Happy Earth Day 2016, and greetings from New York City where history is unfolding today at the UN with more than 165 global leaders gathering to sign the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 in December.
The TV series Game of Thrones, which returned to HBO for a sixth season on Sunday, has hooked millions of viewers with its tale of the power struggle to rule the fictional kingdom of Westeros. With hundreds of characters and about as many plot twists, it’s as much a study of personality types as it is of leadership. The main characters’ paths and struggles can mirror leadership styles we see in our workplaces. Do you recognize yourself, your managers, or your colleagues in any of the leadership types below? (Mild spoilers ahead.)
As a global outdoor lifestyle brand, Timberland has always been driven by a commitment to innovate and operate in an accountable and responsible manner – in terms of its products, the outdoors and the communities around the globe where it operates. As part of this commitment, the company today announced the establishment of rigorous environmental standards – Timberland Environmental Product Standards (TEPS) – across all Timberland product categories. The company also unveiled its 2015 CSR results, as well as new five-year performance targets against its core CSR pillars – product, outdoors and community.
Don Wilson, Founder and CEO of DRW, explains the similarities he sees between trading in the markets and competitive sailing – and how you can experience it first hand in Chicago this summer.
Techstars launched "for real" in the ATL when it named its first managing director: entrepreneur Michael Cohn. Michael is most famous for Cloud Sherpas, a multi-national cloud services company he co-founded. It was acquired by Accenture last year, after it grew to 1,100 employees.
Barclays has launched a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. This is the culmination of a partnership, established in January last year, with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
This Earth Day, Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) encourages you to take the #1MORE Pledge and commit to a daily act of sustainability or service that helps to preserve our Blue Planet™. Visit 1morepledge.com to take the pledge and share your commitment with friends and family.
Recently in San Diego, business leaders from the U.S. and Canada gathered at Benevity's Goodness Matters User Conference to discuss the future of corporate philanthropy. In this video filmed at the conference, Benevity client Penny Zuckerwise, Founding Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guggenheim, explores how companies can lead corporate social responsibility and engage employees in giving and volunteering programs.
