By Amii Barnard-Bahn2021-02-23T15:32:00+00:00
Five out of five
The lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election showed the potential for workplace disagreements over politics. The topic of the election led to over one-third of American workers either avoiding speaking to or working with a coworker, according to a survey by Gartner, and 44 percent of HR professionals reported intensified political volatility in the workplace (compared to 26 percent in 2016), a poll by the Society for Human Resource Management found.
The cost for healthy workplace cultures? Politics has always been an issue ripe for contention, but in the past two elections, divisions have become more extreme, less civil, and have negatively impacted working relationships which ultimately affects an organization’s culture and productivity.
Market antics could force ETF resiliency into new test
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ARK’s Catherine ‘Cathie’ Wood feels confident that the ETF market could handle any issues that come up.
In 2020, the resiliency of exchange-traded funds was on display as the products withstood the market gyrations of the spring. Now, a confluence of forces in 2021 may test ETFs yet again.
For the most part, ETFs were an afterthought in the recent run-up and run-down of stocks (or stonks ) targeted by boosters on the Reddit Inc. forum WallStreetBets last month. But that doesn t mean that ETFs are immune from coordinated action by retail traders or any others. Do ETFs have the mettle to handle a mob without a cascade of unintended consequences?
Modernizing the IT landscape: a Vital Long-term Challenge for Global Companies Pablo Ciano, CIO, DHL Express Americas
Pablo Ciano, CIO, DHL Express Americas
An important task at global companies like DHL Express, a key business unit of Deutsche Post DHL, is the modernization of the organization’s IT landscape – migrating from legacy silo applications to a service-oriented architecture.
It is a vital transformation, but its magnitude and complexities are not fully appreciated for those outside of the IT function.
This is a significant undertaking in terms of time and personnel for a large international enterprise since it not only involves information systems but also aligning the underlying processes. Like other large firms, over time we absorbed many different companies with different systems, while our own units in different countries developed their own systems.
Interviewed by Darden student Danyang Shen (Class of 2021)
The professional career of University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumnus Run Yang (MBA ’14), CFA, has come with many labels. He has worked at state-owned enterprises, fast-acting online companies, as an investment banker and as a startup CFO.
He currently serves as CFO at Hangzhou Miya Technology, where he is responsible for the company s board of directors, strategic investment and financing, finance, and legal affairs. Prior to joining Miya, Yang worked in corporate and investment banking, including at Citibank and Deutsche Bank. In addition, Yang has worked at Alibaba and China North Industries Corporation for many years, where he gained extensive experience in corporate investment and financing and financial management.
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As the President, CTO, and Co-Founder of SafeGuard Cyber, Mr. Freire is responsible for the development and continuous innovation of SafeGuard Cyber s enterprise platform, which enables global enterprise customers to extend cyber protection to social media and digital channels. He has rich experience in social media applications, Internet commerce, and IT serving the pharmaceutical, financial services, high-tech, and government verticals. Mr. Freire has a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Management Information Systems, and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he currently serves as a visiting executive lecturer.
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