By Geri Stengel, Forbes The number one concern of million-dollar-plus women-led businesses is talent recruitment and retention, according to the 2019 EY WPO Business Outlook. More than one third of respondents— 37% — said that attracting and retaining talent was a challenge. The survey was conducted among EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women participants. These are successful and ambitious … Continue reading Better Benefits Means A Better Bottom Line
UK B Corp Bulb Shares a Snapshot of Employee Diversity Data and Where It Looks to ChangeBy Meera Patel, talent and diversity specialist at BulbB Corp certification stands for something that we believe in passionately here at Bulb: that companies have a...
How Chandos Construction Is Helping Leaders Rethink the Role of Business in CanadaModerator David LePage, far left, leads a panel discussion with, from left, James Boettcher, Jeff Loomis, Tim Coldwell, Wayne Chiu and Michael Selci. The panel was part o...
The way we work is changing, and virtual teams are more common than ever. Whether you’ve just hired your first remote employee or taken your entire team virtual, it’s a new frontier and there’s plenty to learn.
By Maril MacDonald, Founder & CEO of Gagen MacDonald and WPO board member; The Holmes Report Large companies today are contending with an astonishing array of challenges. They must simultaneously continually reinvent themselves to fend off disruption, deliver quarterly results to satisfy shareholders, compete for top talent in a brutal battlefield, confront political instability and uncertainty, protect their brand and reputation, and … Continue reading From Project To Movement: Unleashing The Potential Of Business Transformation
B the Change Weekly: August 2, 2019Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongsi...
The Power of Purpose in Driving Bottom-Line Business OutcomesWhy Valuing People and Planet Positions Businesses for Success in the 21st Century and BeyondEncore Renewable Energy, a Certified B Corporation, works on renewable energy projects that create...
Annual Gathering of North American B Corps Builds Movement of Business As a Force for GoodB Lab Chief Marketing Officer Anthea Kelsick, left, and Co-Founder Andrew Kassoy.When a company joins the community of Certified B Corporations, it signs onto the...
B Corp Strategies for a Sustainable Future: ‘Finding Real Solutions to the Problems That Matter’In the face of large-scale global challenges — from poverty and hunger to social justice and the climate crisis — businesses with an eye toward the future c...
Why It’s Vital to Review the Workplace Foundation Before Effective Diversity and Inclusion Work Can BeginLast year, when our team sat down to review our Inclusive Economy Challenge goals and metrics, an employee posed an honest yet blunt question: How ...
Chuck Brown Connects Impact Investors with Social Enterpriseshttps://medium.com/media/d5e23e731d82466f09dbbe76a5042b24/hrefChuck Brown is the founder of Orion Advising, a consultancy in service of social entrepreneurs and investors seeking a just trans...
By Barbara Yastine, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Fundraising takes hard work and a lot of time. So, it is no surprise that once the checks clear, entrepreneurs are eager to get back to building their businesses. Their investors want that, too. However, once the money is in the bank, some entrepreneurs may forego building … Continue reading How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Investors into Champions
Around the globe, businesses looking for long-term success are turning toward practices that consider the impact of their operations on the environment and workers, customers and communities. By certifying as benefit corporations, these businesses take...
B the Change Weekly: July 26, 2019Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongsid...