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Robots for Health Care from Toyota

Curious Cat

This increases the need for health care and for assistance with everyday tasks from the elderly. Japan is also among the leading countries for developing robots for health care and living assistance. For example Toyota started as a loom company and is now known as a car company.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. As I look at the health care reform debate, I see a number of these behaviors in the way the discussion(s) is (are) proceeding.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. As I look at the health care reform debate, I see a number of these behaviors in the way the discussion(s) is (are) proceeding.

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Four Industries That Use the Situational Leadership® Methodology

The Center For Leadership Studies

For example: There will always be a task! (an Here are examples of the Situational Leadership ® Model used in four separate (and very different) settings. As such, technology companies in particular need to foster a culture where “high skill and high will” have the license to be creative.

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WHE01: 5 Components of Workforce Health Engagement

Engaging Leader

Workforce health engagement: improving the knowledge, decision-making, and behaviors of employees, their families, and organizational leaders to optimize health outcomes, control medical costs, and enhance workplace productivity. The post WHE01: 5 Components of Workforce Health Engagement appeared first on Engaging Leader.

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How Innovation Is Completely Different in Established Organizations than in Startups

Leading Blog

They require great technological conversions. But technology may, in fact, be a minor part of the task. DIY chain Lowe’s, for example, is building 3D printers that print in zero gravity, thus opening up entirely new markets for themselves. Or, if organizations were born digital, they may have had to become “mobile-first.”

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Employee Retention Strategies Go Beyond Competitive Salaries

HR Digest

Other employee retention examples include comprehensive benefits packages that are tailor-made to suit the employees’ welfare. This could include health benefits, time off, retirement assistance, etc. Another employee retention example is paying attention to an employee’s career projections.