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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. Young leaders engage in an “action learning” project in which they work on real-life problems facing the firm. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Workplace demographics paint a startling picture: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce is between 45 and 64.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Make sure you have a project manager in place to mind the details and ensure the program doesn’t veer off course.

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects. Diane Statkus, an IBM project manager in Boston, echoes Ruiz’s sentiments. the New England Center for Homeless Veterans, and has used her project management expertise to lead a job-skills assistance event with a team of volunteers each year. She’s volunteered at Girls Inc.,

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Why IBM Gives Top Employees a Month to Do Service Abroad

Harvard Business Review

So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects. Diane Statkus, an IBM project manager in Boston, echoes Ruiz’s sentiments. the New England Center for Homeless Veterans, and has used her project management expertise to lead a job-skills assistance event with a team of volunteers each year. She’s volunteered at Girls Inc.,

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3 Critical Components of a Shared Mental Model

Lead Change Blog

The company had the right people, doing the right things, all intrinsically motivated to complete projects ahead of schedule. After discussion, it became obvious why the stock prices had fallen and there was concern for the future. But they were all running in different directions. This was the “Ah-Ha” moment.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).