AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatar10 Signs You Work For An Abusive Boss And Strategies To TakeForbes - Bryan Robinson, Ph.D.World Mental Health Day is Oct 10th, and October 16th is National Bosses Day. Hopefully, these are both times you can genuinely celebrate a kind leader who supports and respects employee mental health—one who provides caring and appreciation and recognizes and rewards productivity. Unfortunately, …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatar4 Ways to Lead More Effectively With Accountabilityverified_publisherInc Magazine - Jim SchleckserMany people use the term -- it's time to define what it means. As a leader, coaching employees -- especially those underperforming -- is often critical. Everyone seems to understand that being accountable is essential, but does anyone know what we're talking about? A relatively straightforward …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarThe Biggest Leadership Lesson From the Biggest Patagonia Donationverified_publisherInc Magazine - Moshe EngelbergIt's charting a course for a new way of doing business. Imagine you're an exec with plenty of money, deciding what to do with the very successful privately-held company you founded. If you're Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, you donate it to perpetually support the environmental causes you …
AvatarBrendan HoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo" Fossil Fuels Are A Dead End," UN Secretary-General Says | OilPrice.comoilprice.com - Tsvetana ParaskovaWTI Crude •2 days Brent Crude •2 days Murban Crude •15 mins Natural Gas •2 days Gasoline •2 days Louisiana Light •4 days Start Trading CFDs Over 2,200 …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarIt's now cheaper to switch from coal to renewables instead of coal to gas, report showsverified_publisherCNBC - Gabrielle SeeRecord-high coal and gas prices have been pushing prices higher for consumers and businesses alike, but there could be a silver lining. According to …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarCould Economic Headwinds Blow Climate Change Commitments Off Course?Forbes - Jamie HailstoneYou don’t need to be an economist to know that the financial markets are a bit jittery at the moment and people are once again using the dreaded “R” word - recession. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the U.S. closed 22% below its January 5 peak. That news followed an unpredictable week …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarSome hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debtverified_publisherNPR - Noam LeveyAlmost everything about the opening of the 2019 Prosper High School Eagles' football season was big. The game in this Dallas-Fort Worth suburb began with fireworks and a four-airplane flyover. A trained eagle soared over the field. And some 12,000 fans filled the team's new stadium, a $53 million …
AvatarBrendan HoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHeatwaves 'beyond human limits' will make parts of the world uninhabitable within decades, UN warnsdailymail.co.uk - Fiona JacksonHeatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, a new study has …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarGreta Thunberg on the climate delusion: ‘We’ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It’s time to stand our ground’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Greta ThunbergGovernments may say they’re doing all they can to halt the climate crisis. Don’t fall for it – then we might still have time to turn things around
AvatarBrendan HoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoClimate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet. How close are they?phys.org - David Armstrong McKayContinued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system that would lock-in …
AvatarBrendan HoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe world spends billions to ‘protect’ Indigenous land. Only 17% goes to Indigenous peoples.grist.org - Joseph LeeTo access that money, Indigenous communities are creating their own funding solutions. World leaders at last year’s international climate change …
AvatarBrendan HoAvatarAvatarAs the World's Governments Prepare for Rising Sea Levels, Israel Turns a Blind EyeHaaretz - Lee YaronA survey of dozens of countries around the world found that Israel and three West African countries – Gambia, Liberia and Namibia – were the only …