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The Importance of Speaking Your Employees’ Language

Joseph Lalonde

This can create situations where some employees feel like they are given less freedom and activity than others, which is why a professional HR consultancy for HR outsourcing can be invaluable when it comes to helping run your business in an organized manner. Showing Interest in Staff Development.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

They are partnering with an Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston or in Philadelphia, co-developing products in San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence program, or deploying some of the more than $430 million invested into civic-tech in the last two years. They are coding in civic hackathons and competing in the Bloomberg challenge.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.