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Managing Remote Teams: Tips and Strategies for Success

HR Digest

By using multiple communication channels, managers can ensure that remote workers feel connected and informed. Managers can provide opportunities for social interaction by scheduling virtual coffee breaks, happy hours, or other team-building activities. Encourage Collaboration Collaboration is key to effective remote work.

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The Big Disconnect in Your Talent Strategy and How to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

The company better aligned the workforce mix to its strategy, by optimizing different talent acquisition channels, manager spans of control (number of workers reporting to them), and worker mobility. Educate leaders on how and why to optimize a blended workforce.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy. by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi. The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. It divested a number of personal care and confectionary lines (e.g., Schick razors and Trident) and acquired other products (e.g.,