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What is Garden Leave? The employment break you didn’t expect

HR Digest

In the UK, where this concept is widely use, its particularly common in sectors like finance, law and technology, where intellectual capital is the currency. So, what is garden leave then? It varies by jurisdiction, industry, and company.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. Workplace demographics paint a startling picture: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce is between 45 and 64. Petersburg, Florida.

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The Boomers are Leaving! – How to Create and Implement a Knowledge.

Strategy Driven

Inside you’ll find scenarios, case studies, tips, templates, and checklists that will help you capture and retain your company’s intellectual capital as Baby Boomers leave the workplace. She is also a fellow of the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Maybe that degree doesn't have to be in something "employable," like finance — and maybe, if you push, it doesn't have to take four years to finish it. Maybe it's time to invest in the soft stuff — people, experiences, ideas, your own human, social, and intellectual capital — instead.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey responded that it was actually investing more on intellectual capital, but on the industry-specific variety of more use to consultants and clients.) While the majority of partners cheered on the effort — at least they re-elected Gupta twice — the man and his big push had detractors. And what risks did he run?

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Gloominess About the US Economy is a Choice

Harvard Business Review

But an awful lot of these jobs command very high-wages in law, finance, accounting, consulting, advertising, engineering, design, software, healthcare, scientific research, architecture, entertainment, hospitality, and many other areas. True, some of these are low-paying, burger-flipper jobs. This may all change as China innovates and grows.