by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 7, 2016
All the Single Ladies, a new book by award-winning journalist Rebecca Traister, explores the history of social and economic change in America…through the lens of the single American woman. The bottom line is this: historically, when women were given options beyond...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Aug 18, 2015
This post first appeared in my new column Inspired Protagonist on Greenbiz.com. http://www.greenbiz.com/article/isnt-sustainability-your-job-why-its-time-be-nice-work A recent New York Times story confirmed my suspicion that the primary reason most employees hate...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 14, 2015
This post first appeared in my new column Inspired Protagonist on Greenbiz.com. http://www.greenbiz.com/article/weve-lost-our-moral-compass Over the past several years, legal settlements for unethical, fraudulent or criminal activity by the world’s largest...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 18, 2015
This post first appeared in my new column Inspired Protagonist on Greenbiz.com. http://www.greenbiz.com/article/8-ways-shape-more-sustainable-workforce I’ve spent most of my life, since age 19, starting and running four businesses. I’ve never paid any employee who’s...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 5, 2012
In late September of this year, H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson met with People’s Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss an increase in textile worker wages and recommend annual wage reviews. Why would the CEO of a successful fashion giant want...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 3, 2012
TOMS Shoes has taken no shortage of heat for the lack of sustainability of its business model. As Cheryl Davenport writes in her Fast Company story, “The Toms buy-one-give-one model does not actually solve a social problem. An increasing number of foreign aid...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 12, 2012
Guest Blog Post by Santiago Halty, Founder of SENDA ATHLETICS, Berkeley, CA How it all got started Soccer is king in Argentina, where I grew up. As a kid, there wasn’t a time when I didn’t want to play. But soccer, for me, was more than a game. It was a way to...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 28, 2012
What affects 90% of Americans and costs our economy $31 billion annually? Headaches. Headache disorders cause more than 1% of all disability and 9% of all lost labor in the US every year. Headache disorders are the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting more...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 21, 2012
“The combination of group incentive pay with policies that empower employees and create a positive workplace culture reduces voluntary turnover and increases employee intent to stay and raises return on equity.” National Bureau of Economic Statistics Working Paper No....
