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Exposure To Different Careers Can Help Overcome The Skills Gap

The Horizons Tracker

“When you look at rapidly growing employment sectors like manufacturing, computer technology, health care and construction, there is a pipeline concern, as we need more young people equipped with the skills to enter these fields,” they say.

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August Jobs Report 2023

HR Digest

While this growth is slightly below expectations, it aligns with the Federal Reserve’s goal of managing inflation. Wage Growth and Inflation Average hourly earnings, a crucial measure of inflation, increased by 0.2% Year over year, wages have risen by 4.3%, maintaining a steady pace of wage growth since the spring.

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6 Ways to Stay Motivated and Productive on the Night Shift

Strategy Driven

Some remote workers, security guards, health care professionals and call center agents of companies that offer 24/7 customer support have to work the graveyard shift. If you live in a busy neighborhood, you’ll likely be distracted by children playing outside, construction work and honking car horns.

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How Quick Wins Can Become Stretch Goals

Harvard Business Review

Recently my fellow HBR blogger Daniel Markovitz suggested that stretch goals can be demotivating, and should be replaced by confidence-building "quick wins." The key to integrating the two is to carve quick wins out of long-term goals — so that each small success is a building block towards achieving a broader challenge.

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The Big Picture of Business – Collaborations, Partnering and Joint-Venturing… Priority for Business.

Strategy Driven

Teams of health care professionals, as found in clinics and hospitals. Corporations working with public sector and non-profit organizations to achieve mutual goals in the communities. Construction industry general contractors, subcontractors and service providers in major building projects. Advocate groups for causes.

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How the U.S. Army Redesigned Its Mental Health System

Harvard Business Review

Leaders in today’s complex health care systems need better processes and systems for aligning day-to-day, clinical-care activities with the strategic goals of their organizations. Transforming Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic. How leading providers are delivering value for patients.

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How to Design a Bundled Payment Around Value

Harvard Business Review

The traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model is widely acknowledged to be a major driver of escalating health care costs. Harvard Pilgrim agreed to join the effort because it recognized that traditional payment models were unlikely to help control rising health care costs. Leading Health Care Innovation.