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Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

This group has a startling 300 companies in its portfolio in sectors ranging from travel, telecommunications, health, financial services, leisure, music, space travel, and renewable energy. History & Culture. When interviewing for a job at Virgin, you are required to travel at your own expense to interview with them.

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Do You Know How Each Person on Your Team Likes to Work?

Harvard Business

When we travel to a country that has a different culture than ours, many of us spend time learning ways to communicate and connect with the people there. As a new manager, you can recreate this exercise with your own team. Marion Barraud for HBR. We might look up the meanings of common terms and access maps of key attractions.

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96% of U.S. Professionals Say They Need Flexibility, but Only 47% Have It

Harvard Business

TravelLite: minimal travel. Employees have minimal to no travel, with a maximum of 10% travel annually (2–4 days per month or its annual equivalent). In an economy where productivity is stagnant across the board , largely owing to a culture of overwork, flexibility is a key disruptor for improving productivity.

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Giving Pause for Thanks

Chad Barr

This week’s reflection point: Traveling very long distances can be draining and tiring. After our sessions were over and many returned home, I spent time exploring Hong Kong and its diverse melting pot of people and culture. If you think New York City is crowded, Hong Kong is NYC on steroids!

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

Example: You have been a travel agent with a business travel agency for 10 years. You now enter a luxury, bespoke travel provider. Travel allowance: Pay your team some flat fee for their daily commute etc. You then have another 6 years time to exercise the option (10 years total).

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6 Ways to Change Your Organisation: A Menu of Choices

Confessions of a Consultant

Option 4: Cultural Change: The shorthand definition of culture is “the way things are done around here.” How does this work in practice? #1: 1: Culture Mapping : The concept of organization culture comes from anthropology. Step 1 = establish the key beliefs in the existing culture (usually less than 6).

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When You Need to Take Time Off Work for Mental Health Reasons

Harvard Business

While workplace culture is not the cause of an illness , certain cultures, especially those that require employees to work long hours in sedentary conditions, can make an illness difficult to manage. Think through how you will manage business travel that involves crossing time zones; jet lag can cause backsliding.

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