Building a Business
Are You Hiring the Best People — or Just the Best Negotiators? Your Pay Practices May Be Biased
This Equal Pay Day, as leaders, let's stop rewarding strong negotiators and start rewarding expertise instead.
Mita Mallick
Executive Coach & Advisor | Workplace Consultant | Author
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Mita Mallick is on a mission to fix what's broken in our workplaces. She has been both a marketing and human resources executive with a track record of transforming businesses. Her latest best-selling book is The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses.
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