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When Jeffrey Britell was weighing a future in medicine or law as a young man in Connecticut, he never imagined spending three decades building networks for the global financial markets, let alone leading operations for a company that helps buildings breathe cleaner air. But a stint helping his father run a small business changed everything. […]

Not many aerospace executives can say their company gatherings happen in a 1950s diner — inside their house. But Jim Nelson isn’t most executives. Tucked into his South Dakota home is a full Coca-Cola-themed diner, complete with counter stools, a working kitchen, and enough nostalgia to make you forget you’re not in an episode of […]

James McHale was not supposed to be on that train from Milan to Venice. Neither was the woman across from him. It was a first-time trip through Northern Italy, the kind of connection travelers forget within a week, except this one lasted. She was Italian, he was a young American with a background in finance […]

A stack of metal discs sat on a workbench inside DCM Tech’s Winona, Minnesota, production facility, each polished to a finish most people would never notice. To Jen Rutz, the parts represented more than tolerances or production schedules. They represented a family company built over five decades, a team of employees (intentionally referred to as […]

The rhythm of innovation pulses through every corner of D’Addario & Company, where centuries of musical craftsmanship meet the relentless drive of modern leadership. At the helm is CEO John D’Addario III, a ninth-generation steward of the iconic family business, whose roots stretch back to 17th-century Italy. Under John’s leadership, the company—founded in 1973—has become […]

For Juan Carlos Guerra, talent advisor for HWC LATAM in WTW, human resources is more than just a function—it’s a mission rooted in empathy, adaptability, and global understanding. Tasked with supporting nine distinct lines of business across 13 countries in Latin America, Guerra brings both strategic clarity and emotional intelligence to one of the most […]

Many people became pet owners in the past few years—and many pets became coworkers, wagging tails or chirping during virtual meetings or broadcasts. So, for the 2023 Tetra Pak Learning Conference, John Argabright developed, where he is vice president of human resources, a session titled, “Learning from Cats and Dogs.” Advertisement e-mails and online posts […]

It’s a competitive hiring market with the most successful companies being creative and forward thinking on recruiting and retaining talent. But with capable people in such demand and the workplace having changed so significantly since the onset of COVID-19, how does an employer, especially a large one, get a leg up? Partially by harnessing technology […]

In the summer of 2022, Terry Rybolt, a member of the Forbes Business Council, wrote about the phenomenon dubbed as the Great Resignation, a two-year period during which a record number of people left their jobs. The Pew Research Center found the top three reasons they walked out in 2021 and 2022 were feeling employers […]

One of Juana Gomez’s most vivid childhood memories is of crouching in a field at dawn, shivering, as she picked lettuce with freezing fingertips. Her father was then a farm manager at a lettuce company, and he needed extra help in the fields.  Fast-forward a few years: Gomez, at 16, was still helping at the […]