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Reskilling: What is it and why is it important?

Insperity

For example, a retailer might reskill its in-store salespeople to work as remote customer service agents to support a change in focus from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce sales. For example, a developer on your team might be watching a new technology that you’re not using yet, but they think it’s on the horizon.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . The formula for a successful strategic partnership may seem easy: 1 + 1 = 3.

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From logic to leaps: a new paradigm for CEOs in the AI age

Work Life

In a packed auditorium at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, toward the end of Steve Jobs’s penultimate keynote before he stepped down as CEO, he said, “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”

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Why ‘poly-employment’ may be 2024’s next big work trend

Work Life

Among poly-workers identified by Deputy, the vast majority (78%) work in the hospitality sector, 12% work in healthcare, 6% work in retail, and 5% work in the service industry. However, it appears to be increasingly acceptable for workers to openly share with their employers that they do consulting, or freelance work, on the side.

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The SHEcession: Why women are withdrawing from the workforce

Insperity

Female-dominated sectors of the workplace – such as travel, leisure and hospitality, retail, entertainment and childcare – were crushed by the pandemic. According to the Boston Consulting Group, having a diverse management team can lead to a 19% boost in revenue. Women’s jobs were disproportionately impacted.

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How to navigate the seismic shifts in workplace rules and roles in 2024

Work Life

A physical, digital, and human workplace that enables the organization to enhance their customer experience usually revolves around deploying technology that gives front-line employees options, flexibility, and the power to choose where and how they want to work. Employers are split when it comes to hybrid work. Many

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These industries might benefit most from a 4-day workweek

Work Life

The ethos has piqued interest across industries, including tech, healthcare, finance, retail, and even government, as hybrid and remote work are the norm in our economy. The company was more productive, made more money, and retained talent more consistently. The four-day work week is not conditional,” says Swift. It’s a mindset.”