Emotional Intelligence Tied to Leadership Success, Reports New White Paper

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(From PRWEB) -- Emotional intelligence has been called a "soft skill" but research shows that it delivers bottom-line business results. That's the core message of a new white paper from The Glowan Consulting Group. The complimentary white paper is titled Applying Emotio... More »

For the love of profits: Australia's skills shortage

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(From ABC.net.au) Wouldn't it be great if rising demand on the health system led to an automatic increase in the health budget? Wouldn't it be great if an increase in demand for peak-hour trains led directly to governments providing more of them? Wouldn't it be great if... More »

UK: Workplace morale at-all time low

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Workplace morale has hit an all-time low, with record falls in job satisfaction and two out of five personnel saying they would leave their current employer if they could find a better job. According to a survey among 2,000 staff undertaken by the Chartered Institute of... More »

Ohio: Need to match jobs with skills of region's workforce

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(From Dayton Business Journal) Solving the mismatch between available jobs in the Southwestern Ohio area and the skills of the region's workforce was a main concern for a panel of five regional leaders at the Regional Development Forum in West Chester. Keynote speaker L... More »

More Than Half of Large, Downsized U.S. Businesses Plan to Rebuild Their Workforces to Pre-Recession Levels by 2012

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(From Business Wire) -- More than half (54 percent) of large U.S. businesses that reduced staff in the past 12 months plan to rebuild their workforces to pre-recession levels within two years, according to a study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The Accenture H... More »