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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

The new Booz & Company study " Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012 " examines the common global barriers women confront in entering the workforce. Many companies also need to adopt more progressive policies regarding flextime, career stops, job sharing, and other alternative career paths.