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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Holiday, 2016) By these stoic virtues exercised by great historical figures throughout history, managers go beyond management to more adequately deliver results and reduce counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). I feel a kindred connection with those who own or operate organizations. Click the link below to try it out. Ehrhart, K.,

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Robot Taxis Starting 2016 in Japan; Self-Driving Trucks on German Autobahn; Millions of Truck and Taxi Driver Jobs will Vanish in US by 2025

MishTalk

Autonomous taxis will operate in test mode next year with a goal of full production by 2020. Hey Mish, I saw this article and it reminded me of your self-driving cars posts some time ago. on Thursday said they will start experimenting with unmanned taxi service beginning in 2016. Reader Alain writes. " But here we are.

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If Retailers Want to Compete with Amazon, They Should Use Their Tax Savings to Raise Wages

Harvard Business

I believe the smartest choice — one that will help them compete against online retailers like Amazon — is to create a better experience for customers and to achieve operational excellence in stores. There were 662 bankruptcy filings in retail, according to bankruptcydata.com, up 30% from 2016.

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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs." Leaders need employees that go beyond what is expected in ways that contribute to the organization’s results and make the communities where they operate better. IBM (2014) The value of training IBM Corporation. & Fulmer, R.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images. and $2 trillion globally.

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Corporate Cybersecurity Is Becoming Geopolitical. Are U.S. Tech Companies Ready?

Harvard Business

government in pushing back against these foreign intelligence operations remains at best uncertain, though we can assume that classification and secrecy hide some actions from the public. The role of the U.S. ” Far more frequently, the government isn’t rushing to the rescue.

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How Design Thinking Is Improving Patient-Caregiver Conversations

Harvard Business

Addressing patients’ fears is important because fear can make an eye operation difficult or even impossible. A trial group was trained in 2010, and the entire staff is now trained on a yearly basis. The training takes two days. In 2016, the staff at Rotterdam Eye Hospital gave the annual training sessions an 8.7