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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers

Chart Your Course

Effective June 2013, all employees were required to work in the office. The unknown can easily create a sense of uncertainty, resistance and even fear. This past February Yahoo!’s s fledgling CEO Marissa Mayer made her first misstep. In a company-wide email, she announced Yahoo! was changing its telecommute policy. Create a vision.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Gather Ye Sugar Plums While Ye May; Your Personal Discretionary Budget will be Impacted by Washington

Strategy Driven

But, if you have unlimited, pre-tax flexible spending accounts for medical expenses, anything over $2,500 will be taxed starting in 2013. With more than twenty-five years of human resource and management consulting experience, Wendy has spent most of her career at the University of Michigan. There will be a 2.3% References.

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Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

September 11, 2013. The two industries least likely to add people are those two that are most affected by uncertainty and regulation—financials and health care. © Copyright 1998-2013 by The Herman Group of Companies, Inc., Herman Trend Alert: Skills Shortages Worsening. Archived editions are posted at [link].

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How to Get Over Your Inaction on Big Data

Harvard Business Review

For instance, a 2013 Gartner survey found that 64% of enterprises were deploying or planning big data projects, up from 58% the year before. That uncertainty doesn’t bother companies like Netflix, which exhibit a deep curiosity about their data. But I find these numbers hard to believe, for three reasons.

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Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company's Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

Verizon''s newest data breach investigations report for 2013 tells us — yet again — that cyber security depends on people as much as technology. Cyber security involves legal issues, human resources practices and policies, operational configurations, and technical expertise. Not a pleasant experience.

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Why Women Aren’t Making It to the Top of Financial Services Firms

Harvard Business Review

Many women must face a harsh reality: The cost of growing their career in financial services outweighs the potential benefits, taking into account the greater uncertainty and obstacles they face. When the “deal” involved in committing themselves to getting to the top is worse for women, it is no wonder that fewer women take it.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

After a year of uncertainty and tumult, Congress finally got around to making some crucial decisions in the last month of 2010. Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. For every $50,000 in wages, you save $1000 from taxes.