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Do We Still Thirst For Knowledge As We Age?

The Horizons Tracker

Perhaps the most pernicious aspect of this ageism revolves around the notion that older people are less innovative and less able to learn new skills, especially surrounding new technologies. Lifelong learning. What happens when we learn. It’s an indication that we’re not retiring mentally as we age.

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HR Cost Cutting Measures to Trim the Fluff

HR Digest

Cutting costs is the oft-repeated phrase that companies are using to meet the downturn in the economy and the declining revenues and sales. For most, cost-cutting translates to job cuts in the organization. But there are other ways to tighten the belt and do operational budgeting. Do away with unnecessary costs.

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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by John Hooker : Everyone knows that an organization can’t function without physical infrastructure communications, transportation, computer technology, and the rest. Gioia supported Ford’s decision at the time, based on a plausible cost-benefit analysis. Yet we rely equally on social infrastructure.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The fact of the matter is that senior executives who rise to the C-suite do so largely based upon their ability to consistently make sound decisions. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. The truth is that even leaders who don’t fail make bad decisions from time-to-time.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

The Changing Expectations for Followers There was a time in the not too distant past when followership essentially meant, “be quiet and do whatever I tell you to do.” The Civil Rights and more recent Tea Party movements are good examples of what happens when angry followers decide to do something to change the status quo.

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A Better Metric for the Value of a Worker Training Program

Harvard Business Review

But according to the World Bank , only 30% of youth employment programs are successful, with many of those offering only marginal benefit. Yet workplace training is more necessary than ever, as technology and globalization continue to change the types of jobs that are available. Many measure cost per student.

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If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S. technology companies as much as $35 billion in potential business. technology companies as much as $35 billion in potential business.