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The Final Piece to the Quality Hire Puzzle

Strategy Driven

Weed out early on; technology helps. A recent study conducted by research firm Aberdeen Group shows that companies that implement automated solutions for background screening, employment or education verification, and reference checking, experienced 60 percent better quality hires compared to those without screening solutions in place.

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The New Economic Revolution

Strategy Driven

From internet commerce technology has sprung forth the Bottom-Up Economic Revolution. Entrepreneurs who effectively integrate platforms possessing these qualities into their businesses will gain a significant advantage over their competitors. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Making of a Classic: Houston Legends. How Entrepreneurs and Business Made City Grow.

Strategy Driven

Yet, when you look at Houston, it is a collection of neighborhoods, business districts and quality lifestyles. As the city lives the 21st Century, we celebrate the historical, utilize state-of-the art technology and reflect changing social needs will always be at the forefront of the future. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95

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The Secret to Successful Recruiting

Strategy Driven

While workplaces are swiftly becoming more and more advanced in cloud computing, using social media for marketing purposes, and generally becoming au fait with modern technology, there is one area which is sadly lacking when it comes to technological advancement. Quality Pre-Screening. Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Advisor’s Corner – Are People Listening to Me?

Strategy Driven

While technology gets a lot of blame, I suggest that, like any tool, technology can be used in positive or negative ways. Access the full report here, Driving Workplace Performance Through High-Quality Conversations: What leaders must do every day to be effective. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls, and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. Why are older incumbent firms slow to adopt new technologies even when the economic or strategic benefits are clear?

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Good to Great. Are you ‘good’ or maybe slightly below?

Strategy Driven

Many companies try to maximize profit by cutting costs, or worse, cutting quality, or way worse, cutting service offerings. Things like rundown hotels, lousy food in a restaurant, rude clerk in a retail store, long lines to be served, long waits on hold, not keeping up with technology, and poor management seem to be pervasive in our society.

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