Inflation is reaching levels not seen since the early 1980s. Those who lived through it will remember the 1981-82 recession as the worst economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression (later surpassed by the 2008 Great Recession). […]
Is your company still engaged in remote work? According to PEW Research, roughly 6 in 10 Americans are doing their jobs from home in 2022—some full-time; others, part of the time. Thanks to COVID-19, the work-from-home crowd has become a […]
In 2021, 47.8 million workers quit their jobs. According to data compiled by the Society for Human Resource Management, monthly resignations topped an average of 4 million: the highest ever recorded. More astoundingly—and perhaps more worryingly—that figure is set to […]
Between the effectiveness of today’s job boards and internal employee networks, there are many searches where organizations wonder if they should do the search themselves and save the expense of using an outside firm. Some organizations will only do high […]
The C-suite has traditionally been a boys’ club. It wasn’t until Katherine Graham took the CEO role for The Washington Post in 1972 that women were even considered for executive leadership. In fact, the Fortune 500 group wouldn’t see its […]
Executive salaries tend to get a lot of backlash in the mainstream media. Most often, it’s because they’re attached to soundbites about how poorly a company performed or some scandal involving its leadership. Or, in many cases, CEO pay is […]
In an age of social advocacy on the part of corporations, many have begun to practice what they preach. As they decry social injustice, some of the world’s biggest brands are elevating minorities and underrepresented groups to C-suite positions, giving […]
According to data from the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly Manufacturing ISM® Report on Business®, the rising prices of raw materials are putting construction professionals in a bind. In August 2021, prices of raw materials backed off of all-time highs; […]
Years ago, consumer packaged goods (CPG) executives measured the value stream from the point of production through the end use of their product. Today, that life cycle is a whole lot bigger. Not only are green-minded executives looking at life […]
Many small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) don’t have an accounting staff. In some cases, they may have a controller or a CPA partner that handles the bookkeeping on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Outsourcing financial operations tends to be more cost efficient […]
