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Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones

Harvard Business

Higher wages are also necessary for many companies that are stuck in a vicious cycle of bad jobs, bad operations, bad customer service, low productivity, and high costs. Employees who are not empowered to improve their work or solve customer problems. So, we applaud Amazon’s decision and hope others will do the same.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

” Even if you cannot change your circumstances, “you might be able to change the microenvironment in which you operate.” ” With this in mind, over time, Joel changed his management style. “No longer was I focusing solely on what I could get done as a manager,” he says. It was held last August.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. Companies would like to see process improvements and better infrastructure at the border to reduce costs to import. Most Mexico country managers believe one of the following scenarios is likely: A long period of populist-driven uncertainty.