Anne Finucane, global CMO at Bank of America, said her company has made changes in order to provide employees with more pride over their company.
“Nobody wants to go home for Thanksgiving or a wedding or a birthday party and feel they’re defending their company,” Finucane told HuffPost Live at Davos on Friday. “They want to be proud of their company.”
“So we really had to sit and get real on this and talk about, well, what is our purpose?” she added.
Finucane said Bank of America quit looking at social responsibility as philanthropy, instead adjusting employment practices, business practices, environmental practices and more to help better reflect the values of employees.
Finucane also told HuffPost about how she stays focused at work, saying she always tries “to be centered.”
“Being centered is very important and accepting who you are with your flaws… I walk a lot, I read a lot and I let go. I let go of things,” Finucane added.
Below, live updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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“If we can find things that we agree on, like space exploration, and work on those things… that builds a foundation to then build things that we don’t agree on,” Garan said.
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Alexis Ringwald, co-founder and CEO of LearnUp, at Davos
Alexis Ringwald, co-founder and CEO of LearnUp, said she went on a “listening journey” through unemployment lines in America and discovered there’s a skills gap and a challenge even for people to get an entry-level job.
“We decided to partner with employers directly — they’re the only ones who know exactly what skills you need,” she said.
Ringwald said a couple of hours of LearnUp training will triple someone’s chances of getting a job.
Handley said he’s disappointed with the parties at Davos.
“Let’s be honest, they’re not very good,” Handley said.
Derek Handley shared what his first time at Davos has been like.
“I spent most of the time outside the main event meeting people in all the different environments,” he said. “My main takeaway is it’s a really interesting place and there are amazing people here, but there is a diversity problem, and I think it’s a significant issue.”
He took issue with the fact that most attendees of Davos are men, and also said the annual meeting lacks artists.
Derek Handley, The B Team’s founding CEO, visited HuffPost Live at Davos on Friday
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