Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced the promotion of Midwest regional vice president, Dennis Brockman to senior vice president and global chief inclusion and diversity officer. He replaces Nzinga Shaw, who left the company in December to work for Marsh & McLennan. Additionally, Michael Hines has been promoted from director of inclusion and diversity compliance and analytics… read more
Leadership
Why It’s A Good Idea To Hire People Who Have Lived Experiences
– Stevie Nicks is the Digital Editor at Just Another Magazine – a website that covers the topics many care about. One will find articles about lifestyle, travel, fashion, trends and relationships – each of which is written in their unique style. It cannot be understated how important making the right hiring decisions is… read more
Get Ready for 2021 with Leadership Principles
Get Ready for 2021 with Leadership Principles Leadership will be critical in the year to come, as you navigate uncertainty, fierce competition, and resource constraints. One way to get your organization ready for these challenges is to establish leadership principles for your organization. Transcript With 2021 just around the corner, now is the time to… read more
Women’s Foodservice Forum CEO Therese Gearhart on how the Pandemic has made Gender Equity more of an Uphill Climb for Women
Before the pandemic again, gender equity was still a challenge in leadership positions within the restaurant industry with only 22% of women in leadership positions (as compared with 47% of women in entry-level positions). But with the onset of COVID-19, that gap grew even wider as women have to increasingly choose between a changing situation… read more
3 Choices in Life Separate True Leaders From Mere Managers
By Marcel Schwantes – Inc. Can you imagine working for someone in a high-level management role and suddenly it dawns on you: This person isn’t leadership caliber. Your next thought maybe, How in the world did he (or she) make it this far up the ladder? It’s a fair question. Managers are promoted to esteemed leadership roles every day who have no… read more
5 Ways Office Space is Going to Change in the Future
– Jack Vale is a writer with HappyWriters.co If you started working from home in March, just as news of the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the United States, and you continue to be a digital employee, then you have spent nearly half a year sheltering at home. Some of us have found a new-found freedom… read more
How Employers Can Attract Gen Z Employees
– by Beau Peters Beau Peters is a creative professional with a lifetime of experience in service and care. As a manager, he’s learned a slew of tricks of the trade that he enjoys sharing with others who have the same passion and dedication that he brings to his work. As a candidate… read more
Searching for the “Just Right” Leadership Approach in this Era
For hundreds of years, individuals known as alchemists searched in vain for the mythical Philosopher’s Stone, a substance that was imagined to have the properties essential for turning basic medals into gold or generating the elixir of immortal life. Today’s equivalent search is for that one leadership style capable of turning crisis into survival and… read more
Do these 4 things to Improve Employee Retention During the Pandemic?
The uncertainty about when the economy and life will get “back to normal” weighs heavily on everyone. When might “normal” happen? One US public health expert expects it will take until fall 2021 — after the majority of the population is vaccinated and protected — for life to return to pre-COVID normalcy. A Fall 2019… read more
8 Essential Elements of Virtual Sales Training
Sales productivity has never been more important, yet sales teams today face tougher obstacles than ever as the current crisis makes most in-person interactions impossible. Almost 90 percent of sales have moved to a remote model since the pandemic began, according to McKinsey. Almost every B2B company’s products and services are now being sold virtually…. read more