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The Most Desirable Employee Benefits

Harvard Business Review

In today’s hiring market, a generous benefits package is essential for attracting and retaining top talent. According to Glassdoor’s 2015 Employment Confidence Survey, about 60% of people report that benefits and perks are a major factor in considering whether to accept a job offer.

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Leadership Lessons Learned From Organizing A Virtual Summit

Joseph Lalonde

P odcasting was a massive trend in 2014, virtual summits are in 2015. I’m the only online entrepreneur here, and local business owners still think they social marketing is a waste of money. Business is not about the business, but about the audience and target market. He is also the host of the WP Summit 2015.

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America’s Uneasy History with Free Trade

Harvard Business Review

trade policy, opening both the American and foreign markets to an unprecedented degree. He won Congressional authorization in 2015 for negotiating TPP and TTIP by relying mainly on Republican votes. Traditional Republican free-market stalwarts such as House speaker Paul Ryan are becoming increasingly lonely free-trade advocates.

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Improve the Affordable Care Act, Don’t Repeal It

Harvard Business Review

The bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) legislation is a good example of how both the Republican and Democratic parties can work together in improving the care delivery system. The CMS renewed the effort in 2015 for one year. A Rand study recently found that between 2013 and 2015, 22.8

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The Case for Trade, and Why American Leaders Need to Make It

Harvard Business Review

A new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reveals that 60% of Americans support the negotiations for trans-Pacific trade , down slightly from 2015. Republican members supported and provided most of the votes for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in 2015. If the president had acted just a year earlier, the U.S.