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The Power of Continuous Learning: A Strategic Approach to Employee Retention

CEO Insider

Companies spend excessive time, effort, and money on recruiting and training new employees, only to see them move on, fail to meet expectations, or perform well below their potential. High employee turnover rates have an enormous, widespread economic impact.

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Shelving a project? Here’s how to avoid the hidden costs

CEO Insider

Training sessions explained the ins and outs of the new system and staff were learning the soft skills […]. A small, dedicated team had worked for six months on the project’s many aspects. The software was ready to go. Publicity for this initiative had been happening for a good while. The post Shelving a project?

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Convincing CEOs to Make Harassment Prevention a Priority

Harvard Business Review

The suggestions and tips in that report still stand, but the past year has shown us just how difficult it is for HR directors, general counsel, compliance officers, and D&I directors to make the business case for harassment prevention to their leadership.

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Social Media Compliance Isn't Fun, But It's Necessary

Harvard Business Review

The best policies are often a collaborative effort: Employees offer use-case input from the front lines; marketing defines the scope of messaging; IT outlines social technologies and devices; and the legal or compliance department ensures guidelines meet the necessary regulatory criteria. Once a policy is in place, training is critical.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

.” Embedding a culture of compliance: The standard’s preventative aspects will support companies’ efforts to build a culture that values ethics and compliance within its operations. ” Siemens implemented the types of processes required by ISO 37001 (although their work happened before the standard was issued.).

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

The senior leaders in the study told us that, in contrast to what corporate compliance officers would like us to believe, their organizations’ codes of conduct and ethics training wasn’t particularly helpful when it came to managing ethical dilemmas.

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