Anheuser-Busch CEO says a people-friendly company is a successful company. Carlos Brito is the man who engineered the surprise 2008 buyout of Anheuser-Busch and its iconic American brands and brought them under the umbrella of Brazil’s InBev. A Stanford MBA, … Continue reading →
The term “engagement”, although not a new term in the business world, has continually struck a chord that seems to resonate stronger as the years go on. What once meant to be a measure of employee satisfaction and buy-in is … Continue reading →
Thomas Jefferson once said that “honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”. Though truth-telling abounds in grade school platitudes, it seems scarcer the older we get. But this decline in honesty — let’s call it dishonesty — isn’t necessarily … Continue reading →
Everybody seems to hate them, but performance reviews have been around since at least the Wei Dynasty in third-century China, which used an “imperial rater.” Yet at least one firm has gone ahead and ditched them. “The typical performance review system doesn’t work because … Continue reading →
Leading the charge. Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, the first woman on the New York Stock Exchange, was still leading the way two decades after she became a member in 1967. Denied a ladies’ room, she offered to have a portable toilet brought … Continue reading →
