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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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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

MishTalk

Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Its a mixed bag of retail PMI news in Europe today (assuming of course one believes that spending is good). Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April.

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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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Embracing Selfless Love in the Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

There is no serious debate that well-designed organizations with clear organizational strategies influence desired behaviors, culture, and performance. Numerous studies identify failure as often tied to misalignment between the organization and its operational environment. link] What is selfless love? Thomas Aquinas.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I had never heard of a retail business with such high profit margins. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales.

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Accenture Careers

CaseInterview.com

The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. For more on Accenture Customer Service Transformation work go here: [link].

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More Robots: Google's "Atlas" Robot Mimics "Karate Kid"; Flying Defibrillator "Ambulance Drone" Unveiled; Fed Has No Answer

MishTalk

The creator, Alec Momont of TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, said that 20% of people can operate a defibrillator without instruction and the number rises when they have prompts from trained personnel. Google-owned robotics lab Boston Dynanics has debuted new video of its 6’2? Atlas robot, also known as “Ian.”

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