For most, coming out at work is not an easy task. You can’t be sure how your company or peers will respond to your revelation. And despite recent reports that the workplace is growing increasingly accepting to LGBT employees, people often don’t know how to welcome a colleague who recently…
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PwC's Tim Ryan: CEOs Must Invest in People and Society to Stay Relevant
PwC is No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on LinkedIn) Tim Ryan In today’s business world, disruption seems to rule. Megatrends — including digital transformation, demographic changes, and a growing scarcity of resources — are shifting markets and challenging traditional business models. If businesses do…
PwC's Commitment to Computer Science Education Helps Prepare the Next Generation
By PwC Managers are increasingly looking for potential hires with data and technology skills, but research from professional services firm PwC shows a gap between educators and business leaders when it comes to getting graduates ready for jobs. By 2021, 67 percent of U.S. executives expect to choose job candidates…
PwC's 2017 Holiday Outlook: Young Gen Z
PwC (No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) conducted a separate survey this year of 301 young Gen Z consumers (aged 13-16) to analyze similarities and differences from consumers aged 17+. The vast majority of these young consumers choose stores (81%) as their single most preferred way to…
Audio: How to Manage Work and Home After Maternity Leave
PwC’s (No. 4on the DiversityInc 2017 Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) Liz Taishoff Sweigart discusses how she managed work and home after returning to the firm after maternity leave. Sweigart also gives advice on how moms and dads must “get comfortable with their new normal.” Listen to her story…
New Global Initiative to Help Harness Technology to Tackle Environmental Issues
PwC is No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. A new initiative to identify, fund and scale new ventures, partnerships and business models that harness Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies to transform how the world tackles environmental issues, was launched on Sept. 19 at the World…
PwC Report: Workers Retrain, Seek New Skillsets to Tackle Technology's Impact on Employment
Almost three quarters (74%) of people surveyed by PwC are ready to learn a new skill or completely retrain to keep themselves employable, seeing it as their personal responsibility and not employers, to keep their skills updated. The findings are from PwC’s (No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies…
PwC's CEO Tim Ryan: Four Predictions Likely to Shape Business in the Next 12 Months
PwC is No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list (Originally published on LinkedIn) Tim Ryan Speaking with many business leaders and stakeholders in the U.S. and abroad over the last several months, one common theme comes to mind: From New York to Frankfurt, Barcelona to St. Louis, and…
PwC Expands its Analyst Team in Asia
Jacqueline Heng PwC (No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) has announce that Jacqueline Heng has joined PwC’s Analyst Relations team. The company is committed to working with business, industry and technology analysts worldwide. Analysts are a valuable resource for PwC’s clients and prospects. Having been recently named…
PwC: Women Outperform Men in Seed Crowdfunding
PwC (No. 4 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) and The Crowdfunding Centre launched their joint report, Women Unbound: Unleashing female entrepreneurial potential, which explores the experience of women in achieving finance raising success through seed crowdfunding compared with more traditional finance raising routes. The report findings, which are…