Sat.May 21, 2011 - Fri.May 27, 2011

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Why Executive Onboarding?

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By Guest Author Robert Hargrove . Companies invest a tremendous amount of time, energy, and expense in hiring a new executive. Yet research conducted by the Gallup organization shows that a shocking 40% of newly placed executives are show the door before 18 months. Part of the reason is that executives are mis-hired in the first place, yet another big part of the reason is that they did not receive any help with “ executive onboarding ,” in the way of coaching or mentoring.

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Wasted Human Capital

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A Georgetown University study of the class of 2010 at the country’s 193 most selective colleges found that as entering freshmen, only 15 percent of students came from the bottom half of the income distribution. Sixty-seven percent came from the highest-earning fourth of the distribution. These statistics mean that on many campuses affluent students outnumber middle-class students.