HR Digest

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Before the employer consults with an accountant or a tax advisor, it is essential to understand the basic kinds of retirement benefit plans. Golden handcuffs are specially designed to encourage long-term efficient relationships with the employees. As such, professional guidance is necessary.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Another consultant said, "I'd love to leave the stress behind, but I don't think I'd be good at anything else." Whoever called them golden handcuffs wasn't joking. Lamented one investment banker, "I dream of quitting every day, but I have too many commitments." I wish I had quit earlier.

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Career Golden Handcuff Short-term CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

When one customer is responsible for the lion’s share of your sales, it’s like golden handcuffs. The challenge is to cast off the handcuffs while keeping the gold. This was the situation facing Collins Consulting , a Chicago area provider of contingent staffing services.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. I would have asked too many tough questions, and that was not what they wanted consultants for.

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