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Engagement and Motivating Employees

CoachStation

The Reserve Bank of Australia believes that the unemployment rate is heading to 3.25% by the end of this year. Maybe, no more so than right now. In years to come, when equilibrium between employers and employees normalises, the investment in these skills now will be returned in spades.

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The Four Vs of Employee Motivation: Velocity, Visibility, Value, and Valor

Strategy Driven

According to Gallup’s 2013 State of the American Workplace report, “engagement makes a difference to the bottom line,” which can have an impact on productivity, profitability, customer service, turnover, and absenteeism. Visa Incentive Card is issued by The Bancorp Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A.

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The Story of U.S. Business Is the Story of Real Estate

Leading Blog

The early colonial years included land charters and grants, such as those to William Penn and George Calvert, but these often went to absentee landlords. No matter what the future may bring, real estate will remain a dominant part of the story of business in the U.S. * * * Richard Vague serves as Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Secretary.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business Review

Physical, behavioral and mental health issues such as obesity, hypertension, smoking, depression, anxiety, poor sleep, and alcohol dependence can create costs for employers through higher medical claims, reduced employee productivity and performance, absenteeism, presenteeism, and short-term disability.

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The U.S. Isn’t Just Getting Older. It’s Getting More Segregated by Age.

Harvard Business Review

The partnership has been a triumph of efficiency — a win-win for the cultural climate of Judson and often-stretched student bank accounts. In an HBR article , two management school professors found that an age-integrated assembly line resulted in improved productivity, reduced absenteeism, and fewer defects.

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Do You Know Who Holds Your Office Together?

Harvard Business Review

Just last week one of us was struck by the generosity of a New York bank that picked up the tab for the post-memorial service dinner of an employee who was grieving the loss of his father. 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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How One CEO Grows Her Business with Feeling

Harvard Business Review

While all of those certainly play a role, I'm guessing that what Elizabeth Scharpf stumbled across as a critical factor in absenteeism wasn't on your radar. While interning in Mozambique in 2005 for the one-person (!)