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Five Happiness Traps

Leading Blog

Second, hypercompetitiveness in the workplace leaves us empty and unfulfilled, hurts our ability to lead effectively, and makes us no fun to be around. When we will do anything, compromise anything to come out on top without regard for the collateral damage, we are in trouble.

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Strategy, Culture, Knowledge Management, Firm Performance: How Are They Linked?

Strategy Driven

Executives that employ corporate strategy can propel knowledge sharing in the company to generate more innovative ideas and solutions for new and demanding issues that come up constantly in our hypercompetitive economic environment. In addition, executives that employ corporate strategy may enhance goal achievement.

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U.S. Manufacturers Are Hurting Themselves by the Way They Hire

Harvard Business Review

Given the hypercompetitive nature of global manufacturing, it wouldn't take much to kill this momentum and put the U.S. The United States is at a dangerous juncture: Manufacturing jobs are on the rise, but the growth is still fragile. back to where it was a couple of years ago.