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Unlock the Power of Employee Resource Groups: How To Avoid Common Pitfalls And Create A Group That Drives Change

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C-Suite executives should understand the business case for establishing ERGs and ensure that time, finances and other resources are allocated to the groups. Willing and able influential allies from the majority group (often, but not exclusively, white) should be identified and internally recruited to promote the value of setting up a BME ERG.

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Seven industry associations join forces to develop real estate carbon pricing strategy

Workplace Insight

While an important tool to help build the business case for low carbon solutions, a recent ULI C Change survey demonstrated that internal carbon pricing is still a ‘minority activity’ in the built environment. Lack of knowledge and consistent data, including financial and educational, were identified as the main barriers to implementation.

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Bankrupt and Facing a $100 million Lawsuit, This Entrepreneur Learned the Power of Grit

Success

Putting myself in those extreme moments gives me a chance to find out how tough I can be internally and to grow that tenacious muscle to a higher level.”. Over the next few weeks, approximately 75,000 distributors followed his lead, and the company sued Goetschel for $100 million—litigation that would tie up his finances and energy for years.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Kim Carson CEO, Founder, Parallax Futures With more than 15 years of leadership experience in research, operations, strategy, finance and business development, Carson’s track record stands out for clients. Burgess is also a songwriter with work available on Spotify and iTunes.

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7 Types of Competitive Advantages and How to Develop Yours

Success

Decisions regarding business hours, marketing automation, or ordering and finance all attempt to gain a tactical edge over our competitors. But generally speaking, you will achieve much stronger results by focusing on your strengths.That is, promote and grow your most popular and highest net return goods and services.

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Women value work-life balance more than men – unless they are a manager

Workplace Insight

For instance, instead of prioritizing individuals who are more willing to sacrifice work-life balance, firms can improve the quality and equality of their promotions procedures by identifying ways to address broader organizational issues that contribute to an overall positive work culture.

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To boost productivity in the UK, we need to think big and different

Workplace Insight

The direct cost of avoidable error in the construction industry, for example, is around 5 percent of project value according to international studies highlighted by construction industry experts GIRI (Get It Right Initiative). In addition, operational managers are often faced with variations of international, national, and regional standards.