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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. The story of Greenspan is also the story of the making of modern finance, for good and for ill. Best Leadership Books of 2014.

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How Political Events Affect The Careers Of Young Doctors

The Horizons Tracker

The data contained daily mood ratings from a few thousand junior doctors during 2016 to 2018, with the researchers particularly interested in changes in the wake of major national and global events. It also suggests that the 2016 election was experienced as deeply personal and distressing for many young women in medicine.”.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

Healthcare segment, and Manmohan Mahajan as Global Chief Financial Officer. He is also the finance chief for the healthcare segment, playing a dual role in furthering the reach of the company beyond neighborhood pharmacies towards the fast-growing areas of healthcare. “We

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Three Key Strategies Any Business Can Adopt in 2016 to Boost Profitability

Strategy Driven

Robotic Process Automation (RPA), the practice of applying computerized applications to perform routine, task-oriented business processes, has become the standard in many businesses, globally. You must be able to adapt to the ever-changing market and create new products and services based on consumers’ demands and finances.

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Does Automation Help To Grow Support For The Far Right?

The Horizons Tracker

The study looked at countries across Western Europe between the late 1990s and 2016, and found that exposure to automation was linked with a rise in support for radical right-wing parties. In particular, our studies show that the losers of globalization and automation tend to display similar reactions in terms of voting.”

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The Importance Of Immigrants For The Future Of Tech

The Horizons Tracker

Wharton research further elaborates on this point by pointing out that immigrant founders not only create jobs, but also bring considerable finance with them. has been driving foreign-born scientists from their shores, with a particular exodus occurring since the Brexit referendum in 2016. A similar picture was painted of the U.S.

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Do we really have to force women into the boardroom?

Women on Business

Countries are already adopting their own laws – France, for example, has moved to give women 20% of places in the board room, and 40% in six years, while the Netherlands has made it 30% by 2016. finance, sales, operations) to a new world vision (entrepreneurs, consultants, HR & communications). Even Italy has got in on the act.