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Fast Friday with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com (and P. Diddy.

Roundtable Talk

On the flip side, people who I know who don’t love their jobs but make lots of money seem to spend a lot of time throwing around words like “golden handcuffs” and seem to be perpetually stressed and unhappy. When it comes to long-term career happiness, money and titles wear off pretty quickly.

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Talent Management Best Practice 4 – Know Your Artificial Employment Retainers

Strategy Driven

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. ’ It fostered a false sense of security for employees, paying higher salaries than the marketplace, thus keeping employees dependent upon the system via golden handcuffs.