Description: Wharton’s Matthew Bidwell thinks the slew of new salary transparency laws sweeping the nation will help advance pay equity, although it may not raise salaries overall. Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ Date: Feb 07, 2023 Link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/wharton-business-daily-podcast/will-salary-transparency-become-standard/?utm_campaign=KatW2023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=kw_campaign_monitor&utm_term=2-8-2023&utm_content=Will_Salary_Transparency_Become_Standard Questions for discussion: Summarize the arguments over salary transparency. How is greater transparency expected to influence workplace relationships? What are… Read more »

Description: Hybrid and remote arrangements that became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic may not be going away any time soon, but some big Canadian employers want people to clock in from their office desks more frequently. Source: BNNBloomberg.ca – video report Date: Feb 09, 2023 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canadian-employers-face-resistance-as-they-seek-to-increase-office-days-1.1881692 Questions for discussion: What does the report say… Read more »

Description: Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the 1970s. The new generations of power tools and computer modeling and teleconferencing and advanced machinery and prefab materials and global shipping. You’d think we could build much more, much faster, for less money, than… Read more »

Description: We need to reconceive managerial authority for today’s business environment — not eliminate it. Source: Sloanreview.mit.edu/ Date: Jan 25, 2023 Link: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/rethinking-hierarchy/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=speed%20in%20decision-making&utm_campaign=Enews%20Leadership%202/2/2023 Questions for discussion: Summarize the key ideas presented in this article. What distinguishes Mark I and Mark II authority? Do you agree with this orientation?