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33 Key Leadership Competencies for Effective Leadership

Vantage Circle

And that's what leadership competencies are for. The following 33 leadership competencies are a great starting point. These competencies will help you to improve your current leadership skills. So, let's first understand what leadership competencies are? What are Leadership Competencies?

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How Organizations and Employees Can Start Focusing on Wellness

HR Bartender

An increasing number of companies are offering employee wellness programs. employers offer wellness benefits (up from 58 percent in 2008). A RAND Corporation study found that every $1 invested in wellness yields a return on investment (ROI) of $1.50. So, how can organizations and employees start focusing on wellness?

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Why Are Companies Turning to Older Workers? Should You?

AvilarHR

Bouts of unemployment, lingering effects of the 2008 recession, the housing crash, huge student debt and/or providing aid to family members can explain a financial desire (or need) to work beyond a traditional retirement age. What skills and competencies are required to do the job? Stick to skills and competencies. Should You?

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is this the wrong time to apply for jobs?

Ask a Manager

Things are so uncertain and, well, I am feeling like leaving my current job would be risky until things settle down. What was it like switching jobs in 2008/2009? This … isn’t like 2008. With the recession that started in 2008, the job market got tight and people faced lots of competition for fewer jobs.

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Make Agility and Resilience Your Keys to Self Preservation

Degreed

In order to compete and win, you can’t let your people lose out on new skill development. Following the 2008 financial crisis, KFC “bucked the recession with a £150 million investment scheme for up to 300 new outlets in the UK by 2014 (an announcement made during the height of the recession in 2009),” according to a Cegos Group report.

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Beyond Compliance: The Cost of Training

TalentCulture

On September 12, 2008, a commuter train in Los Angeles collided with a freight train head on, with 25 people left dead in the aftermath. The provincial governments of Canada poured funds into the disaster and recovery efforts as well. The value of automated learning can be more obscure as well.

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Astron’s 25th Anniversary!

Astron Solutions

Challenges encountered along the way, including the 2000 dot-com bubble burst, 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic, only strengthened our resolve to succeed despite adversity. And then, in the seeming blink of an eye, we arrived at 2024 and our 25th anniversary. Time is a thief.