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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

CoachStation helps people and businesses to become more effective and efficient in what they do. CoachStation provides consulting and business advisory, coaching / mentoring and human resource related offerings. Industries we have worked within include finance, architecture, recruitment, health, government and local council.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects. Note that the high-profile C-suite executives at firms like Borders, Jessops, and Bank of New England had large IT budgets, but no longer have a company to make more efficient today.).

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Could HR be the most data driven function?

HR Digest

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. In today’s hyper-competitive business world, CEOs expect HR to participate in key corporate goals including revenue, innovation, and productivity. Hiring Efficiency. Quality Hires. Workforce Productivity.

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How Geisinger Treats Diabetes by Giving Away Free, Healthy Food

Harvard Business Review

Thus, in addition to receiving standard diabetes medical care, our program patients also participate in 15 hours of group classes on diabetes self-management. This care is provided through a medical home model so that participants receive reliable, patient-centered, multidisciplinary collaborative care. What We’ve Learned.

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The Never-Ending Meeting :: Women on Business

Women on Business

If you learn to plan, structure, and participate in meetings effectively, you will be able improve your own time management and productivity as well as that of other participants. Meetings can be very powerful tools, but you have to plan them out long before they happen. You first have to determine the purpose of the meeting.

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Firms Are Wasting Millions Recruiting on Only a Few Campuses

Harvard Business Review

For employers, the list may seem like the most efficient way to make good hires. Certain top schools charge companies large annual fees to participate in on-campus recruitment. In the finance world, for example, the Bloomberg Aptitude Test measures knowledge and skills relevant to investment banking. An Expensive Status Quo.

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