Cisco tops World's Best Workplaces 2020 | Employers, workers disagree over training, support | Exodus of women from workforce threatens gains in leadership
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Fortune, along with Great Place to Work, has released its World's Best Workplaces 2020 list, which Cisco tops for the second consecutive year, followed by DHL and Hilton, respectively. Eighty-seven percent of global Cisco employees referred to the company as an emotionally and psychologically healthy place to work at the start of the pandemic.
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IBM research finds 74% of employers say they think they're helping employees learn necessary skills, but just 38% of employees say the same. In addition, 80% of employers say they provide emotional and physical health support, but fewer than half of workers concur.
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Leaders say artificial intelligence is among three top trends likely to affect their business in the next five years, and among the technology's top potential uses are innovation, eliminating mundane tasks and improving understanding of customers, according to a survey by the Center for Creative Leadership. Possible challenges related to AI include the improper allocation of work, a lack of empathy toward employees and the potential for bias within algorithms, survey respondents say.
Thirty-four percent of men who are working remotely at home with children say they've been promoted, compared with 9% of women in the same boat, according to research from theBoardlist and Qualtrics. Also, 26% of men in that situation have received a pay rise, compared with just 13% of women.
Great leaders should be respected for the way they went about achieving results, rather than judging outcomes alone, Activate Group CEO Howard Shore writes in this book excerpt. "The beautiful thing is that we can choose whether we want to have integrity, be respectful, have humility, be consistent, be influential -- or not," Shore writes.
