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May 29, 2017 How to Give an Employee Feedback About Their Appearance By Amy Gallo Don't understate or sugarcoat your message.

Diversity Why More Hospitals Should Prioritize Cultural Competency by Olympia Duhart Three simple ways to improve care for underserved patients. Security & privacy To Guard Against Cybercrime, Follow the Money by Matthew Gardiner What are your most valuable assets? Organizational culture Work Friends Make Us More Productive (Except When They Stress Us Out) by David Burkus Findings from a study of 168 insurance employees. Demographics Study: Employers Are Less Likely to Hire a Woman Who Wears a Headscarf by Sarah Green Carmichael No matter how qualified she is. Leadership development 4 Behaviors of Top-Performing CEOs Elena Botelho, partner at leadership advisory firm ghSmart, talks about the disconnect between the stereotype of the CEO and what research shows actually leads to high performance at that level. She says the image of the charismatic, tall male with a top university degree who's a strategic visionary and makes great decisions under pressure is a pervasive one. However, research shows that four behaviors more consistently lead to high performance in the corner office: 1) deciding with speed and conviction 2) engaging for impact 3) adapting proactively 4) delivering reliably. Botelho is the co-author of the article "What Sets Successful CEOs Apart" in the May-June 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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