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HR in 2024: Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce Through Bold Leadership

HR Digest

Shanelle Reese, Chief People Officer, Wonderschool The Talent Turnaround 2023 witnessed a seismic shift in the tech landscape, with unprecedented levels of turnover fueled by layoffs, career changes, and a resurgent job market. Unlike their predecessors, Gen Z is not bound by traditional notions of career progression.

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9 Lessons from Henry Ford’s $5 Day Decision

Leading Blog

He simplified the design and construction of the automobile, narrowed the choices available (“any color you want, so long as it’s black”) and marketed it toward what we would today call the “down market.” And as assembly-line technology improved, so too did its speed, which soon became a source of great stress. An additional $2.50

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. I now own two small construction companies, I believe this industry could actually change to commission//Salary. There are those who passionately argue for and against the merits of year-end bonuses.

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Help Your Salespeople Spend Time on the Right Things

Harvard Business Review

The manufacturer’s product training for the resellers’ salespeople emphasized technology specifications. Salespeople are motivated when they perceive value from their efforts: career success, recognition, personal satisfaction, money, or all of the above. Are salespeople motivated to succeed?

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Companies Should Take the Lead in Fixing the Middle-Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

Yet many employers still struggle to fill certain types of vacancies, especially for so-called middle-skills jobs — in computer technology, nursing, high-skill manufacturing, and other fields — that require postsecondary technical education and training and, in some cases, college math courses or degrees.

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How to Get People to Collaborate When You Don’t Control Their Salary

Harvard Business Review

Most of us assume that if we want to change people’s behavior, we need to change their incentives. To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. Use simple, off-the-shelf tools to make collaboration smoother.

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The Stage Where Most Innovation Projects Fail

Harvard Business Review

Freedom to explore long-term ideas and emerging technologies is important. ” But as that transition plays out, few companies are paying sufficient attention to creating accountability and incentives for success. “Don’t call it a hand-off,” one survey respondent advised. “It needs to be a transition.”