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GB Talent Show: Why valuing your workers as assets makes financial sense
You've heard your CEO say, "Our employees are our greatest asset." But if you've reviewed company financial statements recently, employees are not technically classified as assets -- or valued that way either. In official accounting terms, people are regarded as expenses (i.e. salaries) on the income statement and appear as liabilities (i.e. pensions) on the balance sheet. Read more here in the ...
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GB Talent Show: 4 job trends sustainability pros need to know about
As a sustainability recruiter, I have a unique vantage point to observe the evolution of sustainability across industries -- as a practice as well as a profession. Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
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GB Talent Show: France vs. US: Which work culture is more sustainable?
When we talk about work-life balance, we often point to the European work culture, with its short work weeks and lengthy vacations. But do we also -- at the same time -- think “less productive”? Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
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GB Talent Show: The real friction between human resources and CS
Elaine Cohen, author of CSR For HR, has a soapbox. She believes strongly that the human resources (HR) function should play a stronger role in sustainability, perhaps even own it. Her argument, however, isn't as widely accepted as she would prefer because most HR professionals believe they already do perform most of the activities she describes as "sustainability ...
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GB Talent Show: What Oat Hulls Can Teach Us About Tapping Employees’ Innovation
In my One Great Idea presentation for the GreenBiz SF Forum last month, I stressed the value of tapping employees for sustainability innovations. This article takes a look at one man's idea that was held for 20 years until the time was right to act on it. Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
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Owning Sustainability: The CSO vs. the CEO
This article appeared in CSR Wire. Last Fall, the Weinreb Group published CSO Back Story, identifying 29 Chief Sustainability Officers with that exact title working in the U.S. for publicly traded companies. Of the 29, we highlighted five CSOs (from SAP, EMC, AT&T, UPS and Dupont) whose perspectives included the value their role brings ...
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GB Talent Show: How Do Two Sustainability Departments Become One?
It is often said that internal initiatives and programs are often the first to come under the axe in a merger. Diversity and leadership development programs are often easy victims. Does the CSR department also fall by the wayside? Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post
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GreenBiz One-Great-Idea on Employees, Innovation & Sustainability
On January 30, 2011 I had the honor of presenting One Great Idea at the GreenBiz Forum in San Francisco. My One Great Idea is that “ideas are money”. If you are not tapping employees for their solutions, you might as well be throwing away money. I identify that traditional idea management frameworks failed to address 3 important factors 1) ...
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GB Talent Show: The Activist Employee: Why Business Must Learn to Listen
The Occupy Wall Street protestors marked 2011 with their resilience. With thousands of participants peacefully demonstrating outside the doors of some of the country's very large corporations, what can be next? Will employees become activists and take their protests to the workplace? Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post
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Experts’ Predictions for the Sustainability Profession in 2012
Want to know what the sustainability profession will face in 2012? I asked a group of experts for their predictions and included a few of my own. Dr. Mrim Boutla – Co-Founder & Managing Partner, More Than Money Careers; Values-driven Career Coach @mtmcareers Whereas in impact investing, cleantech or energy efficiency, sustainability career options are growing across sectors. Students from top ...
