On The Job

AUGUST 8, 2016

It can be frustrating as a manager when your best talent walks out the door and you're forced to begin looking for someone to replace him or her. It also can be expensive -- the Society for Human Resource Management estimates the average cost-per-hire is $4,100 and it takes 42 days to fill a position. While many employers try to attract and retain workers by having beer pong on Fridays and offering everything from nap rooms to free cookies in the break room, a new study may shed some light on wh

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McKinsey

AUGUST 11, 2016

Like companies in the private sector, governments from national to local can smooth the process of digital transformation—and improve services to their “customers,” the public—by adhering to certain core principles. Here’s a road map.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 11, 2016

This course includes four days of video sessions and email-based course materials. We’ll meet four days in a row, Nov. 15 – Nov. 18, at 8pm Eastern. The cost of the course is $195. But if you sign up in the next four days the cost is only $145. . Sign up now! When I first started this post, I wasn’t going to launch another course.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 7, 2016

The time it takes for Chinese consumers to incorporate a new technology into their lives is ever-shrinking as smartphones and broadband make adaptation easier.

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On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2016

When you’ve been researching how to work smarter for more than 30 years as productivity expert Brian Tracy has done, you’ve learned a thing or two about how to get the best out of others – and yourself – on the job. That’s why in his latest book, “ Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field, ” Tracy, Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, stresses that employees and leaders have more control over their productivity than they may belie

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 9, 2016

A guest post from Elisha Yeoh, Thriving Talents , Malaysia. You’ve seen them, you’ve heard of them, and some of you may even be working with them. These them I’m referring to is the Gen-Ys. Regardless of what you may currently think of them, the presence of these young individuals have definitely changed the realities of workplace dynamics, especially now that Gen-Ys are slowly being reviewed to fill in managerial positions.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 10, 2016

Appealing to the cultural and economic specifics of a foreign market is the key to getting consumers to shop more frequently and spend more.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 12, 2016

In an interview, Jay Walder of Motivate discusses how new services and technology are changing how city residents are getting around.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 9, 2016

New CEOs are faced with a bewildering array of choices, so it’s crucial for them to take a data-driven look at potentially major moves—and to know when to make them.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 12, 2016

The connected-home industry is poised for a new wave of growth, with projections showing every home in the United States being connected in the next five to ten years.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 10, 2016

Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Steve Jurvetson reveals what he looks for in entrepreneurs and explains how large companies can respond to disruption.

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McKinsey

AUGUST 10, 2016

How governments can encourage private-sector infrastructure investment.

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Government 70

Strategy+Business

AUGUST 7, 2016

Official job descriptions don't include the most valuable contributions you make or the complicated challenges you face.

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Solution

Strategy+Business

AUGUST 8, 2016

The recent U.S. employment report shows that, increasingly, jobs are plentiful while workers are scarce.

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