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15 Questions to Ask When Interviewing a Candidate

HR Digest

In 2015, Glassdoor conducted a comparative study between interview ratings to satisfaction ratings for the groups who were hired. The following were the conclusions: The job interview process which was 10% tougher received 2.6% The process of interview and job search is at times stressful for the candidate.

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6 Reasons to “Fire” Clients!

Marshall Goldsmith

As consultants, we advise our clients in professional services to consider “firing” the bottom 10 to 15 percent of their clients every two years. As consultants, we advise our clients in professional services to consider “firing” the bottom 10 to 15 percent of their clients every two years. 3. Don’t refer business.

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Is your weight loss tied to your sales gain?

Strategy Driven

When I drink club soda, I add a squeeze of fresh lemon and lime. No, I don’t have a lot of muscle, but I do have a good feeling every time I finish (even though there are many days when I’m reluctant to start). Everyone knows that as a nation we are somewhere between overweight and obese. This is not good. No other drink.

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Holidays Can Be Stressful. They Don’t Have to Stress Out Your Team.

Harvard Business Review

” But, for others, it can be the loneliest and most stressful time of the year. According to a 2015 Healthline survey , 44% of people say that they are stressed during the holidays, with more than 18% reporting that they’re “very stressed.” Epoxydude/Getty Images.

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Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab

Harvard Business Review

Do Jeff Bezos and his team want to exploit the vast cross-selling opportunities because of the presumed similarities between Amazon Prime members and Whole Foods customers? More precisely, it bought a network of 456 customer-friendly testing facilities which welcome roughly eight million “volunteers” each week.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual.

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The Benefits of Peer-to-Peer Praise at Work

Harvard Business Review

In short, these two studies suggest that effective digital recognition programs can help scale organic praise, have a high ROI, and lead to significantly higher levels of employee performance and engagement, as well as increased customer loyalty, as measured by net promoter scores. Insight Center. Corporate Culture for a Digital World.

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