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The boss factor: Making the world a better place through workplace relationships Today's leaders have never been under so much pressure. Even as they navigate the evolving COVID-19 crisis - keeping their customers and employees safe and their businesses viable - expectations are sky-high. Shareholders are calling for foresight, bold strategies, agility, and resilience, while governments and communities increasingly expect businesses to support broader goals, such as sustainability and social justice.
For purpose-led corporations, this is a defining moment. How can they remain committed to additional stakeholder values when the imperative is to conserve cash and, in many cases, aggressively restructure? And what about businesses that have only started defining their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ambitions? When push comes to shove, do their leaders (and shareholders) really believe in the ESG premium? And, if so, where can they best focus their attention?
To move forward, rather than stand paralyzed, crystal-clear prioritization will be key. In this article, we argue that there is one essential area where companies can create enormous social value: job satisfaction. Because of the connection between happiness at work and overall life satisfaction, improving employee happiness could make a material difference to the world's 2.1 billion workers. It could also boost profitability and enhance organizational health. |
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'Someone's Going to Be Left Holding the Bag.' How Finance TikTok Is Navigating 'Meme Stock' Hype Among Young Investors A growing cadre of Gen Z investors are anticipating a summer of meme stock mania, ready to capitalize on the next big short squeeze after a fateful two weeks in January when GameStop's stock price skyrocketed over 1500%.
But while meme stocks may have introduced a new, young audience to the wonders of investing, popular finance TikTok creators say the viral trading craze is fueling unrealistic expectations.
According to a recent report from financial services giant Fidelity, more than half of Gen Z-aged people surveyed made a trade in the first three months of 2021, a period of time when attacks on short sellers had begun fueling heightened market volatility. Fidelity's findings support the notion that these attacks were driven by hyper-online investors and indicate that rather than relying on traditional market monitoring methods, around 41% of 18-24-year-old investors turn to social media platforms like Reddit, Instagram and TikTok for investment advice. |
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This Research-Backed Trick Can Help Your Heart-Healthy Diet Stick Science suggests that shifting your focus can make a big difference.
Overhauling your diet - especially when it comes to lowering your cholesterol - might sound daunting, but recent research has found that focusing on your diet as a whole (rather than just cholesterol intake) starting with some simple swaps can help make eating healthier stick. Making a few dietary changes can make a big difference when it comes to your heart health.
In a 2019 scientific advisory published in the American Heart Association (AHA) Circulation journal, researchers analyzed over 50 studies, including several meta-analyses, and found heart-healthy diets are also naturally low in cholesterol, which is important because high blood cholesterol can up your risk for heart attack and stroke. |
The Science of Strong Business Writing Brain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers. Scientists can see a group of midbrain neurons - the "reward circuit" - light up as people respond to everything from a simple metaphor to an unexpected story twist. The big takeaway? Whether you're crafting an email to a colleague or an important report for the board, you can write in a way that delights readers on a primal level, releasing pleasure chemicals in their brains.
Bill Birchard is an author and writing coach who's worked with many successful businesspeople. He's drawn on that experience and his review of the scientific literature to identify eight features of satisfying writing: simplicity, specificity, surprise, stirring language, seductiveness, smart ideas, social content, and storytelling. In this article, he shares tips for using those eight S's to captivate readers and help your message stick. |
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A grim Independence Day weekend in Chicago was marred by violence, with more than 90 people shot More than 90 people have been shot in Chicago since the beginning of the long Independence Day weekend, including two police officers; a 6-year-old girl and her mother; and a group of six people early Monday in the Washington Park neighborhood.
In all, at least 93 people have been struck by gunfire since Friday afternoon, 16 of whom died of their injuries, according to police.
The Washington Park shooting left two men dead, two women injured and a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy with gunshot wounds. They were in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue when someone drove past, opened fire, and fled.
Two men, ages 26 and 21, were pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center. A 12-year-old girl was shot in the buttocks and critically injured; a 13-year-old boy was shot in the hand. Both were taken to Comer Children's Hospital. In addition, two women were shot and authorities listed them in good condition. |
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Fauci: More than 99% of people who died from COVID-19 in June were not vaccinated Anthony Fauci on Sunday said more than 99 percent of the people who died from COVID-19 in June were not vaccinated, calling the loss of life "avoidable and preventable."
"If you look at the number of deaths, about 99.2 percent of them are unvaccinated. About 0.8 percent are vaccinated. No vaccine is perfect. But when you talk about the avoidability of hospitalization and death, Chuck, it's really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable," Fauci told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press."
He added, "I mean, obviously there are going to be some people, because of the variability among people and their response to vaccine, that you'll see some who are vaccinated and still get into trouble and get hospitalized and die. But the overwhelming proportion of people who get into trouble are the unvaccinated. Which is the reason why we say this is really entirely avoidable and preventable." |
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