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UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9 Million

HR Digest

United Parcel Service has agreed to pay $4.9 A discrimination charge with the EEOC’s Buffalo office was filed by Bilal Abdullah of Rochester in 2015. million over claims that it discriminated against male workers and job applicants who wore beards or long hair because of their religion.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships. They play well as a team.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

In the 2015 Letter he talks about the benefits of high-velocity decisions. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Bezos 2015 Letter) To be clear, Amazon has an “intolerance for incompetence.” The S-Team (senior leadership team) developed Amazon’s flywheel. What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

The top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index 2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated 50% more earnings. The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2015. Barratt Developments. United Parcel Service. Ironically, the most empathic FTSE companies are a bank and a tobacco firm.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Doing that required developing a new business model in which MedStar would get paid to keep patients well. That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. billion in 2010 to $4.9

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

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