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If You Want to Motivate Employees, Stop Trusting Your Instincts

Harvard Business

Few topics have received more attention in talent management than motivation, defined as the deliberate attempt to influence employees’ behaviors with the goal of enhancing their performance, and in turn their organizational effectiveness. Biased evaluations of performance. Why do most motivational practices fail?

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How Office Politics Corrupt the Search for High-Potential Employees

Harvard Business

Few topics have captivated talent management discussions more intensely than potential. On the one hand, science has given us robust tools and powerful theories to quantify the key indicators of future career success , job performance , and leadership effectiveness. Garry Gay/Getty Images. The answer is, it’s mixed.

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Systems View: A Social-Technical Perspective | Consulting and.

Consulting and Organizational Management

These systems operate within boundaries subjected to the whims of environmental changes such as: economic crises, increased competitive threats and industry shifts. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. —————————————————.

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Pettis Proposes Savings Glut and Income Inequality are Source of Global Imbalances; Mish vs. Pettis: I Respectfully Disagree

MishTalk

Income Inequality " is a front-page topic so let''s take a close look. savings = investment) that seem to indicate he is correct. Mauldin Misses the Boat as Well John Mauldin has written a series of articles recently on the subject of income inequality. This is a somewhat lengthy discussion, but an extremely important one.

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End of U.S. Dollar Hegemony - Not

MishTalk

Pettis on Chinese Reform, Currency, and Interest Rate Deregulation In his email, Pettis writes about China''s reform, China''s banking solvency, currency controls, and other topics related to possibility the yuan will become the next reserve currency. From Michael Pettis ( emphasis mine ).

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Napoleon vs. Cheney: "Interrogation That Actually Works"; Icing on the "Hate-Cake"

MishTalk

When asked about rectal feeding, which the Senate torture report said at least five detainees were subjected to, Cheney acknowledged that it was not approved as part of the program and said he believed it was done for "medical reasons." In the long run, this may be the most important subject you write about. Torture doesn''t work.

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Sam Zell Warns Recession Coming, Provides Opinions on 22 Topics Including Fed Tools, Equities, Real Estate, Energy, China, Brazil, Mexico, Climate Change

MishTalk

Zell discussed a wide variety of topics from the Federal Reserve rate hike, the risk of a near-term recession, real estate, energy, and various foreign investment ideas. That's indicative of the way the market has responded for the last six months. WESTIN: What are the things that are indicating that specifically to you?