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5 Best Employee Termination Letter Templates

HR Digest

Writing a termination letter is never easy but a necessary part of every employer’s responsibility. Although there are different termination letter samples to guide you, companies need to be aware of how they handle an employee’s termination to eliminate the chances of legal claims. What Is A Termination Letter?

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Alphabet Workers Union to bring back the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto

HR Digest

More than 400 engineers and other workers at Google and its parent company, Alphabet , have formed a union open to all employees. The Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) will give protection and resources to workers who join in the U.S. and Canada, and is intended to push the tech giant to live up to its motto: ‘Don’t be evil.’.

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Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

Below are some of my favorites which represent the main flavor of everything Ziglar stood for: “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” Human Resources (4). ” “Failure is an event. It’s not a person. Yesterday really did end last night.

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Leadership Development: Are You Trapped by Paradigm Paralysis?

The Practical Leader

Lord Kelvin was a highly decorated and recognized 19th century British mathematical physicist and engineer. Tomorrow we publish the December issue of The Leader Letter combining all my November blog posts. The list of his pioneering contributions to electricity, thermodynamics, and the emerging field of physics is a very long one.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Write letters to the editors and blogs to encourage dialogue. A good way to start honing this courage is through Letters to Editors. Google your name periodically. Be willing to be scattered. Cultivate the local media. Start small and build up.

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The Scaling Lesson from Facebook’s Miraculous 10-Year Rise

Harvard Business Review

They were desperately looking for great engineers, designers, and business people – but were very picky about who they hired. Facebook’s method for spreading a shared mindset in new engineers and technical employees has become more systematic and exacting as the company has expanded. Did you see that?”.

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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.