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UK Immigration Rules Make It Harder For Domestic Workers To Gain Equality

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, so at risk are domestic workers that the Domestic Workers Convetion was adopted in 2011 to try and provide global standards to protect them. The paper suggests that the situation of domestic workers has worsened as a result of the Immigration Act 2016, as the act made “illegal working” an imprisonable offence.

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Leadership and Work Teams

Great Leadership By Dan

For two years (2016 and 2017) Deloitte’s Global Human Capital trends survey has positioned organizational redesign as the number one concern for businesses. In 2016 they termed this the ‘Rise of Teams’ and 2017 ‘The Organization of the Future – Arriving Now’. He founded The ODD Company www.theoddcompany.ie

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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

Modern Servant Leader

Consumer Trust: Positive online reviews make 52% of consumers more likely to use a local business. eCommerce Influence: By 2016, more than half of the dollars spent in US retail will be influenced by the Web. Influence on Retail: By 2016, $689 Billion will be influenced by mobile retail. Commerce and Content. Billion in 2015.

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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

According to the US Department of Education, the number of computer science degrees peaked at 37 percent between 1984 and 1985 compared to only 18 percent in the period between 2008 and 2011. computer software engineer and computer programmer positions. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author.

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Take the Fear Out of Accountability

Strategy Driven

When people fear punishment, they may fudge on the numbers or deny problems in order to avoid retribution or to maintain their positioning. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. In a learning environment those who take ownership want to measure their results if they know there is room to learn and grow.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

Since September 2016, Torkild has spent a couple of days a week at the Björn Borg headquarters, attending workshops, meetings, and fitness tests; having lunch with and talking with employees; and participating in sports hours (25 to date). During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%.

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What We Can Learn About the Economics of Discrimination from a Chilling Study of 1930s Germany

Harvard Business Review

For example, talented people are often excluded from leadership positions if they belong to the group that faces discrimination. In Turkey, several thousand executives who follow the cleric Fethullah Gulen have been arrested or have fled overseas since 2016, fueling concerns of an economic collapse.

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