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Employee Benefits: Types, Cost & Examples

HR Digest

But the more you know about the types of employee benefits offered by your employer, the better equipped you’ll be to make informed decisions about health care, retirement plans, and other important financial matters. Paid Training and Development: This unique employee benefit is certain to profit a company in the long run.

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Beyond the Social Network: Tips for Engaging Professional Relationships to Last a Lifetime

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It used to be that you met someone at a meeting or a mixer, had a real conversation with them, perhaps saw them again at a luncheon, exchanged an email or phone conversation, and eventually, developed those initial interactions into a long-term business relationship. Spending time bonding over similarities helps solidify long-term bonds.

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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business Review

million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes. Transforming Health Care. Some of the San Francisco-based groups, for example, bonded via discussions about the Golden State Warriors basketball team and opportunities to be more active in the city. Insight Center.

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Black Professional Men Describe What It’s Like to Be in the Gender Majority but the Racial Minority

Harvard Business Review

Unlike women of all races, who have to walk a fine line in male-dominated professions — for example, being friendly without seeming sexual, being assertive without coming across as aggressive — black men could fairly easily capitalize on culturally masculinized interests and activities to forge a bond with their white male colleagues.

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What to Know Before You Sign a Payment-by-Results Contract

Harvard Business Review

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. ” Health care. And the Health Care Transformation Task Force , a newly formed coalition of private insurers and provider organizations in the U.S.,

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business Review

Another way to build rapport is to, “find a bond or a point of commonality,” says Clark. The bond needn’t “be profound”— it could be that you “attended the same university, have kids the same age, or have read the same book recently.” “The camaraderie develops naturally.”

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Why the Decline in Corporate Statesmanship?

Harvard Business Review

At one time, corporate leaders played a major role in developing pragmatic and moderate solutions to the nation''s problems. Three developments during the 1980s proved to be pivotal. A form of low-grade debt known as "junk bonds" provided a new source of funds.