Businesses Forecast Rapid Expansion, Yet Lack Technology Expertise to Keep Pace, Says Survey
A new survey reveals that companies are highly optimistic about growth, but need cloud technology innovation and strategy to overcome challenges.
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Sales Training Should Focus on Both Business Objectives and Customer Problems
We would like to offer a declaration—an inflexible line in the sand, if you will. It is foundational to the value of sales training and the professionals who proudly call themselves sales trainers. It is as follows:
Every sales trainer has to enable two outcomes—increase revenue year over year and protect revenue year over year.
Core-Flex Basics: The Relocation Policies That Will Make Your Life Easier
Domestic and global mobility grow increasingly complex as economic, geographic, and individual employee factors are all weighed together when it comes to making policy decisions. Traditional relocation programs can struggle to meet the challenges of this complexity, pushing firms to look for flexibility.
The Checks and Balances of Legal Audits
Yesterday’s Leadership Daily Advisor introduced the value of the legal audit. Today, we continue with a deeper look into evaluating and improving your organization’s legal process, outcomes, and cost effectiveness.
4 Ways to Improve Your Organization’s HR Communications
From paid time off (PTO) requests to performance reviews, most HR professionals understand that communicating with employees can be challenging. You need to collect a wealth of information from your workforce—which often requires tracking down individuals and sending countless reminders—but you also need to avoid over-communicating so they aren’t bogged down under a flood of emails from HR.
How Would You Rate Your Legal Eagle?
Within today’s headlines, it doesn’t take long to see just how quickly a thorny legal issue can spell corporate catastrophe. That’s one reason companies conduct regular legal counsel audits—to ensure ongoing compliance and to minimize the chances that preventable risks disrupt growth and success.
New Study Debunks Major Myths Around Background Checks for Employers
“Never judge a book by its cover.” A common phrase that in terms of recruitment means something very unique. When it comes to selecting the best candidates to work for your company, going deeper than just face value should be a routine practice. According to a new CareerBuilder survey that outlines myths around background checks, […]
3 Steps for HR to Get Recruiting Help from the C-Suite
Whether you need executive buy-in for a new hire or you’re asking for a new recruiting tool, there are three steps to get what you need, according to the director of talent acquisition for Sodexo’s North America operations.
Worker Misclassification and the Freelance Economy
The freelance economy continues to grow, and from many indications, workers and companies each enjoy the benefits.
How to Handle Work Spouses
Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy were fictional characters on 30 Rock, but their type of “work spouse” relationship is fairly common in today’s business world. Yesterday, we provided a supervisor’s guide to managing workplace best friends (or besties). Today let’s look at the often thornier issue of managing work spouses.