NowBlu Archives
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #19: How to Encourage Useful Feedback and Promote Growth
Q: What is a good way to provide employees, as well as the CEO, with feedback that will advance progress and growth throughout the company?
A: Happy, a London-based WorldBlu List awardee company, offers a range of services including in-person and online training programs to assist organizations in creating effective workplaces. Within Happy, continuous feedback lies [...]
Support WorldBlu List Awardee Beyond Borders’ Work in Haiti
Ever since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti last week, our thoughts have very much been with our friends at Beyond Borders, a three-time WorldBlu List Awardee organization, who has been working, for almost two decades to empower Haitians to improve their lives through justice and peace.
Beyond Borders is working around the clock to coordinate strategic [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #18: How to Include Employees in The Decision-Making Process
Q: How can I embrace my employee’s ideas and incorporate them into my company’s decision-making process ?
A: DaVita is a FORTUNE 500 company comprised of 35,000 employees with nearly $6 billion in annual revenue. It is the largest independent provider of dialysis services in the United States, operating over 1300 clinics. Yet despite [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #17: How to Create Transparency and Collaboration Between Company Offices
Q: What’s a good way to promote interaction and alignment between all of the offices within my company?
A: a-connect, a Switzerland-based company with offices in Zürich, Dusseldorf, Boston, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore, sponsors a “Partner Abroad” week during which staff members spend a week per year in a different a-connect office around the [...]
The Democracy at Work Weekly Tip #16: How to Hire for a Democratic Company
Q: How should I set up our company’s application and interview methods to ensure I employ the most value driven, hard working and qualified individuals?
A: AIESEC, a Netherlands based company, is the world’s largest student organization for business leaders. AIESEC has locations in 107 countries and has been in exsistence for 61 years, making selection [...]
