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Why Everyone's Working So Hard

Marshall Goldsmith

They enjoyed incredible job security, great benefits, lifetime health care, and guaranteed pensions. This trend has continued throughout the organization, from vice-presidents to directors. While IBM would always fire employees for ethical violations, almost no one was fired because of poor performance. What happened?

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Nine Rules for Employee Engagement

Chart Your Course

Results range from happier customers to higher profits and stock prices, to lower health care costs. Employees care that their companies are ethical in how they do business and treat people. Countless studies have proven that an engaged workforce contributes significantly to a business’ success. Telecommute Option.

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Teamwork: Sharing the Blame! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

The historic health care bill that is now on its. Get a whole team to be pattern aware and you have a winning combination that is the standard for the whole company. Related posts: The mystery of Agent Stan Conch…SOLVED! Do you know Agent Stan Conch? More importantly, can you. Are We Too Busy to Be Healthy? Unhappy employees?

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What Health Care Leaders Need to Do to Improve Value for Patients

Harvard Business Review

More and more health care organizations are beginning to track their performance on outcomes – and they’re finding that getting started isn’t easy. So how are today’s health care leaders implementing outcomes measurement in their hospitals and clinics? Leading Change in Health Care.

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HBR’s Guide to Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

Harvard Business Review

He mentioned a number of themes that we cover regularly here at HBR: the minimum wage, inequality, women in the workplace, manufacturing, and health care to name just a few. Health Care Costs. On the latter topic, check out Michael Porter and Thomas Lee, who lay out a strategy for improving the health care industry.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

A similar trend can be found in other OECD countries. In some sectors, like health care and higher education, the bureaucratic class has grown even faster. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and support staff in the U.S. workforce grew by 90%, while employment in other occupations grew by less than 40%.

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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” defend against “attack from beneath” and maintain your reputation for ethical operations.