Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the seventy-second issue of CEE News!
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What role should female leaders play in helping their C-suite navigate the issue of state efforts to restrict reproductive rights in America?
What are some workplace policies or practices that companies should enact to support women and accelerate progress in closing the gender gap in the workforce?
These are just two of the questions tackled by participants in our recent panel discussion, HERstory: A Conversation With Executive Women About Gender Equality. As I listened to the responses from the panelists, I was struck how women executives are uniquely suited to navigate the nuances of the 21st century workplace.
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Sticky Solutions
Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: As an HR Director of a 240-person company, I want to help our managers and supervisors be available for their team members who are going through disruptions in their lives these days. From learning that a loved one has Covid, to living a with partner who’s been laid off since last summer, to dealing with the general pandemic-related anxiety, our employees need support from their managers to get through these times. Can you recommend some tools to help our managers and supervisors be on their A-games through these seemingly endless days of disruption?
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Business In Focus
A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
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Before the pandemic, 38% of manufacturers had trouble finding candidates with the right skills, and today that number is 54%, according to a report by The Workforce Institute at UKG thinktank. Yet, despite this labor crisis, Cincinnati-based Nehemiah Manufacturing has more applicants than it can handle, even as it navigates a pandemic-driven business boon.
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