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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Compilation videos of holiday decorating fails. In-person, low-paying positions in retail, hospitality, restaurants, and healthcare remain in strong demand, though they may not attract highly skilled talent with college degrees or advanced credentials. Indeed reports that hiring has cooled significantly.

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The Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks

Harvard Business

Retail profits are plummeting. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying.

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. Retailers, grocery stores, and restaurants launched curbside pick-up. Resilient organizations, ones that excel at change, operate as a team of teams. Build Agility.

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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.

Harvard Business

Its hierarchical authority, specialized division of labor, and standard operating procedures enabled companies to grow far larger than they had ever been. The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. I watched videos and took certification courses. I hated the jargon.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Blockchain’s properties — transparency, immutability, and security — make it reliable and trustworthy for applications such as supply chain management, smart contracts, financial reporting, the Internet of Things, the management of private (e.g.,

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Research: The Rise of Superstar Firms Has Been Better for Investors than for Employees

Harvard Business

But the data shows a fall in labor’s share in nontraded sectors like retail and wholesale, not just in traded sectors like manufacturing. Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > It’s not that superstar firms pay lower wages; in fact, on average, big firms usually pay more.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

One example is when the New York School’s system hired them to boost the efficiency of their school bus network, which they did, saving the city $12M. It’s not just big corporations who have turned to Alvarez & Marsal for help either. The firm also has a lot of notable public sector work under its belt. Financial Services.