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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Simply put, the underlying factor in the success rate of engaging our workforce and delivering change is leadership. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons.

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) ” I believe celebrating success is critical, but it’s important to make it personal and authentic.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

In other words, successful scaling means finding ways to limit the number of things that people are expected to focus on and execute. Sales doubled in 2013. Just a couple of weeks ago, BuildDirect received $30 million in additional financing led by Venture Capital firm Mohr Davidow. What is adding needless friction?