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Busting Ageism: A Guide to Finding Jobs You Can Do at 50 and Above

HR Digest

While about 78% of employees aged 50 and above reported that they have experienced age discrimination in the workplace. This article discusses several ways and steps on how to look for a job at 50, whether you’re looking to switch careers or get back into the workforce due to the recession. Here are a few examples: Samuel L.

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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

According to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , women in high paying jobs now earn 81 cents for every dollar earned by men—19 cents more than in 1979, the first year for which figures were available. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

Additional reporting by David Waller. This premise equally applies to the environment businesses operate in today. Human error is a very real consequence of people operating in the real world. Image: Gareth Lock Train hard, fight easy Gareth also has a 25-year RAF career behind him. Are you prepared for the unthinkable?

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Is Your Boss a Psychopath?

Harvard Business Review

The debauchery-laden film by Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street is a prime example of financial corruption, excess, and corporate greed. People who behave like this are what I call Seductive Operational Bullies (SOBs). Some of these people rise to astonishing heights, but in the process they cause enormous damage.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.