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3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning

Lead Change Blog

With fall officially here, children are now fully settled in at school, businesses are back up to full speed after summer vacations, and many of us are taking stock of our 2017 resolutions – and how to accomplish them before the holidays approach. Learning not only benefits ourselves but helps advance our communities as well.

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A Guide to Conquering Loneliness at Work

HR Digest

But experts who deal in work-life balance say that managers need to first learn to differentiate between loneliness at work and isolation. So what are the ways that a manager can address loneliness at work among workers and create a more engaged workforce? A manager can ask about their day and how they are managing at home.

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Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business Review

However, after 2009, despite employers reporting an increasing number of vacancies, the unemployment rate hardly budged, resulting in an outward shift in the Beveridge Curve that persisted through the end of 2017. That share jumped to 35% in 2010 has since fallen to just 12% as of 2017. Adobe Dreamweaver) as well.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. Critical contractors.

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Smart Business is Business Redefined

Leading Blog

In 2009 it was reimagined as an online shopping festival. In 2017, three minutes after the day opened at midnight, $1.5 In 2017, three minutes after the day opened at midnight, $1.5 It’s amazing when you think that VISA’s stated capacity as of August 2017 was 65,000 payments per second globally. billion dollars.

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The Traits of Socially Innovative Companies

Harvard Business Review

We also found that the professionals we spoke with at Accenture, in offices on three continents, consistently lauded the firm for its willingness to support innovations, from Accenture Development Partnerships to professional programs for First Peoples in Canada and support for call centers in native communities.

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business Review

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. They are subject to more rigorous stress testing by regulators and have to develop plans aimed at ensuring that they can recover from a crisis. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.