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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

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In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat. and France.

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Investing In People Builds Resilience Against The Covid Recession

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In total, 989 workplaces were included in both the 2004 and 2011 surveys, allowing the researchers to compare employment relations in these firms alongside their ability to weather what was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Developing the workforce.

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Trust in Business Leadership

Coaching Tip

The 2008 global financial crisis, a series of corporate scandals that have eroded organizational trust, including Volkswagen, BP and Enron, and an emphasis on transparency brought about by the combined impact of globalization, technology, and demographic changes have all combined to bring trust in business to what may be an all-time low.

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Divided We Stand: Treating Corporate America’s Loneliness Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

In 1985, and then again in 2004, the General Social Survey (GSS) asked Americans about their close social networks. In 1985, the most common answer was three and in 2004, this statistic dropped to zero. The results were alarming. Even more, the GSS asked respondents to record the number of people they consider confidants.

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9 Telltale Signs of an Engaging Leader

Engaging Leader

New technologies make information accessible to everyone. When I launched Aspendale Communications in 2004, I recognized (sort of) that even though I wanted to be self-employed (with no employees), I needed a team. Fast-forward a few decades, however, and the research reveals a drastic change.

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New Study Explores The Risk Of Automation Among The Self-Employed

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Those who are self-employed just don’t have the same access to AI resources that corporate employees do, which makes it difficult for them to keep up with these technological advancements,” the researchers say. Testing the waters. This renders the likes of lawyers and doctors less at risk.

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Soft Skills Are Vital If Low Skilled Workers Are To Thrive

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At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

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