Leadership and Career

What do companies need to know amid paradigm shift in the workforce?

External reporting, officer conduct, compliance & ERM all targets for technological intervention

CCI columnist and compliance author Mary Shirley addresses an often-overlooked scenario in the hiring process: companies going silent or declining to respond to candidate requests for updates.

More than half of American employees are using generative AI tools at least occasionally to accomplish work-related tasks, according to a new survey by The Conference Board that found while a majority of workers are using these tools, few of their employers have mature organizational AI policies. The Conference Board survey of nearly 1,100 U.S. workers, predominantly office workers, found...

Corporate compliance professionals are no doubt familiar with diversity as it relates to DEI efforts. But support is growing for another type of diversity — neurodiversity. With estimates that say as many as 20% of the world’s population is neurodivergent (that’s more than the share of people who are left-handed), it’s on companies to adjust. Deb Muller of HR Acuity...

The portfolio of chief compliance and ethics officers is ever-expanding, growing from traditional duties like managing policies to overseeing modern issues like ESG. Gartner’s Chris Audet gives incoming compliance leaders a crash course in starting off on the right foot.

Forget the Great Resignation. The Great Breakup is underway: Senior-level women are increasingly looking elsewhere for better opportunities. And as entrepreneur Monica Eaton explains, that’s to the great detriment of their previous employers. Since 2015, LeanIn.Org and McKinsey have conducted their Women in the Workplace study to gain perspective on gender diversity in the corporate workforce. The most recent installment,...

Women could reach parity in senior corporate leadership roles by 2030, according to an S&P Global analysis of companies listed on the Russell 3000 index. But the bulk of those gains will come in the boardroom rather than the C-suite. S&P Global models show women reaching parity in senior leadership roles, meaning 50% representation, between 2030 and 2037, due in...

A new survey of HR executives illustrates something of a Catch-22: Companies want employees to return to the office to work, but if they push too hard, they risk losing talent: 71% of organizations that mandate on-site work have a hard time retaining employees. The Conference Board’s survey of nearly 200 HR leaders found that return-to-office (73%) was the second...

Pratt & Whitney’s American jet engine division hit a patch of turbulence earlier this year, and while the company's Canadian operations aren’t immune to challenges, they’ve recently tackled one that’s decidedly more down-to-earth: compliance training. Ina Junona Nicolae, a training leader at Pratt & Whitney Canada, talks about how the manufacturer used microlearning to bridge the gap between knowing compliance...

Science has proven: Traditional networking tends to make people feel dirty, figuratively and literally. CCI columnist and compliance author Mary Shirley offers three cheat codes to unlock effective professional networking. Networking has been a big area of development for me. As a self-described introvert and shy individual, it’s one of the professional skill areas I’ve worked hardest at improving.  But...

Corporations and leaders have long embraced workplace wellness and well-being programs focused on mental and physical health as well as stress management. But as entrepreneur Asim Hafeez explains, an overlooked aspect of well-being may be causing a productivity drain — and leaders should take note. Workers' financial wellness may be worse than most managers realize. According to a survey conducted...