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When Treating Workers Well Leads to More Innovation

Harvard Business Review

There’s a reason companies like Google and Facebook offer their employees so many perks, according to new research: firms that treat workers better are more innovative. This is not the first paper to connect the interests of workers with innovation. and abroad on innovation. It looked at U.S.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Fostering innovation. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc.

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Drive Engagement and Retention Using Social Platforms

Harvard Business Review

If you're a manager of a large business, you know the challenges involved in retaining talented people, guiding their progress toward important objectives, and having them feel a deep sense of engagement with the organization. Any system has the potential to serve people better if you are willing to measure, follow up, adapt, and innovate.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Is Dead, but Physical Retail Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

billion leveraged private equity buyout in 2005, with the aim of turning the chain around, but the resulting debt has proved to be unserviceable. In their 2005 book, W. The recent bankruptcy filing at Toys “R” Us has roiled the toy industry. Yet the struggles at the company are not new. The firm was taken private in a $6.6

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Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries

Harvard Business Review

How the most innovative providers are creating value. We interviewed leaders in 37 private for-profit and non-profit primary care programs identified in the Center for Health Market Innovations database and operating in over 25 developing countries. Management and leadership skills.