There is much of value written about Agile available on the web but be warned… if you’re interested in Agile and you want clarity on what the term represents, searching the web for answers might not be your best approach. Much of the information on the web can lead you off the path to clarity …
DEI is Intentional
Anything worth striving for needs a plan. Needs intention. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at your company is no different It’s quite easy to say you plan to become an enterprise that embraces DEI; it’s another thing entirely to actually work to become such. How might intentional DEI look? It’s not just implied in a …
What’s Keeping CFOs Up at Night? Sustaining a Virtual Culture
Here it is mid-June, and the U.S. economy continues its recovery. What’s most likely a CFO’s highest priority? Keeping current employees from moving to competitors But what does that have to do with sustaining a virtual culture? Possibly everything. Many employees who have been working from home for the last several months enjoy …
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Is the “Great Resignation” Coming to Your Company Soon?
Are you noticing that a greater number of your employees have started leaving you? If they haven’t already, they soon may start: just 30% of employees surveyed recently said they planned to stay with their current employers post-pandemic. Why the potential exodus? Several theories have popped up. Many workers were quite unhappy with their …
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Labor Market Brief, June 2021
U.S. revenue from temporary staffing continued to increase, rising by a median 21% year-over-year in April — a faster rate than the 14% year-over-year increase in February. Employer hiring activity for tech jobs was at its highest point in nearly two years. In finance and accounting, specialist skills are in high demand. Check out June’s …
What’s Keeping CIOs Up at Night? New Customer Channels
Steve Bates, principal and global leader at KPMG’s CIO Center of Excellence said that chief executive officers everywhere are facing an incredible amount of pressure brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic: the crisis has CIOs “stuck in a whack-a-mole environment,” one that’s proven incredibly hard to emerge from. Still, the pandemic has shown it’s critical …
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Mentorship Programs to Increase Your DEI
Mentorship programs have had somewhat of a makeover lately. Where once (the 1970s) they were used to develop young, male, middle class, largely non-diverse college graduates into corporate executives, they’ve since expanded, especially in recent years. Business owners, company executives, and HR managers have realized potential leaders are everywhere. In fact, many mentorship programs no …
What’s Keeping CFOs Up at Night? Retaining Talent
As the U.S. economy rocks and rolls toward recovery, one would assume that Chief Financial Officers might be breathing sighs of relief. And they are, most of the time. But as the economy continues to surprise us (the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 266K jobs added to payrolls in April while economic experts had predicted …
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