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Navigator Newsletter #180

Chart Your Course

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. 2) Deploy a leadership strategy.

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The Rules of Retention

Chart Your Course

They pay entry level employees, cashiers, and store managers 50 percent more than market average, and offer coveted health insurance, among other perks. Leadership training is also critical for managers, as it equips them to guide and groom their staff. How do they do it? As I learned in my years in the U.S.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Gather Ye Sugar Plums While Ye May; Your Personal Discretionary Budget will be Impacted by Washington

Strategy Driven

Families will need to maintain their insurance at their employer, buy insurance or pay the tax penalty, estimated at $2,085 for a family in 2016 (average consistent with income level scales). If employers, no, WHEN employers stop their insurance benefits, this will become more real. References. Consider leaving a comment!

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Take over responsibility and leadership. Take over responsibility and leadership. The business expects it of you. The more direction and expertise you show in what you do, the more acceptance and acknowledgment you will gain. And no one will suggest that what you do is too important to be left to HR. Most companies need a strong HR.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

This newfound optimism could be the usual bright-eyed resolve that comes with a new year, but it more likely resulted from something else: the passing of The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“the tax bill”) in December. Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The Ugly Truth About Partisan Public Project Labor Agreements

Strategy Driven

They are begging to serve you while balancing unclear taxes, health insurance obligations, and uncertain ability to make payroll. With more than twenty-five years of human resource and management consulting experience, Wendy has spent most of her career at the University of Michigan. References. Consider leaving a comment!

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