A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence
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When Comparably released its Top 100 highest-rated companies for Best Company Culture in 2021, Carbon ranked #10. The 3D printing technology company headquartered in Redwood City, CA, models the idea that diversity —not just of knowledge and expertise, but of identity—is a key driver of productivity and innovation
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Question: I manage an 8-person business development team. We recently completed a team engagement survey that identified our top challenge as not having productive meetings. Since we all started working from home and dealing with the ups and downs of Covid-19, I’ve allowed our meetings to turn into group support sessions. While I think there is value in sharing challenges with each other, this is an area that I want to tackle in 2022. Can you recommend any tips for how to keep our team meetings productive?
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Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: My college internship at an investment firm turned into a full-time job where I worked for the past seven years. Late last year, I decided to make a career change. I’ve found some promising opportunities and have two interviews scheduled later this month. I don’t have a lot of experience answering interview questions. Can you give me some tips on how to answer questions that may come up?
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A closer look at companies executing leadership excellence.
When Dr. Emily Leproust helped launch Twist Bioscience in 2013, she did so with the belief that synthetic DNA would be critical to solving many of the world’s biggest challenges. When SARS-CoV-2 became one of those challenges in early 2020, her team tapped into their guiding principles of Grit, Impact, Service, and Trust to fight the pandemic head on.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Twist produces synthetic viral controls that resemble SARS-CoV-2 variants to enable researchers to rapidly develop and validate diagnostic tests. ...
Sticky solutions to your everyday business challenges
Question: I’m an HR Business Partner for a medical equipment supply company that is scrambling to fill a large number of job openings remotely. Without the benefit of in-person queues – handshakes, personal energy, body language – I don’t feel as confident in my skills to gauge candidate fit through a Zoom box. Do you have any tips for how to improve my remote interviewing skills?
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