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The Right Way to Cut Costs

HR Digest

Instead of outright layoffs, you may explore alternatives such as attrition or offering voluntary early retirement packages. Another option is to outsource certain tasks or functions to external providers. Additionally, leveraging technology can enable collaboration and virtual meetings, reducing the need for physical meeting rooms.

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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

Set an aspirational stretch goal that is within reach, but only if things change. Good execution requires a “Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals.” They are: Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals. Don’t treat your stated strategy as a given if it’s not.

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Case Study: Can a Work-at-Home Policy Hurt Morale?

Harvard Business Review

As general manager of the Noida, India, office of KGDV, a global knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) company, she had always encouraged healthy debate on her team, but she was surprised that her head of human resources, Vijay Nayak, and her top project manager, Matt Parker, were going at it in the hallway.

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Why Trump Doesn’t Tweet About Automation

Harvard Business Review

He’s been unalterably opposed to both outsourcing and big trade deals like NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because of the U.S. Yet economists, including the MIT labor economist David Autor , argue that automation is a much greater factor in manufacturing job loss than outsourcing or trade deals is.