"The people, companies and economies that thrive over the coming decade will be the ones that recognize that building human capital requires a range of investments from preschool to job-specific training." ow.ly/ykON50Czn3H

"A record 41 female CEOs are slated to be soon running Fortune 500 companies. The rising numbers partly reflect companies’ efforts in recent years to more systematically build a bench of senior female talent." ow.ly/X3Gr50CzndM

A one-year experiment allowing all employees to earn their full salaries while working one day fewer per week. This might actually boost productivity and improve employees’ work-life balance. ow.ly/k3gr50CEY88

"Many corporate leaders say they are taking a gentler approach to evaluations as the pandemic wears on and employees face trials on the job and at home...It’s all part of a pandemic-driven management style called empathetic leadership." wsj.com/articles/the-c…

Corporate social responsibility idea: give investors a "say on purpose." wsj.com/articles/how-t…

Ranking companies by customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength? Good idea. wsj.com/articles/the-b…

"At large corporations like Disney, many employees can barely get by. Filmmaker and Disney descendant Abigail Disney says that's unacceptable. She calls on Disney and others to put people over profit." ow.ly/rc2K50CL0Ra

Sometimes we need some good news. Here's to employers who stand out due to how they treated their employees over the past year, while a global pandemic affected how and where we all work. ow.ly/klh250D7N32

"A finance leader now needs to be able to demonstrate that the company is investing in worker safety, improved wages and benefits, and support for employees’ mental health and well-being." ow.ly/rhj750D9L04

"This new boss is a coach, not a dictator; a mentor, but not necessarily because of experience with sales or programming. Where previous leaders may have sought to stand out, these managers excel at fostering collaboration." Sounds good to us. ow.ly/paHz50DbzaG

"There is a moral case for diversity and inclusion. And there’s a business case: long-term value is tied to diversity and diversity is tied to innovation." ow.ly/DQBA50Dbzk2

People have more faith in their own employer than leaders in government and business. ow.ly/77ck50Dbzt3

Employees, shareholders, customers, and media outlets have social media at their fingertips to air grievances & exert pressure. Leaders are constantly balancing expectations that they speak up on a range of issues with the risks of doing so." ow.ly/ychH50DhAPN

"There is increasing evidence that efficiency-wage proponents may be right: Higher wages can at times boost the bottom line and—crucially for the current moment—pay cuts can elicit employee backlash and even sabotage." ow.ly/rYVj50DhBtL

"Consistent with our pre-pandemic analysis, we found that women were rated significantly more positively than men." ow.ly/CCH250DpaOR

The supposed distinction between what’s good and what’s profitable is diminishing. nytimes.com/2021/03/15/bus…

"Understanding employment dynamics is especially timely given the increasing rate of workers leaving their job since the end of the Great Recession and the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic." Here's one way to get a better look at the issue: bit.ly/2Sm6Sgq

There *is* a path for shareholder activism to change how companies approach issues like racial diversity and the environment, often considered distractions from producing profits. ow.ly/d2b750F7Btk

Want to learn about funds that invest based on whether a company has women in leadership roles or is committed to their advancement in some other way? Take a look at this: ow.ly/6Iw550GKmyN

Exploring how law and policy in the U.S. and worldwide result in profound inequality in the distribution of economic resources: ow.ly/wI1850HOFkq