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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

If possible, provide some financial incentive like a small hourly rate or commission for work well-done. Texting, Tweeting and More – How Your POS System Can Handle New Technology Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at. I have used www.internhere.com to post my request. Who’s on the Bus? Post by Jane K.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue.

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Setting Expectations On Behaviors You Value: 5 Pointers

QAspire

Bottom line : You form a strategic reward system when you integrate performance (results) and behavior (how those results were achieved). So the critical question is: “Is your performance management system driving the right behaviors for the organization?” I am worried about “strategic reward systems.&# Share feedback.

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Fixing the Gender Imbalance in Health Care Leadership

Harvard Business Review

As of 2011, organizations must have received at least Silver Awards to qualify for National Institute for Health Research Funding. As the career paths available in medicine have broadened, the career profiles of those who get promoted have not commensurately expanded. Re-thinking awards and promotions.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As you point out though we are now faced with a culture of political correctness> It no longer comes just from the "top" but is deeply ingrained in our belief system, especially when it comes to work environments. To speak "your truth" is perceived to be a potentially career limiting, if not ending move.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed. Build smart support systems. Smarter support systems are intended to de-bureaucratize work and to help people prioritize more value-added work.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Case in point is Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott, who is so concerned with diversity mandates that Wal-Mart officers are held financially accountable by tying officer incentive bonuses to achieving diversity goals. Frankly, I'm all for letting the system be overrun by those who deserve to be there.

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