCIAL -- A Danish law that took effect in August makes it illegal for Muslim women to wear face-covering veils – such as burqas or niqabs – in public. Austria, Belgium and France, as well ...

18% of workers are worried about being laid off

The FINANCIAL -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American workers continue to express low levels of worry about being laid off from their jobs and near record-high levels of satisfaction with their job security. ...

Nearly four in 10 experienced worry (38%), stress (37%) the previous day

The FINANCIAL -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The world in 2017 tilted more negative than it has in the past decade, according to the latest results on Gallup's Negative Experience Index. The index, which ...

Accuracy, Unbiasedness, Transparency Foster Media Trust

The FINANCIAL -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The decline over the past decade in trust in the news media has been well-documented. The news media is arguably the most important institution for keeping ...

Men and women differ over qualities essential for political and business leadership

The FINANCIAL -- Men and women in the United States generally agree on many of the personal qualities and competencies they see as essential for political and business leaders to have. But there are ...

Corporate values need to align with expectations set for employees

The FINANCIAL -- Many organizations claim that their culture is important to them and their ...

Europeans favor taking in refugees, but most disapprove of EU’s handling of the issue

The FINANCIAL -- Three years after a record 1.3 million migrants sought asylum in Europe, a majority of people in several European countries say they support taking in refugees who are fleeing ...

Treat Your People Like People During M&A

The FINANCIAL -- Global and U.S. mergers and acquisitions reached a record high in the first half of 2018. And according to a Deloitte survey of business leaders and investors, this current rise in ...

Agility results from good matrix management and leadership

The FINANCIAL -- Gallup analytics finds 84% of U.S. employees are "matrixed" to some extent -- that is, they might work on multiple teams every day, reporting to the same or different ...

Three key components to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace

The FINANCIAL -- The past two years have been marked by an uptick in awareness of the many challenges organizations and society face in identifying and truly understanding the unique differences ...

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