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IBM Beats Earnings Forecast, But Layoffs and DEI Retreat Test HR

HR Digest

As IBMs Q1 2025 earnings renew market faith, its layoffs and cultural shifts signal a deeper transformation. Described as a soft layoff, the policy may drive 1015% voluntary attrition, particularly among older workers. On April 23, 2025, IBM released its Q1 2025 earnings, reporting $14.54 billion in revenue, a 0.6%

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Making Sense of Speed, Agility and Innovation

Leading Blog

There’s agile marketing, introduced by thought leaders at CMG. But if you could create a framework in which each of these activities were a vital component leading to a completely new way to compete, then you’d see a significant impact on your revenues, profits and market share. From there, everyone is adopting the concept of “agile.”

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Master your Metrics

Lead Change Blog

Customer attrition, decline in repeat customers, fewer new customers, decreasing average sales, and margin deterioration are lagging indicators of diminishing relevance. Customer attrition, declining repeat customers. Shrinking share of market. Leading Indicators. Lagging Indicators. Increasing complaints. Fewer new customers.

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Let’s Work On Active Employee Retention, Even If Workers Aren’t Quitting in 2025

HR Digest

Employee attrition is low because workers are scared of the state of the job market right now, but working scared is not an ideal long term solution. The report found that there has been a slight increase in confidence in employers and satisfaction with work, but their faith in the job market continues to dip.

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More Than a Buzzword: Let’s Be Honest About Diversity and Inclusion

N2Growth Blog

Most of us are likely familiar with Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle model , which posits that a company’s ‘ why ’ is its most significant differentiator in the market. But what does this all really mean and why should companies care? This is not just healthy for employees, it’s crucial to an organization’s bottom line.

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Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Company Brand’s Message

Tanveer Naseer

In most cases, when we talk about an organization’s brand, it’s often looked at through some marketing lens. More specifically, to reassessing how leadership should view the role of the ‘corporate brand’, which in the context of this piece I’ll be referring to as an organization’s brand.

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4 Reasons Why Talent Development Is So Important To Your Business

Lead from Within

If talent development isn’t already among your top priorities, here are four reasons why it should be: It helps you attract and retain top talent in a competitive market. In my own research, I have found that a lack of talent development opportunities contributes to as much as 45 percent of attrition in companies worldwide.