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Key Elements for a Successful Employee Training Program

HR Digest

Is it increasing revenue, improving customer satisfaction, or enhancing operational efficiency? Are there any skills gaps, compliance issues, or inefficiencies that need to be addressed? So, let’s put our goal-setting skills to the test and create objectives that will lead your employees to success.

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6 Things Successful Women in STEM Have in Common

Harvard Business Review

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. We hear, in interviews and focus groups, that women are consistently spoken over and even robbed of their ideas.

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Help Your Team Understand What Data Is and Isn’t Good For

Harvard Business Review

The prevailing thought is that more data is better, especially given advancements in tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics. In my conversations with business leaders about how they use data analytics, a primary focus is on technical, large-scale systems. Scaling Your Team’s Data Skills.

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Top Ten Pitfalls to Avoid When Going Social in the Business World.

Strategy Driven

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies. Not too many would.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. They pursue management challenges.

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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

However, it is very likely that unless companies also learn how to create an equitable compensation system, these funds will not be fairly distributed among all, equally skilled, employees. Identify any skill gaps within the organization and adjust compensation accordingly. Adapt to these changing trends and standards accordingly.

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The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups

Harvard Business Review

Better-quality feedback from customers and stakeholders, often because you’re asking them to actually buy something, rather than just spout opinions in a focus group. You want to get as close to perfection in some of these technologies as possible, but the goal also has to be progress, not just perfection.