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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. Gerald Lord/Getty Images.

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The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

Harvard Business

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. Furthermore, a 2015 study by Interaction Associates shows that high-trust companies “ are more than 2½ times more likely to be high performing revenue organizations ” than low-trust companies.