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How companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield are rolling out volunteer programs to boost employee satisfaction
By Lisa Rabasca Roepe Jun 11, 2025 At Comcast, Lisa Harmon, an enterprise account manager, is used to growing revenue and managing client needs. But through the company’s Team Up program, she’s expanding her skills in a new way — by giving back…
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Why Fidelity Investments has offered a workplace volunteer program for decades
By Lee Hafner April 30, 2025 For benefit managers, finding an offering that allows employees to develop professionally, support a good cause and boost personal fulfillment sounds like a pipe dream — but that’s exactly what happens with skills-based volunteering (SBV). …
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Strengthening the Leadership Pipeline: Identifying and Developing Middle Managers for Senior Roles
By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor at HR Daily Advisor Apr 1, 2025 Most organizations are arranged in a pyramid-shaped hierarchy, with large numbers of frontline workers reporting to a smaller group of managers, who in turn report to an even smaller group…
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A model for skills-based employee volunteering
By Michelle Peng We’ve often covered the benefits of both skills-based talent management and employee volunteering programs—but what happens when you combine them to connect workers with social-impact projects that apply and develop their skills?
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Allstate’s volunteer program helps employees share professional skills
By Lee Hafner January 08, 2025 Employees have a wealth of skills, and giving them the opportunity to share these with their communities makes businesses stronger, too. Allstate has offered volunteer opportunities through its Allstate Foundation since 1952, in areas like advocacy for…
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Rebecca Fontes Joins Common Impact to Transform Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships and Elevate Corporate Social Responsibility
Fontes to inspire corporate engagement through purposeful partnerships, empowering nonprofits and lasting community impact Brooklyn, N.Y., (November 20, 2024) – Common Impact, a nonprofit that fosters purposeful partnerships between prominent companies nationwide and leading nonprofits to propel social good, today…