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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management.

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How to Improve the Engagement and Retention of Young Hourly Workers

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, employee disengagement results in higher absenteeism, more accidents, lower business profitability, worse customer service, and a lower share price. She breaks down the operational and human resource decisions that make this possible in her HBR article and book The Good Jobs Strategy.

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Do You Know Who Holds Your Office Together?

Harvard Business Review

So we propose a three-step solution to properly value the office tending work that lubricates its operations: identify it; understand its impact; and find ways to assign it value. million in decreased attrition, absenteeism, and overtime, it also drove a $2 million profit increase and 34% jump in highly satisfied customers.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. 2015, our very time is divided according to the number of years since he lived. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. The kids are acting out”, right?!

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. 2015, our very time is divided according to the number of years since he lived. A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. The kids are acting out”, right?!

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

In adult care, CMS announced in 2015 ambitious value-based payment goals for Medicare, which were achieved 11 months ahead of schedule. Experimentation will be needed to determine how such holistic pediatric-care programs can best achieve long-term return on investment. In pediatrics, CMS has funded PFK with a $13.1