Microsoft is revamping HR practices after an email thread revealing stories of misconduct spread among employees. Microsoft is developing training material, requiring managers to participate in training and changing practices on responding to complaints.

Most companies recruit people who best suit hiring criteria, but Lastline CEO John DiLullo says some of his most successful hires have been people slightly less qualified. These individuals, who are "about 70% qualified and 30% terrified," are hungry to learn and put in extra effort to measure up, DiLullo writes.

Companies that foster gender parity and diversity tend to have higher performance and operational outcomes, among other positive returns, BTS USA President and CEO Jessica Parisi writes. Parisi outlines four ways companies can bolster this endeavor, including having leaders take a hands-on approach to promoting the message organizationwide.

US infrastructure investment must include union and wage protections, North America's Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey said at the organization's 2019 legislative conference. Unions must call for their pension funds to be invested in projects such as the $13 billion John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 1 project, McGarvey said.

Teams need caring leaders, but caring about people is not the same as trying to be friends with them, says author Kevin Kruse. "I just focus on my values, the organization's goals, and do what's right by that," he says.