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Clean Tech Consulting: Adapting to Seize Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Consulting firms can assist by conducting thorough financial modeling and ROI analysis. With increasing consumer demand for ethically sourced and environmentally responsible products, organizations need to consider the entire lifecycle of their products.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

We selected 15 people from that group who demonstrated strong work ethic, grit, and excitement for the program. We then enrolled them in online courses teaching necessary job and technical skills, like computer science fundamentals, complex problem solving, group collaboration, agile methodology, effective written communication, and so on.

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Should You Give Your Star Employees Star Treatment?

Harvard Business

Contrary to popular belief, there are universal traits that predict whether individuals will be part of an organization’s vital few, such as their higher levels of intelligence, work ethic, and social skills. In other words, people who are smart, nice, and hard-working tend to outperform their peers.

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