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Mary Ellen Iskenderian is the president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, a global nonprofit with a mission to give low-income women in the developing world access to the financial tools and resources they need to achieve security and prosperity. The organization works with 57 institutions in 32 countries to help the estimated 1 billion […]

Wharton management professor Jacqueline “Jax” Kirtley isn’t making any predictions about when or how the Great Resignation will end. Nearly 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August, the highest number on record since the government began collecting data 20 years ago. The quit rate coincides with a dramatic surge in applications for new businesses since the COVID-19 pandemic began, mostly […]

The world is running out of time to solve the climate crisis, and businesses are under increasing pressure to lead the charge. A recent United Nations panel report blamed human activity for rapidly warming the planet in the last millennium, with transportation and electricity generation as the two largest sources of carbon emissions. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, […]

Food Co., a pseudonym for a large food processing plant in the Northeast, had been operating successfully for several years when the plant manager realized he had a problem he couldn’t solve alone. The employees did their jobs well, but they didn’t seem to care much about taking care of each other. Workers were reluctant […]

Prices on cryptocurrency platforms Bitcoin and Ether have been volatile in recent weeks after China’s central bank recently stated that all cryptocurrency-related activities were illegal. That is widely seen as the county’s effort to curb currency manipulation, flight of capital, and technology-related risks it perceives in cryptocurrencies. But it would be “dangerous” to assume that the decline and volatility […]

Wharton’s Samir Nurmohamed talks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about what compels whistleblowers to come forward in an organization. Whistleblower Frances Haugen told a Senate subcommittee last week that she is speaking out about harmful practices at Facebook because she wants to reform the social media giant, not destroy it. “Facebook can change but is clearly […]

Wharton’s Katherine Klein talks with B Lab co-founder Bart Houlahan about the soaring interest in companies seeking ‘Certified B Corporation’ status and what that means for the social impact movement. Bart Houlahan worried about how the coronavirus pandemic would affect B Lab, a nonprofit he co-founded to certify socially responsible companies that create value beyond shareholder […]

Nano Tools for Leaders® — a collaboration between Wharton Executive Education and Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management — are fast, effective leadership tools that you can learn and start using in less than 15 minutes, with the potential to significantly impact your success as a leader and the engagement and productivity of the people you lead. Contributor Michael Useem is […]

Wharton’s Lindsey Cameron talks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about why algorithms that monitor worker productivity are a bad idea.   Plenty of internet memes poke fun at Amazon’s reputation for restricting bathroom breaks for warehouse workers. But algorithms that allow companies to monitor an employee’s every move are getting a serious look from […]

CEOs work long hours, make high-stakes decisions such as initiating layoffs or plant closures, and face uncertainty in times of crisis. They also are closely monitored and criticized when their firms underperform. A new research paper co-authored by Wharton finance professor Marius Guenzel looks at the impact such work-related stressors can have on CEOs and […]