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Exclusive Auditing recruitment algorithms
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2023
  • Sebastian Klovig Skelton
  • Computer Weekly
The article focuses on the process of auditing artificial intelligence tools for bias which is being done under the partnership of Parity AI, an independent algorithmic auditing firm and Beamery, talent acquisition and management platform. It is discussed that auditing is important for future regulatory compliances and also for reducing artificial intelligence induced harms to businesses dependent on it.
Exclusive Rethink your employee benefits
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2023
  • Amy C.Edmondson, Mark Mortensen
  • Harvard Business Review
To retain talent, offer your staff more than just flexibility, say the authors. While material aspects of jobs such as pay and flexibility are immediately appreciated, they're easy for competitors to imitate and their impact on employee retention is the least enduring. Instead the authors recommend designing an employee value proposition composed of four interrelated factors: material offerings; opportunities to develop and grow; connection and community; meaning and purpose.
Exclusive Emphasizing DE&I in employee retention
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • Rinku Bhattacharya, Jain Shreyanse
  • Strategic Finance
While it's important for companies to recruit a diverse workforce, they must also ensure that they retain that talent to realize the full benefits.
Exclusive New research offers the best argument yet for a four-day work week
  • Article
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Jena McGregor
  • Forbes
More than two dozen companies that introduced a four-day week in a pilot project saw boosted sales, lower burnout and improved absenteeism, a new report has found.
Exclusive Engaging employees in the world of hybrid work
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Harvard Business Review
The pandemic has radically changed how employees experience corporate culture, and firms must embrace the new reality. Researchers suggest three strategies to help both hybrid home/office and far-flung employees feel connected.
Exclusive Root out gender and ethnicity bias in performance reviews
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2022
  • Judy Ellis
  • TD - Talent Development
Give managers guidance on setting objective criteria to evaluate staff performance, and teach them to recognise their biases. Judy Ellis has some advice on strengthening your organization's performance appraisal system in light of your diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals.
Exclusive How to onboard remote workers
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2022
  • Paul McDonald
  • Strategic Finance
A few simple steps can help ensure new remote workers will be positioned for success in your organization, says Paul McDonald.
Exclusive Holding the line in the world of hybrid work
  • Article
  • 27 Sep 2022
  • Cath Everett
  • Computer Weekly
The role of line managers is changing as the shift towards hybrid home working increases. It would appear the secret to success is to treat all staff members as if they were working remotely, writes Cath Everett.
Exclusive Startups that grew fast learn shrinking can be just as hard
  • Article
  • 15 Aug 2022
  • Aggi Cantrill, Olivia Solon
  • Bloomberg
Lessons from dismissal methods chosen by downsizing companies - there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. Some start-ups try to make redundancies exceptionally quickly, but find employees who stay lose a lot of trust.
Exclusive Blueprint for a new world of work
  • Article
  • 12 Jul 2022
  • Paul Furtado, Jim Mello
  • Computer Weekly
Article looks at the disconnect between employers' and employees' views of hybrid working and what the working space of the future may have to look like.
Exclusive Risk and CEO hiring
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2022
  • Aiyesha Dey
  • Harvard Business Review
The author has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviours of CEOs - in particular, materialism and a propensity for rule breaking - may spell trouble for a company. Her research has found some intriguing links: Firms led by CEOs with even minor traffic tickets or excessive spending habits are disproportionately prone to fraud, insider trading, and other risky business activities. In this article Dey outlines the evolution of this work and suggests that boards should pay attention to executives’ off-the-job behaviour.
Exclusive Q&A: Four business leaders on their 4-day workweek pilot plans
  • Article
  • 22 Jun 2022
  • Matthew Finnegan
  • Computerworld Digital Magazine
Seventy UK SMEs are experimenting with a four-day work week, as part of a six-month trial coordinated by the non-profit 4 Day Week Global and think tank Autonomy. Executives from four of the firms talk to Computerworld magazine about their aims, how they will manage the change, and potential challenges they expect to face.
Exclusive Accountants work on improving diversity
  • Article
  • 07 May 2022
  • Michael Cohn
  • Accounting Today
The accounting profession is undergoing a re-examination of its efforts to address the lack of diversity. A new global survey of finance and accounting professionals details over 70 best practices for fostering diversity, equity and inclusion, along with indicators and metrics to measure progress.
Exclusive Inc. Best Workplaces 2022
  • Article
  • 01 May 2022
  • Melissa Angell, Lindsay Blakely, Anna Meyer, Steven I.Weiss
  • Inc
Business magazine Inc.'s list of the best US companies to work for in 2022. Some of the most popular companies focus on employee wellness - particularly mental well-being. Unlimited paid time off is also a fast-growing benefit.
Exclusive The impact of remote workers on crisis, risk and business continuity management
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2022
  • Andreas Rodman
  • Journal of Business Continuity and Emergency Planning
Andreas Rodman discusses how the shift to remote working since the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected enterprise risk management, business continuity management and crisis management. He shares tips, software tools and processes to help employers manage this impact.
Exclusive Build the best accounting profession through diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2022
  • Bernice Jenkins, Loreal Jiles, Stephen J.McNally
  • Pennsylvania CPA Journal
The authors highlight why the accounting profession should care about discussions regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and invest time and resources to promote DE&I within accounting workplaces.
Exclusive How accounting firms deal with hybrid working
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2022
  • Cheryl Meyer
  • Journal of Accountancy
Switching from remote to hybrid working brings with it challenges accounting firms have not had to deal with before. Here is how five firms are tackling these challenges.
Exclusive Four-day work week's popularity grew during the pandemic
  • Article
  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Matthew Finnegan
  • Computerworld Digital Magazine
The major rethinking of company working practices during the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in respondents in a poll of 500 UK businesses reporting adopting a four-day work week. Companies are finding that the four-day work week can be a hiring and retention benefit.
Exclusive Cognitive diversity - innovation's 'secret sauce'
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2022
  • Terri Simpkin
  • Data Centre Management
Terri Simpkin, Associate Professor and MBA director at the University of Tasmania, shares the importance of creating a culture that encourages teams to bring their authentic selves and divergent ideas to work. She provides tips on recruiting for diversity of thinking ('cognitive diversity') and keeping those people in the business.
Exclusive Towards a culture of belonging: Collective action toward diversity, equity, and inclusion is needed to enact change in the global accounting profession
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2022
  • Loreal Jiles, Diane Jules, Brad J.Monterio
  • Strategic Finance
Collective action toward diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is needed to advance change in the global accounting profession. The article looks at the state of DE&I in accounting and finance and actionable DE&I practices for firms to carry out.
Exclusive 'Limited pipeline' biggest challenge in advancing DE&I, survey finds
  • Article
  • 18 Feb 2022
  • Sean McCabe
  • Accounting Today
Bloomberg Tax's 2021 US Diversity & Inclusion Survey found that both accounting firms and corporate tax departments see a lack of exceptional talent to hire as the top roadblock in addressing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) within their organizations.
Exclusive The balanced scorecard: Repurposing a time-tested strategic framework for the New Model of Work
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • Jenn Shelton
  • Facility Management Journal
The traditional corporate workplace is undergoing a paradigm shift following the Covid-19 pandemic; Jenn Shelton takes a look at how the balanced scorecard can help businesses navigate to a new model of work. She gives a brief overview of the parts of the balanced scorecard framework and how these might be employed in a hybrid onsite and remote home working workplace transformation.
Exclusive 3 ways to accomplish diversity and inclusion in the hiring process
  • Article
  • 16 Aug 2021
  • Mary Newgard
  • Insurance Journal
Insurance sector recruiter Mary Newgard covers three ways you can make an immediate impact to your company's Diversity & Inclusion strategy when recruiting new staff.
Exclusive Diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession: A few thoughts
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2021
  • Joshua Rosenstock, Martin Shenkman
  • CPA Journal
Diversity, equity and inclusion concepts can translate to small public accounting firms and even solo practices, say the authors.
Exclusive LGBTQIA employees leaving accounting profession
  • Article
  • 13 Jul 2021
  • Michael Cohn
  • Accounting Today
Nearly one in five accountants identifying as LGBTQIA left the profession because of a lack of diversity, equitable treatment or inclusion, according to a recent US study.
Exclusive Three keys to building a more skilled postpandemic workforce.
  • Article
  • 09 Jul 2021
  • Jutta Bodem-Schrotgens, Angelika Reich, Bill Schaninger, Kartik Sharma
  • McKinsey Quarterly
Article discusses the need for new workplace skills in the wake of the pandemic and the move to hybrid working . Employees are energized by it being made clear that reskilling was an investment in talent and directly supported growth plans.
Exclusive It's time for leaders to get real about hybrid
  • Article
  • 09 Jul 2021
  • Aaron De Smet, Bonnie Dowling, Mihir Mysore, Angelika Reich
  • McKinsey Quarterly
Article looks at the disconnect between employers wanting people back in the office and their employees not wanting to return.
Exclusive 'Capita has been by far my most challenging turnaround'
  • Article
  • 28 Jun 2021
  • Ben Gartside
Executive Jon Lewis - once crowned "the turnaround king" - was brought in to fix outsourcer Capita, amid a broad crisis in outsourcing that led to the collapse of Carillion. In this article he discusses the transformations he has pushed forward at Capita, focusing on making efficiency savings of $50m a year.
Exclusive Getting ready for the new normal of hybrid working
  • Article
  • 22 Jun 2021
  • Cath Everett
  • Computer Weekly
Article discusses the post-Covid19 workplace, which looks to be an adoption of hybrid working from the majority of UK organisations, and what this means for employees and employers.
Exclusive Management accounting systems and performance measurement at Lean companies
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • Lawrence P.Grasso, Thomas Tyson
  • Management Accounting Quarterly
Results from a survey of manufacturers interested in or actively engaged in Lean manufacturing and Lean production. The authors' research supports the common perception that Lean transformation of the accounting function lags behind other areas.
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