Companies Utilizing Virtual Teams to Reduce Costs, Manage Productivity in Economic Downturn

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(From PRNewswire) -- A research survey conducted by consulting firm Chronos Consulting has found that more companies in the U.S. and worldwide are utilizing virtual teams to reduce costs, enhance productivity and attract wider talent pools in today's volatile economic a... More »

Learning Executives End 2010 with a Surge of Optimism

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Learning executives ended 2010confident about the outlook and expectations for the learning function for the first half of 2011, according to the latest measurement by ASTD. The Learning Executives Confidence Index (LXCI) for the fourth quarter of 2010 grew to its highe... More »

CIOs Are Change Agents for a More Collaborative, Virtual Workplace

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(From PRNewswire) -- Cognizant, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, announced today the results of a research report, "Next-Generation CIOs: Change Agents for the Global Virtual Workplace." The Economist Intelligence ... More »

Workers Acknowledge Economic Recovery But Still Worry A Lot

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(From Forbes) -- Just because the National Bureau of Economic Research formally declared last week that the Great Recession ended a year ago doesnt mean those with jobs are about to start spending again. A summary of the periodic Mercer Workplace Survey, out today, says... More »

Belligerent Bosses: National Study Finds Employee Trust Sacrificed in the Financial Crisis

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--Employees report their bosses use threats and intimidation during the financial crisis, according to a national study of leadership funded by the University of Phoenix. Questions get you written up and/or fired, one worker said. The studys results also ... More »