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To Cope with Labor Shortage, Raise Emotional Compensation

Michael Lee Stallard

I am not at all surprised that Costco ranked #4 on the Forbes / Statista “ America’s Best Large Employers 2021 ” list and leads the retail and wholesale category. Not only does it pay workers on the higher end of wages and benefits for its industry sector, it also cultivates a culture of connection that produces positive emotions.

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Say “Hi” and “Bye”

Michael Lee Stallard

The Retailing Summit is a premiere event for senior leaders in retail. This year’s conference includes Karen Katz, President and CEO of Nieman Marcus, Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-a-Bear Workshop, Duncan Mac Naughtan, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer for Wal-Mart U.S.

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The Top 3 Corporate Communication Mistakes of 2013

leaderCommunicator

Soon afterward, Armstrong spoke to 1,000 employees on a conference call that was intended to boost morale and discuss the future. At a Los Angeles conference for human resource professionals, Mayer began speaking about Yahoo’s culture, but after a few minutes interrupted herself to address what she referred to as “the elephant in the room.”

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Time Is Money: Top Tech Tools to Increase Company Productivity

Chart Your Course

After non-work related forms of communication such as Internet browsing, social media conversations, employee chatting, and personal calls and emails, the biggest work-related time drains were meetings and managing email. Communication in various forms is the biggest time waster at work, a Robert Half survey released in February 2014 found.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Has your business embraced social media? Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming? I Think Not.

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Does Bigger Data Lead to Better Decisions?

Harvard Business Review

Big is old – retailers and financial institutions have had big data for decades. Take large retailers. They can then link this data with in-depth market research as well as social media data from Twitter or Facebook. The point we stress here is that diverse data confers similar benefits. But Diversity is new.