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In-person meetings provide more insight
David Gabri Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementCompanies and organizations have, understandably, rediscovered the merits of face-to-face meetings. The benefits range from the ability to build and enhance important business relationships, to serving as a great forum for providing leadership and direction.
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10 mistakes employers make when training managers and employees
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMost people understand the importance of training managers and employees. However, experience teaches that some employers continue to make the same mistakes that undermine the value of the instructions they offer.
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Be careful: Others can see right through your passions
Paul Zukowski CommunicationsAs a reporter on the prevalence and misuse of business buzzwords, I am both delighted and appalled to present two terms that sound important and suddenly seem to be required business speech, yet may mean very little. I am referring, of course, to transparent and passion. It's to the point where one could say that business people seem to have developed a passion for transparency.
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6 steps to make social media help your brand
Mark MacDonald MarketingSocial media is a communication tool that will make or break your brand. Our marketing-cluttered world is demonstrated on social media. Simply open the global Twitter feed, and you'll see millions of people saying something. In real time, your feed churns so quickly you can't keep up, and little breaks through.
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Risk escalation — a new strategy
Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementRisk-response strategies help us to focus our risk treatment efforts. With a small number of strategy options from which to choose, deciding on a preferred strategy allows us to concentrate on developing specific actions to implement that strategy and manage the risk in the desired way.
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Minimalism at work: Break out the red pen
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs soon as we decide to do less, it becomes more clear how much we have yet to do. As we touched on in the previous article about minimalism at work, taking the time to assess, streamline and then honestly acknowledge what is left is the foundation for bringing minimalist tactics to the office.
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Focus on disability employment needs to last all year
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNational Disability Employment Awareness Month has been observed during the month of October for more than 70 years. This is an issue that impacts all races, genders and socioeconomic groups on a daily basis year-round, and the recognition is intended as a reflection on the important role disability plays in workforce diversity.
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Fixing corporate hypocrisy helps boost employee retention — and sales
Lonny Alfred RetailThe retail industry is in the hot seat again over a new report that reveals the two ways retail employees experience corporate hypocrisy: from direct managers and from corporate offices. University of Missouri researchers Saheli Goswami, a doctoral student in the MU College of Human Environmental Sciences, and Jung Ha-Brookshire, an associate professor of textile and apparel management and associate dean for research in the MU College of Human Environmental Sciences, interviewed retail industry employees in various levels of employment.
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New overtime rule looms with only 1 month to spare
Jessica Taylor Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAfter giving businesses more than six months to prepare, the final U.S. Department of Labor rule change regarding overtime regulations will become effective on Dec. 1, affecting more than 4.2 million workers within the United States. With only one month left, do you know how the law will impact you and your employees?
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Minimalism at work: Less is more
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWork-life balance does not exist. Work is part of our lives; it is not something we put our life on hold to do. Life keeps going whether we are working or not. As such, HR and organizational development specialists have started using words like "total" and "whole" to describe compensation packages and ideal employees. We are recognizing that we are all multifaceted individuals with many roles in our lives, and these roles are not confined to the times we are at work or home.
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