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Leadership and career
September 22, 2017

The Payroll Loophole that Could Cost Millions

New research published in 20171 suggests that a simple payroll loophole could cost U.S. employers more than $373 million every year. The loophole is well-known and widespread. It’s called buddy punching.
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Leadership and career
September 20, 2017

3 Secrets to Inspire and Excite Impactful Employees

In developing and advancing a career – and a business – we often focus on just business success, but none of it is possible if you don’t have a team of employees that are passionate about the work and invested in the future of the company. Being surrounded by those…
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Leadership and career
September 13, 2017

The Business Imperative of CSR

Today, socially responsible companies tend to attract more consumers as well as the best talent, according to a 2015 global corporate social responsibility (CSR) study by Cone Communications, a public relations and marketing company headquartered in Boston, NY. The study revealed that consumers are increasingly demanding companies do more to…
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Leadership and career
September 11, 2017

Managing Security with a Mobile Workforce

Companies are becoming more open to the remote worker, seeing the benefits in increased employee productivity, efficiency, morale and engagement. However, along with these benefits to employer and employee come a new set of managerial challenges and security protocols, particularly in the use of mobile technology. Diane Conde, Senior Manager…
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Leadership and career
August 30, 2017

Managing Employee-Driven Privacy Risk

Risk Profiles for Key Employee Groups It’s becoming an all-too-familiar scenario: a hacker steals an organization’s customer and employee data, creating substantial remediation costs, slowing down the business and generating negative publicity. That said, there is a far more common cause of concern — employee risk. Nearly 60 percent of…
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Leadership and career
August 28, 2017

Investing in a Top-to-Bottom Ethical Culture Using Data

Findings from the 2017 Ethics and Compliance Survey Convercent and Ethisphere recently released findings from a survey about the importance of an ethical business culture. A culture of ethics is finally being recognized by the top brass as a key differentiator and critical to long-term success. The report touches on…
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Leadership and career
August 25, 2017

Engagement Surveys: Step One Toward Employee Engagement and High Performance

Year after year, studies show that businesses with higher engagement also have higher performance, and vice versa. The goals of high engagement and high performance are not mutually exclusive; they are mutually dependent. A team of employees works at its optimum when management focuses on employee engagement while remaining performance…
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Leadership and career
August 21, 2017

Confronting Our Comfort Zones

Discarding the Fear-Driven Mentality Traditional wisdom is that stress is bad, and the lack of it is good. They’re not all wrong, there, but professionally speaking, a little stress can be the difference between lolling about in your comfort zone and taking a critical – though uncomfortable – step to…
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Leadership and career
August 16, 2017

10 Principles for Effective Board Risk Oversight

Evergreen Guidance from the NACD The National Association of Corporate Directors published an authoritative guide in 2009 on risk governance, and the principles outlined therein are as relevant today as ever. Jim DeLoach provides an analysis of each of the 10 principles, demystifying the process of evaluating board risk oversight.…
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Leadership and career
August 14, 2017

Manage Enterprise Risk Like an Orchestra Conductor

Marrying Compliance and Risk Management Professionals in the risk management field have shifted gradually away from a siloed approach to a more integrated approach. As most of us know, however, the switch is not easy; it can be overwhelming to keep on top of the full range of enterprise risks.…
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