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Tips To Improve Safety And Good Health In The Workplace

Strategy Driven

Disorganized workstations can increase the risks of accidents and poor health. For example, improperly adjusted chairs cause lousy posture. Remember to have reports from all the inspections conducted as they will come in handy when planning for risks and during employee training. Times change, and new risks emerge.

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5 simple measures you can take to improve your company’s security

Strategy Driven

This data – such as word-processing documents, financial files, electronic spreadsheets and human resources files – should be kept as backups in various places. For example, you could keep secure, password-protected backups on your desktop, offsite and in the cloud. Regularly back up vital business data.

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The Big Picture of Business – Biggest Excuses They Use… and You Should Avoid: Rationales and Reasons Why Businesses Fail

Strategy Driven

Our human resources department takes care of that. Examples: This company reflects the character of its CEO. Once the PR crisis passes, things will get back to normal. Can’t change the weather or the world. So, why bother trying to change anything else. That’s just the way he-she is. Learn to live with it.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Census Bureau shows that these businesses were more likely than the average business to close permanently after Hurricane Katrina, for example. Make risk a strategic priority. Data from the U.S.

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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

Yet, according to the Association of Test Publishers, the Society for Human Resources, and the publisher of the Myers-Briggs, these assessments are still administered millions of times per year for personnel selection, executive coaching, team building and conflict resolution. So might any of us.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting People

Harvard Business Review

Collectively known as "operational risks", these latter costs are substantial yet, if managed properly, could significantly, reduce the bottom line with few negative side effects. For example, estimates by Mercer and others indicate that losses just for the major risks (e.g., employee accidents, office theft, etc.)

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. For example, the U.S. This can be achieved through hard-wiring or soft-wiring.