Talent Management
Understanding and Managing Overconfident, Passionate Employees
When plotting their career trajectories, young professionals are often encouraged to follow their passion. And in the entrepreneurial world, passion is often seen as a key ingredient for success. But ...
New Hire Relationships: Men Rewarded for Meet and Greet Behavior
Building relationships with colleagues is critical when starting a new job, but a Rutgers-led study in the Journal of Management Scientific Reports suggests that only men are rewarded for their ...
Got a Colleague Who Always Thinks They’re Right? Here’s Why.
If you smugly believe you're right in a disagreement with a friend or colleague, a new study suggests why you may actually be wrong. Researchers at Ohio State University found that people naturally ...
Experts Predict Impacts of $20-$25B+ Milton Hit to Insurers, Reinsurers
A wide cone of uncertainty surrounds insurance experts' pre-landfall predictions about the state of the industry that will prevail in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with most viewing it as a $20 ...
Putting the Right Worker in the Right Job
Carrots and sticks have long been the favored tool for business managers looking to motivate their workers, whether it's to encourage with the promise of a raise, or to ...
Responding to Work Emails After Hours Contributes to Burnout, Hostility
Imagine it's Friday evening. You're about to watch a new Netflix drama, trying to unwind after a long week. Suddenly, your phone pings with a work email marked "urgent." ...
The Benefits of a Four-Day Workweek
Companies exploring the option of letting employees work four days a week hope to reduce job burnout and retain talent seeking a better work-life balance, according to ...
Insurance CEOs Talk Gen AI, Growth, Workforce Strategies
A much higher percentage of insurance chief executives say that generative AI is a top investment priority for their firms than peers in other industries, according to a survey report published by ...
7 in 10 Actuaries and Underwriters Worry About Being Replaced by AI
With the vast majority (91 percent) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it's not surprising that nearly 7 in 10 ...