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Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education co-sponsored the Dalai Lama's visit to Silicon Valley for a talk on business, ethics and compassion. It highlighted recent achievements at Stanford's center, which continues to make research progress in the "science of compassion" while calling attention to the importance of well-being in our society.
As the University of California, San Francisco confronts a continued changing landscape, the UCSF community will likely face cultural and organizational changes that are necessary to support effective, nimble decisions that align strategy with spending priorities.
Optimism less pronounced with stronger corporate monitoring.
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 makes it illegal for woman to be fired just because they are pregnant.
Performance appraisals can affect motivation, commitment and performance, which managers should keep in mind when evaluating employees.
Scientists at Cambridge have developed a novel approach to enabling collaborations between researchers at conferences and academic meetings – by treating them like genes
Researchers Credit the Higher Income Husbands Brought into the Households.
A new study provides evidence for what many people who experience headaches have long suspected—having more stress in your life leads to more headaches.
While having no accidents isn't necessarily a good indication that everything's OK, having them go unreported makes the matter worse. The reporting of all accidents is extremely important. Every accident is an opportunity to improve your safety program, to learn how to do a better job, and to protect your workers and facilities.
Make the Olympics an opportunity for team-building rather than allowing it to be a distraction, experts say.
You may know your business or your industry well. But do you know anything about yourself? Forward thinking executives and business leaders evaluate their employees and clients to help better understand work styles and personality types. Sales trainers try to understand the types of buyers their sales people are talking to and how those buyers will make purchasing decisions. Marketers try to understand the personality types that one can reach out to and how those personalities will receive a message. Understanding the types of people one works with is important knowledge especially for executives.
