Talent Management Award, 2014 HR Awards

David Barlaam Director, Global Talent Acquisition & Domestic Relocation The Lubrizol Corp. David Barlaam is responsible for leading all global recruiting and domestic relocation initiatives for The Lubrizol Corp. Lubrizol is made of two business segments, Lubrizol Additives and Lubrizol Advanced Materials, and joined the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies in September 2011. He has […]

Learning the business from the standpoint of employees can bring rewards

The best way to learn your business may be from the shop floor, and the key to cost reduction and bottom line improvement can be learned where your products are made. Harry E. Figgie Jr., who built Figgie International into a Fortune 500 company, always believed in the ability of United States manufacturing firms to […]

How do others see you? Try swallowing hard and looking in the mirror

Most top executives see themselves differently than those who work with them. The vast majority of leaders like to believe their associates consider them omnipotent, benevolent and charismatic, not to mention strategic and insightful. Frequently, however, there’s a big leap between perception and reality. Employees and associates many times view this same executive as insipid, […]

Editor's Note: Behind bricks and mortar are people who care

Those in business should be familiar with the phrase bottom line. It represents net income, or the payoff for all the work and investment made by a company in its people, products and services. Today, an extension of the phrase has been cemented in the lexicon of corporate jargon: triple bottom line. It refers to […]