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Employee Retention Strategies Go Beyond Competitive Salaries

HR Digest

This could include health benefits, time off, retirement assistance, etc. The SHRM study also found that 62 percent of employees reported health care/medical benefits as important job satisfaction components, and 41 percent valued defined contribution plans like 401(k).

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems.

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What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew

Harvard Business Review

The mentor-mentee relationship is a tango between a more senior person and a junior one. And while we and others have written about what makes the ideal mentor, comparatively less has attention has been given to the other partner. As academic physicians, we have responded to this overture countless times in our careers.

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Building the next leadership pipeline with short-term executive programs in Top B-schools

HR Digest

Therefore, one can choose programs that may offer concentrations or specializations that let students get a specific kind of EMBA, such as an EMBA in health care or hospital management. Executive MBA programs, refresher technological courses, mentoring and similar learnings are the way forward.

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How Doctors Can Be Better Mentors

Harvard Business Review

Being a good doctor is a lot like being a good mentor. Just as clinicians have an ethical duty to act in the best interest of their patients, mentors have a similar duty towards their mentees. Consider, first, how similar doctoring and mentoring can be. The Future of Health Care. Insight Center. 1: Be available.

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What’s Holding Women in Medicine Back from Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Evidence shows that women in academic medicine experience greater challenges finding mentors and sponsors than men, and that this gap likely contributes to career disparities. found that 30% of women (compared to 4% of men) had experienced sexual harassment from a superior or colleague in their careers. Career flexibility.

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Why More Cities Should Offer Summer Jobs for Teens

Harvard Business Review

Now city and state leaders hope to use summer jobs programs to provide meaningful employment experiences that can improve teens’ job readiness and financial skills and boost their academic and career aspirations. To what degree did the program’s formal career readiness training enhance outcomes?