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Employee Retention Strategies Go Beyond Competitive Salaries

HR Digest

This could include health benefits, time off, retirement assistance, etc. The SHRM study also found that 62 percent of employees reported health care/medical benefits as important job satisfaction components, and 41 percent valued defined contribution plans like 401(k). 90 percent is considered a good place for the company.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

The research shows that men are 16 percent more inquisitive than women, possibly due to their tendency to gravitate towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers that reinforce inquiry. Fact 3: Considerable personality gaps exist between the sexes in inquisitiveness, sensitivity and impulsiveness.

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Why the VA Couldn’t Keep Up with IT

Harvard Business Review

It doesn’t take long for technologies to outgrow their usefulness. For the last three years of his career, he was responsible for the $6 billion portion of the Air Force budget dedicated to IT, where his main responsibilities ranged from Air Force cyber activity to IT upgrades to career field management.

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Why Your "TQ" May Matter More Than Your "IQ"

Harvard Business Review

The algorithms, software and massively parallel architectures underlying the Jeopardy -winning technology's design are undeniably important, he says. Tomorrow's technologies are increasingly about their ability to learn from you and your ability to effectively train them.

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business Review

If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. Mike Byers, executive chairman of DirectPath, an employee health care engagement and compliance company, says that when he’s meeting a prospective client for the first time, he takes the long view.

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Fighting Chronic Disease Starts with Better Pediatric Care

Harvard Business Review

Many adult health care outcomes are shaped in childhood. Current models of pediatric primary care do little to address these “non-medical” causes and consequently have been largely ineffective in preventing adult disease. Reforming primary care pediatrics therefore has great potential for improving overall U.S.