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Chuck That CV: Using Behavioral Science to Recruit the Best Hires
Kate Glazebrook is principal adviser and head of growth and equality with the Behavioral Insights Team, a self-described social purpose...
May 20, 2016


What Can Help Make a Merger or Acquisition Succeed?
Research shows that most mergers end up destroying shareholder value. Some experts claim the number of destructive mergers is as high as...
May 14, 2016


How Layoffs Hurt Companies
Time was, layoffs were seen as an emergency strategy, the last resort in a downturn or crisis. Today, however, layoffs are a standard...
Apr 13, 2016


How Shell Is Preparing for the Energy Sector’s ‘New Normal’
The downturn in the oil industry has been “completely devastating” for individuals who lost their jobs and for companies without strong...
Mar 30, 2016


How Storytelling Can Grow a Business
The business world is always looking for that great new idea, but what if the next big thing was something as old as humanity? Great...
Mar 29, 2016


How HR Managers Are Handling Familiar Challenges on a Global Scale
A trained mechanical engineer, Mark Chang found himself “totally uncertain and unprepared” the first time he was called upon to hire...
Mar 17, 2016


Are Good Managers Born or Made?
For many an ambitious worker, the measure of success lies just ahead in a path toward management. Career arcs in a wide variety of...
Mar 16, 2016


The Secret to Building High-performance Teams
What makes certain teams excel and others perform below par? In a new book, Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and...
Mar 15, 2016


Five Commandments for Faster Growth
In this opinion piece, Peter Cohan, a lecturer at Babson College, argues that companies looking for fast growth can find it “along five...
Mar 10, 2016


In the Changing Global Supply Chain, There’s No ‘Shore’ Thing
Offshoring, reshoring, nearshoring — manufacturing and supply chains around the world are undergoing some seismic locational shifts, many...
Mar 4, 2016
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