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Human Resources Management – How to Get Started

Tom Spencer

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. If you are early in your career, you may be engaging a lot with recruiters. Compensation.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

If the virus isn’t under control by May 1 st 2021 and the economy hasn’t picked up, do recruiters have plans to push back start dates? If the firms don’t have a strong balance sheet, if they foresee a potential cash flow problem, or if they have clients in particularly hard hit industries, I’d be concerned. Today, not so much.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

If you persist in using “resource” instead of humans, you allow the language of the balance sheet to drive your management decisions. If you need resilience in product development, you might need resilience in: How you recruit and hire. Your approach to organizational strategy. That's wrong.

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Germany’s Midsize Manufacturers Outperform Its Industrial Giants

Harvard Business

Most of these companies are private and don’t publish their balance sheets. They vary in export orientation, organizational structure, and ownership, but their highly specialized nature has led many analysts to say they’re all following a niche strategy. I believe the model is much more than a niche strategy.