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How to Be an Effective Player-Coach at Work

LSA Global

The origin of the term player-coach refers to a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Although the practice is mostly extinct in sports, many companies today expect their managers – especially their first-level managers – to be an effective player-coach at work. Talent – Build Skills.

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Offshoring, Onshoring, Nearshoring: So Many Shores, So Little Time

1 to 1

The growing remote work culture has business leaders looking for the best talent not only in their locality but across continents. The rise of the open talent economy , remote work, and globalization has leveled the playing field: now you must decide which outsourcing option is right for you. What is onshoring? We begin right at home.

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How the Best Global Employers Convince Workers to Join and Stay

Harvard Business

Companies spend a lot of time and money building strong brands to win over customers—but they often fall short when it comes to strengthening their employer reputation to win talent. If companies can’t attract, engage, and retain the right talent, they’re unlikely to achieve their business objectives.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

A great salesperson will operate much more efficiently with a defined process for reaching out to prospects. Our prior research had found that increasing employees’ sense of play, purpose, and work potential can increase their adaptive performance, improving sales, customer experience, creativity, ethical behavior, and grit.

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The lowdown on Retail Week Live 14th-18th March 2016

freshminds

Well known as the 'Oscars' of retail, these awards congratulate the excellence of leading retail companies and their talented staff. As an 'etailer', 40% of their sales already go through mobile and this app aims to create a social shopping community to play to this trend.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business

If we give talented people the best opportunities, they’ll stay with us forever, and we’ll keep growing at the rate we want to.” But I still believe that self-governance is the way forward. People want to be their own bosses, responding to local circumstances but working for the common good.

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Excellent Performance From People: Follow the ‘10 Commandments!’

Confessions of a Consultant

The ‘workers’ (like myself) wore blue overalls; the foremen had brown coats; the supervisors were kitted out in white; the management sported double-breasted suits (the fashion at that time). This ordered hierarchy was an efficient way to denote ‘who did what’. We all have talent — in case you don’t know”!

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