Disney launches tuition program for up to 80,000 workers | Starbucks aims to boost retention with fellowship | Opinion: Coach Meyer's blind spot hurt his leadership
All of the approximately 80,000 hourly employees at The Walt Disney Co. are now eligible for the Disney Aspire program, which offers full tuition for college and master's degrees, GEDs, English-language learning and vocational training. The first phase only applies to online courses, but in-classroom options will be added if there is demand. CBS News/The Associated Press (8/22)
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Recruiting & Retention
Starbucks aims to boost retention with fellowship Starbucks has selected 36 employees from 13 cities to participate in a six-month fellowship in which they spend as much as 20 hours weekly at a nonprofit. The program, designed to bolster retention, connects fellows with organizations aligned with Starbucks' philanthropic priorities. CNNMoney (8/23)
How healthy is your workplace? The healthiest organizations start with open and honest dialogue. How does yours stack up? Request an audit
Guide shows companies how to help employees with cancer The Northeast Business Group on Health issued a guide to help employers assist workers with cancer in managing their benefits and care. The guide outlines how to create a "huddle" and designate a quarterback of that group who can coordinate benefits for medical care and social and support services. FierceHealthcare (8/21)
The HR Leader
Work is not family Referring to your team as a family is a nice gesture but confuses expectations, creates a clique-like culture and compromises your ability to let someone go for poor performance, writes David Dye. It's better to define a code of conduct based on compassion and accountability, he writes. Let's Grow Leaders (8/21)
Minister of Women Julie Anne Genter, a member of New Zealand's House of Representatives, was 42 weeks pregnant and rode her bicycle to the hospital to induce labor. Genter posted a photo of herself at the hospital next to the electric-powered bike she rode and added that the route she took was "mostly downhill." ABC News (8/20)
You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.
