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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

A controlled study involving leaders across different markets found a positive correlation between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. Here are five more proven ways that effective leadership impacts individuals, teams, and organizations. References: Anderson, R., & & Lord, R.

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A framework for understanding technology companies

Tom Spencer

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold. Since 2016, Amazon sells more third-party items than its own inventory. Platforms selling hardware and software.

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The Best Approach to Decision Making Combines Data and Managers’ Expertise

Harvard Business

For example, Bonabeau’s article described a project with Eli Lilly to develop a new way of managing drug development pipelines. For instance, Icosystem developed a simulation of the daily behavior of more than 300,000 sailors in the U.S. Navy from recruitment to retirement.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. At the end of 2016, Fitch Ratings estimated that all robo-advisors managed under U.S.$100B will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

But over and over again in our three decades of experience as talent development and retention specialists, we’ve seen that companies consistently overlook half of them. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

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Chicago's Fiscal Freefall: Moody's Cuts Chicago Credit Rating to Two Steps Above Junk; Snake Oil and Swaps; It's All Junk Now

MishTalk

This is a very significant, negative development for the city of Chicago’s financial position,” Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a nonpartisan research group in Chicago, said in an interview. with the Federal Reserve keeping its overnight target close to zero since 2008. This is a very big deal.”

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