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  Insights on Jason Fried’s Remote

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  In February 2013, the web services provider Yahoo! announced it was eliminating its remote work program, a decision that caused no small amount of controversy. Between 2005 and 2011, the number of remote workers in the United States had risen by 73 percent… 
    
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  Reinventing Talent Management -...

  Edward E Lawler

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  In this book, preeminent organizational scholar Edward Lawler identifies a comprehensive and integrated set of talent management practices that fit today's rapidly evolving workplace.The world of work has changed dramatically, says Lawler. Organizations now operate in a global environment. New technologies continue to disrupt how, when, and where work is done and should be managed. The workforce is becoming more diverse. Sustainability has joined profitability as a key business goal. All of this has dramatically accelerated the pace of change, making recruiting the best talent—not simply filling positions—an overriding concern. But too many organizations still use a job-based, bureaucratic talent management approach that doesn't take into account how the world has changed. Indeed, a recent study showed that from 1995 to 2016, there was no significant change in the way HR spends its time.Lawler says that talent management has to be reinvented. It needs to be closely linked to the organization's overall strategy. Recruitment and talent management should be driven by the skills and competencies the organization needs for long-term growth. This means talent management requires agile systems that can respond quickly to changing conditions and that take a more individualized approach to evaluating and rewarding performance. And everything talent management does has to be based on evidence, not tradition. Lawler looks at attracting, selecting, developing, rewarding, managing, and organizing talent through this new lens. In today's world, organizations have to constantly reinvent themselves—and talent management must do the same.

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  Logistics Management

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  Logistics is a part of the supply chain management which strategies, executes and manages the storage and flow of products and goods between two points. The first point is the origin of the goods or the place of storage/production and the endpoint is the place where the products or goods are going to be consumed according to the demands of the customers in that specific area. Logistics includes activities like warehousing, transportation, inventory management, order fulfillment, planning demand and supply, packaging, assembling, scheduling the delivery of packages, managing third-party logistics service providers and customer service. Strategic planning and execution of the plan are what logistics is entirely based on. The other functions of demand and supply chain are highly dependent on the accurate functioning of logistics. It helps in managing and optimizing all these activities and keeps the chain going. 

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  The High Potential's Advantage -...

  Jay A. Conger, Allan H. Church

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  Are you a high potential? Your managers and HR department are constantly wondering that about you-and assessing whether or not you have what it takes to advance. Here's how to get them to answer yes. 
  Being seen as a high potential leader is essential to getting promoted and reaching an organization's upper echelons, but most companies keep their top talent list a closely guarded secret. And the assessment process they use to decide who is and isn't a future leader is an even greater mystery. 
  The High Potential's Advantage takes readers "behind the scenes" and shows them how to get on, and stay on, their company's fast track. Leadership development experts Jay Conger and Allan Church draw upon decades of their research and experience-designing high potential programs for hundreds of large well-known global organizations, and managing and coaching thousands of developing leaders-to answer the critical questions asked by ambitious employees and managers: What will it take for me to advance in this organization? What does my boss look for when deciding whether or not I'm a high potential? Once I'm on the list, then what? Can I fall off of it, and how does that happen? 
  Revealing a set of key differentiators-the five "X factors"-that set people apart across companies of all types, readers learn what they have to do to achieve and maintain the coveted top talent status. Packed with examples of high potential leaders-from those on the verge of their first promotion to those only a step away from the C-suite-the authors provide detailed advice for cultivating and practicing each "X factor." 
  In addition, the authors show readers how to identify their company's "signature factors"-those special capabilities particular to their organization-and how to gain insight into, and excel at, the specific process their company uses to identify and develop high potentials.

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  The Black Book of Outsourcing -...

  Scott Wilson, Douglas Brown

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  Revised for 2009 and beyond, The Black Book of Outsourcing is a  comprehensive guide and directory for the evolving field of  outsourcing, including expert advice on how to operate an  outsourcing program. Valuable governance checklists, offshoring  insights, best practices and one-of-kind resources are featured in  this bible of the outsourcing industry. First published in 2005,  this topical, bestselling manual explores the evolution of both  outsourcing buyers and suppliers.   Outsourcing and research gurus Douglas Brown and Scott Wilson  chart a course of advice for business leaders charged with managing  sourcing initiatives, present a wealth of opportunities for job  seekers, and offer insights for entrepreneurial thinkers and  investors worldwide

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  The Bezos Letters - 14...

  Steve Anderson, Karen Anderson

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  “A perceptive look at [the] Amazon founder’s annual shareholder letters, extracting 14 key ‘growth principles’ that [businesses] can use to scale up.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  Jeff Bezos created Amazon, the fastest company to reach $100 billion in sales ever, making him the richest man in the world. Business owners marvel at Amazon’s success, but don’t realize they have the answers right at their fingertips as Bezos reveals his hidden roadmap in his annual letters to shareholders. For the first time, business analyst Steve Anderson unlocks the key lessons, mindset, principles, and steps Bezos used, and continues to use, to make Amazon the massive success it is today. Steve shows business owners, leaders, and CEOs how to apply those same practices and watch their business become more efficient, productive, and successful?fast! 
   
  “So much of what Steve Anderson has uncovered about Jeff Bezos and Amazon reminds me of the legacy of Walt Disney. Walt had a vision and made it happen; Jeff had a vision and made it happen; and you, too, can make your vision happen—and make it happen faster and easier using the principle’s Steve has laid out in The Bezos Letters.” —Lee Cockerell, former executive Vice President of Walt Disney World Resorts and author of Creating Magic: Common Sense Business Strategies from a Life at Disney 
   
  “If you ever wanted a manual for building and growing your business, this is it.” —Dan Miller, New York Times–bestselling author of 48 Days to the Work You Love

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