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Possibility Maximizer: Management Improvement Carnival

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! The Resource: Management Improvement Carnival What it is:  The Management Improvement Carnival is similar to other blog carnivals that you may be familiar with (e.g. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.

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Four Ways to Adapt to an Aging Workforce

Harvard Business Review

B&Q (winner of the 2006 “Age Positive Retailer of the Year” Award) says that it hires for soft skills , such as conscientiousness, enthusiasm and customer rapport, which senior workers also seem to show in abundance, while Home Depot famously looks to older store clerks for the experience-based know-how that customers demand.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

1) Create a Learning Environment -. This is quite challenging as it either never feels like there is enough time to dedicate to learning or it feels like an unproductive use of available resources. You can explore and experiment with many other ways to create a learning environment. The 5 building blocks of collaboration.

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

Webb, who served in the Navy from 1993 to 2006 and radically redesigned the SEAL training course curriculum, graciously shared his insight about what works – and what fails – when effecting a training transformation. The post-9/11 environment demanded it. They are self-motivators.

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INTERVIEW: Philip Morris International’s Charles Bendotti on Emerging Contemporary Workplace Culture

HR Digest

Our journey to transform our business from a traditional cigarette manufacturer to a science and technology-driven company is one of the most dramatic pivots taken by a major multinational company in recent history, so by definition, it impacts our people deeply. Our people are our greatest asset, they are the reason that we’re here today.