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If You Want to Motivate Employees, Stop Trusting Your Instincts

Harvard Business

Few topics have received more attention in talent management than motivation, defined as the deliberate attempt to influence employees’ behaviors with the goal of enhancing their performance, and in turn their organizational effectiveness. ” A global survey of more than 50 Fortune 1000 companies and 1.2

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Business Valuation Lessons From ESOPs

Martinka Consulting

I’ve been working with a client company on the implementation of an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). In an ESOP, a qualified plan, the plan buys the stock of the firm from the owners with vested employees now the owners, en masse. I’m going to go through the three issues emphasized as potential problems.

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How Office Politics Corrupt the Search for High-Potential Employees

Harvard Business

Few topics have captivated talent management discussions more intensely than potential. But how good are we at evaluating human potential? The foremost reason for the failure of HiPo identification programs is that without science it is virtually impossible to assess potential. How to Manage a Toxic Employee.

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How to Give an Employee Feedback About Their Appearance

Harvard Business

When an employee looks unkempt or wears revealing clothing, they may have a harder time gaining their colleagues’ or customers’ respect. But how do you broach what feels like a sensitive topic? “It’s uncomfortable and awkward,” he says, “and at the end of the day, a lot of it is subjective.”

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Women Dominate College Majors That Lead to Lower-Paying Work

Harvard Business

They then estimated the median pay for each of those jobs (also using Glassdoor data) for employees with five years of experience or less. But why do we assume that STEM subjects are “harder” than subjects that are more person- or language-oriented? Aren’t human beings just as complex as code?

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

Events for Project and Resource Managers Dubai International Project Management Forum January, 15-18, Dubai, UAE The 2024 Forum entitled “Beyond Boundaries” will bring together more than 2,000 project professionals to discuss three primary topics: sustainability, modern methods of project management, future trends and technology.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

Even if you don’t need to know a lot about finance to do your day-to-day job, the more conversant you are on the subject, the better off you’ll be, according to Richard Ruback, a professor at Harvard Business School and the coauthor of the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business. And who’s in the best position to offer advice?

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