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How PwC and The Washington Post Are Finding and Hiring External Talent

Harvard Business Review

As the use of external talent increases, so does the need for more efficient ways to find, hire, and manage contingent workers as well as integrate them into the company’s full-time employees and teams. Both benefit from having a stronger, more direct relationship with each other.

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The Management Thinker We Should Never Have Forgotten

Harvard Business Review

Eliminate MBO. It may be cliché to say that technology is changing our businesses today at a rapid pace, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. Eliminate exhortations for the work force; instead, focus on the system and morale. Eliminate work standard quotas for production. Substitute leadership methods for improvement.

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