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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

The Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership just announced three new members for its executive VP team with the aim of improving its healthcare services and strategy, which includes Elizabeth Burger Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Mary Langowski President for the U.S.

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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. However, it’s increasingly difficult to distinguish “the best” or even “adequate” choice for job openings or promotions, and making a bad hire is costly. Divide and conquer.

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Role of HR in supporting mental well-being at work

HR Digest

Only implementing programs and courses of mental well-being isn’t sufficient; there should be a supporting part of the ethical business culture too. Initiate and support a workplace culture that embraces health in all aspects and doesn’t differentiate mental health and physical health at any costs. Workplace Culture.

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Zappos | Creating a Great Place to Work

Chart Your Course

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. No excuses.

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How to Thrive Against Giants

In the CEO Afterlife

When you know that your company will never be the low-cost producer nor will it ever have enough cash to outspend the big cat, there’s no choice but to find other ways to skin that cat. A good CEO costs no more than a bad one – sometimes far less when you consider costly mistakes and lucrative severance packages.

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Lessons from the Costa Concordia: A Case For Company Values

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Costa Human Resources (competence, diligence, loyalty, morality, friendliness and enthusiasm). Costa Cruise Lines published values are: Passion for our Guests (a spontaneous sense of service attitude). Innovation and creativity. Financial performance. Where is safety? Even reading the definitions carefully, safety is not mentioned.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. The ethic of more balls in the air, more chances of success lurks in their subconscious. Human Resources. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. The Essence of Strategy (Part 2). Search My Site.

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