What Does the Evidence Tell Us About Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
More than 75 countries have enacted legislation prohibiting workplace sexual harassment as a violation of human rights. Still, it remains a pervasive - and blatantly underreported due to retaliation...
View Article7 Budget-Friendly Ways to Thank Your Best Employees
Showing simple signs of appreciation often amounts to more than signing a check. Here's how to properly thank those who consistently deliver for your company. A. Offer Qualitative ValueEmployees have...
View Article3 Essential Questions for Leaders About Colocation
Shortly after taking over the helm at Yahoo! in 2012, Marissa Mayer declared that employees could no longer telecommute. Her edict sent waves of outrage across Silicon Valley and opened a broad debate...
View ArticleMobilegeddon: A World Taken Over by Mobile Devices
By Ryan McConville, COO at Kargo You may not realize it, but you are a cyborg. At least according to Dilbert comic Scott Adams. If you are one of the average Americans who checks their phone 220 times...
View ArticleAT&T to FCC: Stop Kushnick From Examining the Special Access Data
It isn't every day that AT&T mentions my name in an official 'objection' that requests that I be prohibited from seeing the 'special access' data recently compiled by the FCC. What's AT&T...
View ArticleSales Promotion: An Important Tool in a Marketer's Tool Kit
Sales promotions are incentives aimed at prompting buyers to buy quicker. They often include discounts, rebates, coupons, or free items to incentivize buyers to purchase by a deadline. Technically,...
View ArticleWho Will Be the First Female CEO in Big Pharma?
"There has never been a female CEO of a big pharma company." Wait, what did the journalist just say? How can this be possible? Women make 80 percent of the healthcare decisions for their families,...
View ArticleThe World's 7th Largest Economy is Junk -- Who's Next?
Fitch just downgraded Brazil (EWZ) to near-junk.Brazil's economy is the 7th largest in the world at $2.4Tn - that's above Italy, India, Russia, Canada, Australia and just under France ($2.8Tn) and the...
View ArticleIs a HELOC Better Than a HECM?
Where they overlap in meeting the needs of consumers, I could find only one situation where the HELOC might work better than a HECM. In all other situations where both could be used, the HECM worked...
View ArticleDebt Ceiling Means Another Chance to Discuss the Trillion Dollar Coin
The U.S. government avoided a shutdown on October 1st with a continuing budget resolution now set to expire on December 11th. Then Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a deadline that was even sooner:...
View ArticleStraight Talk on Fairtrade vs. Direct Trade According to Brazilian Coffee...
The rolling hills of the coffee farms in Brazil looked something like I had imagined: expansive, lush with green trees and bright berries, winding dirt roads. It was beautiful scene. But I can't say...
View ArticleMarketers Need to Chill Out About Ad Blockers
Marketers have been in uproar over iOS 9 ad blockers. But ad blockers aren't an impediment to marketers; they're a wakeup call to use data to create better consumer experiences. By Michael Endler,...
View ArticleForeign Currency Transfer Fees Explained
The ever-growing foreign exchange market, with a daily trading volume surpassing $5.5 bn in 2014, comprises an opportunity for profit for banks, international payment providers, brokerages, and other...
View ArticleThe End Of The Oil Major?
A new report finds that the largest oil companies are set to cut spending on exploration by at least half, potentially leading to very few new oil discoveries in the years ahead. The report from...
View ArticleWhat Are You Working For?
Work: It is how we spend most of our days. Our careers are made up of the hours which turn into weeks and then years. Life goes by. We're in the middle of it. Yet have you ever stopped to think, what...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing Platforms: A Unique, Cost-Effective Strategy for Start-Up Success
When it comes to designing essential brand elements, such as a logo and website, start-ups and small businesses today can either create their own or hire someone to do it for them. Most choose to have...
View ArticleWhy the Research Industry Is in Desperate Need of Disruption
I recently had an uninvited guest stay with me. He was small. He was furry. And despite his cute little whiskers and love of cheese, my wife and I very much wanted him out of our house. I thought it...
View ArticleAlternative Finance Update: Key Crowdfunding Trends
Alternative Finance is on the rise, and it is set to conquer a 3.3 trillion market opportunity. It includes crowdfunding, peer to peer lending, equity crowdfunding, financial technologies, or fintech,...
View Article3 Tips on New Product Development from Kuli Kuli Founder and CEO Lisa Curtis
Recently, I asked Co-Founder and CEO of Kuli Kuli Lisa Curtis her opinion on how to develop a new product because she is currently operating a successful startup that is in the process of developing a...
View ArticleSecrets from Successful Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs
Want more secrets, as well as profiles and survey results of successful home-based entrepreneurs? Then, download The Modern Entrepreneur: Secrets to Building a Thriving Business from Home. See if you...
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