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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

It’s no coincidence that this sounds like consumer marketing. Marketing concepts like brands, segments, value propositions and engagement are fertile metaphors for retooling HR , but there is also a more subtle lesson here. Consider this object lesson from marketing. How should those safeguards be constructed?

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Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out

Harvard Business Review

” It’s no coincidence that this sounds like consumer marketing. Marketing concepts like brands, segments, value propositions and engagement are fertile metaphors for retooling HR , but there is also a more subtle lesson here. Consider this object lesson from marketing. How should those safeguards be constructed?

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight."

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Poor pay , increased health care costs , and diminished pension plans are certainly core issues — teachers in Oklahoma haven’t received a pay boost in a decade. But the failure of elected officials and school boards to recognize a teacher-constructed professionalism is an invitation to endless conflict.