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How to Avoid a Business Data Breach

Strategy Driven

What’s surprising is how so many businesses still take information security lightly. After the 2013 Yahoo data breach and the recent Equifax hack, operating without proper security measures in place is no longer acceptable. A better information structure allows you to manage access to sensitive information meticulously.

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What Top Sales Teams Have in Common, in 5 Charts

Harvard Business Review

Forty-eight percent of the participants from underperforming sales organizations indicated they had nonexistent or informal structured sales processes compared to only 29% from high performing sales organizations. High-performing sales organizations hold their team members to a higher level of accountability.

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3 Ways to Make Less Biased Decisions

Harvard Business Review

In March 2013, a U.S. For example, structured interviewing processes, in which the questions are consistent across candidates, have been found to reduce bias relative to unstructured or free-form interviews. And while this type of bias may seem less dangerous in the workplace than it may be on the streets of Ferguson, Mo. ,