Leaders should spend less time worrying about people who leave, and more time celebrating those that stay, according to Samer Saab (BEng鈥�93, MBA鈥�96), the CEO of Explorance, a leading experience management solutions company.
In an era of talent scarcity, the balance of power between employer and employee has shifted, Saab told Medium.com in an interview for Authority Magazine.
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With the specter of climate change looming large, the Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to standardize environmental and social governance reporting.
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Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the world. At 2,586km2, it鈥檚 less than half the size of Prince Edward Island.
As a brand manager for Starbucks鈥� Instant packaged coffee business, Kalina Newmark seeks to make each team member feel that their contribution is valued at the same level. It鈥檚 just one of the ways that Newmark seeks to incorporate Indigenous teachings into her work. For Newmark, who is Sh煤htagot鈥櫮碧╪臋 and M茅tis from the Tulita Dene First Nation, the idea of valuing each person鈥檚 contribution at the same level is really important, writes Prof. Karl Moore in The Globe and Mail.
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Craig Buntin (MBA鈥�13) represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, but during the lead-in to the 2010 Games in Vancouver, the pairs figure skater sustained torn ligaments in his shoulder that would prevent him from competing on home ice. It was a setback, but he ably pivoted toward the next chapter. Buntin went on to complete an MBA at Desautels, and is now the CEO of SportLogiq, a Montreal-based company that uses standard sports game footage to track players and generate automated game statistics.
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Registration is now open to students in every program for FSCI 198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions, a new undergraduate course featuring a team of multi-disciplinary instructors who will present diverse perspectives on the scientific and social dimensions of climate change.
After more than two years of intermittent lockdowns and travel restrictions, summer 2022 was the season that many Canadians decided they were ready to travel again. Our return to the skies hasn鈥檛 gone so smoothly, to say the least. Extended delays at the country鈥檚 airports have made headlines across the country, and with Air Canada鈥檚 announcement that it will cancel 154 flights per day for the rest of the summer, it could get even worse for air travellers, according to Prof. Karl Moore.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way the way that equities are managed 鈥� but it has mostly been used by institutions. Prof. Ruslan Goyenko wants to change that. Goyenko is the Scientific Director of Finance Innovation and Risk Management (FIRM) Labs, which brings together financial economists and computer scientists to develop AI-driven portfolio management models that it will distribute to the public.
To achieve peak performance, many elite athletes become full-time professionals. But there can be benefits to keeping a day job, according to Anna-Maria Broomes, a doctoral student in organizational behaviour at 9I制作厂免费 Desautels Faculty of Management. Sport-life balance can help athletes recognize their value as a person that exists beyond sport. 鈥淎thletes are holistic beings who want to excel and flourish,鈥� says Broomes, 鈥渂ut to do so, they will need the support of their loved ones and professionals who are in their corner.鈥�
The recovery from the pandemic created strong demand for products and services, but supply remained weak as a result of supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, and the rising cost of food and oil. Together, these factors have contributed to high inflation, which central banks are fighting by raising interest rates. But some of these factors are beyond the reach of central bank鈥檚 efforts, like rising energy prices caused by the war in Ukraine, said Prof. Sebastien Betermier in an interview with CTV News.
