HR Digest

MARCH 24, 2023

In the small group market, median savings will be $19, and one-quarter would save at least $48. In the large group market, median savings will be $19, and one-quarter would save at least $42. One-quarter of people will save at least $71. It’s a growing concern for benefits advisors and self-insured employers.

Price 52

Price Insurance Pharmaceuticals Cost 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives. This is especially true in emerging-market countries where the workforce has experienced great change and dislocation.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

For too long, employers have outsourced management of their employees’ health care benefits to those with little incentive to improve value. The selection of what to work on and the accompanying measures must be market relevant, standardized, and measured rapidly. That’s good.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Its weaknesses, like short-termism, speculative trading, absentee ownership, profit- and shareholder-centric orientation, inability to account for non-monetary value, exploitation of labor, and extractive use of natural resources are creating too many disruptions across the globe for the model to survive.

CEO 11

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

It’s hard to imagine the same thing happening in the market for soybeans. To this way of thinking, no single firm sets wages; the price of labor is set in a competitive market. If that’s true, firms can’t raise wages much above market rates without hurting their competitiveness.

CEO 8

CEO Power Price Merchandising 8