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Rob Girling: “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

Thrive Global

The 2008 financial crisis marked the first real “CEO moment,” when we had to think very strategically about forecasting, financial stability, staffing, and messaging. I’d like to look back in a few years and say that I navigated this time well, adapted and adjusted, and led Artefact to new heights of success. This is my key focus.

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Is the HR Accountable for Mass Layoffs?

Keka HR Blog

How well are the company’s finances? Layoffs during the great recession of 2008 : A study titled “Dumb and Dumber” suggested that layoffs impacted profitability especially for industries having low levels of physical capital but greater investment in workers. How does the required number fulfill the business need?

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A Job Title Just for You: The Rise of the Custom Position

Cornerstone On Demand

With the unemployment rate hitting the lowest level since 2008, even the happiest employees are deciding to investigate their career options. Likewise, DigitasLBi nabbed Scott Donation from rival Interpublic Group with the hefty job title North America Chief Content Officer (as well as a full fleet of responsibilities).

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Business survival planning in a crisis: Lessons from the front lines

Workable

But you can make better, smarter decisions when equipped with the knowledge and expertise of those who have been there in the past – be it the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 that led to the Great Recession or the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. Doing nothing means your ship continues to sink.

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Part 1: How To Boost Productivity Through Intrinsic Motivation

15Five

Well, external motivators can only go so far to drive a person before he or she runs out of steam. David formerly served as President of the San Francisco chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and was later named “The Most Connected Man You Don’t Know in Silicon Valley” by Forbes Magazine. So, why intrinsic motivation?

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“Manage through positive reinforcement” With Stephen Halasnik

Thrive Global

Financing Solutions ( www.financingsolutionsnow.com was born and it has done really well because we completely understand that there are a lot of good profitable companies that would love a line of credit but that banks turn away. Very polished, good college education well dressed. Xerox was a much more polished, corporate environment.

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Tracy Fitzpatrick of Aline Studios: “Sense of Humor”

Thrive Global

You find camaraderie in the human condition, and wherever there is bad, there is good as well. As soon as I did that, I was training well over 12 hours a day and weekends 8–10 hours a day. I started the Pilates program for Yoga Place, now Yoga Works, and for The Vintage Country Club in Indian Wells. Can you share a story?