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Interact with Employees and Impact Productivity

Coaching Tip

In 2012, Gallup looked at 49,928 businesses or work units and about 1.4 Gallup also found, in a separate study ( [link] ), that regardless of the number of hours worked, weeks of vacation time or a company''s flextime policy, engaged workers have a higher overall level of well being. million employees in 49 industries in 34 countries.

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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Such policies are often illegal but nonetheless remain in practice.