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Open Door Policy: Meaning, Benefits & Implementation

HR Digest

Individuals belonging from different backgrounds, diverse cultures and traditions, varied temperaments and mentalities, and different educational qualifications work towards a common goal in an organization. The employees, nevertheless, are one of the most significant assets of any organization or company.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 6 of 7

Strategy Driven

Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. As such, it has become all but impossible for many organizations to adapt to our changing business world.

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Research Shows Immigrants Help Businesses Grow. Here’s Why.

Harvard Business Review

A Harvard Business school study comparing immigrant-founded businesses to native-founded ones showed that immigrant-founded companies perform better in terms of employment growth over three- and six-year time horizons. Diversity and inclusion. But hiring a more diverse workforce is only half the equation. Why is this the case?

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Staying Ahead of Innovation Challenges

Harvard Business Review

We have done this collaboration for several years now, and it's enlightening to see how the students are facing an ever-changing set of innovation challenges. This means bundled solutions where you provide an end-to-end package, especially for B2B companies. Will These Trends Continue?

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

What skills do companies prize in C-level executives ? They also observe how executives negotiate, what matters most to them in hiring contracts, and how they decide whether to change companies. Another urged executives to “continue to educate themselves commercially, financially, and operationally.”.

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

If every leader made the effort to do what they said they would do, and only say what they commit to doing , every time, every company would be better run overnight. The higher one ascends in a company, the less likely it is he/she will get honest feedback.to his/her face.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

Clinging to obsolete definitions and viewpoints have a way of perpetuating companies into downward spirals. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. As the years go by, one continues paying dues.

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