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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

A global study of 14,800 knowledge workers across 25 countries revealed: 49% of leaders and 42% of non-managers are struggling with anxiety 74% of those surveyed are looking to company leadership for help dealing with workplace stress. The following short NPR video discusses how emotions are contagious. References: Adecco.

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Learning From Each Other

Women in Consulting

A few years ago, the Women In Consulting Annual Best Practices Survey unveiled some tricks by top consultants that helped improved my business’ profitability and my work/life balance. As solo practitioners and entrepreneurs, often we have limited access to relevant benchmarking resources. You can take the survey here: [link].

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). 2021) Global innovation survey.

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4 Habits of People Who Are Always Learning New Skills

Harvard Business

In one survey of more than 50,000 learners who completed MOOCs on Coursera, 72% reported career benefits such as doing their current job more effectively, finding a new job, or receiving a raise. .” For example, I could spend weeks watching videos on how to set up a distributed computing system. Set a golden benchmark.

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9 Ways to Enhance Top-Down Communication

Peter Stark

According to our benchmarks for Employee Opinion and Engagement Surveys , only 54.3% When the CEO or president regularly communicates with all employees, whether through e-mail, video, or a town hall meeting, most employees appreciate the communication. However, many organizations still struggle with ineffective communication.

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6 Things New Grads Should Know Before Joining a Startup

Harvard Business

In fact, according to a 2016 survey by Accenture, only 14% of U.S. It’s also going to be a lot harder to benchmark the offer they give you against salaries at other firms. And if you don’t know how to do it, you teach yourself through YouTube videos, MOOCs, and other free resources. And benefits?

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Why We Need to Stop Obsessing Over CEO Pay Ratios

Harvard Business

Related Video. A survey showed that CEOs worldwide are making exponentially more money than people think they should. See More Videos > See More Videos > The idea is that a high pay ratio is unfair. CEOs Get Paid Too Much. If a firm beat its peers by 5%, that’s $1 billion in a $20 billion firm.

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