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The Challenge of Retaining Startup Talent After an Acquisition

Harvard Business

Census Bureau data from 1990 to 2011 that encompasses 230,000 acquired startup workers, the author researched these questions and discovered significantly higher turnover rates among acquired workers compared to regular hires. Why do so many startup employees leave, and how do startup acquisitions impact their careers?

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Research: Can a More Detailed LinkedIn Profile Boost Your Salary?

Harvard Business

To measure the effects of digital presence on compensation, they analyzed a sample of 1,741 executives who changed jobs between 2004 and 2011. In this article, the authors explain how the intentional management of our online personas can have a positive and measurable connection to pay.

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Consultant Ninja: How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles.

Consultant Ninja

February 11, 2011 at 8:30 AM. March 11, 2011 at 1:43 AM. March 14, 2011 at 2:57 AM. March 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM. March 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM. April 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM. October 13, 2011 at 3:27 AM. November 25, 2010 at 12:52 PM. nice advice hope for improvement. Applied Lasers. Consulting Georgia.

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Book review: "Steady Work," by Karen Gaudet

Markovitz Consulting

Gaudet traces Starbucks’ budding lean journey with its “A Better Way” program in 2009, to its full flower with “Playbook” in 2011, and (sadly) to its eventual abandonment around 2015. That’s both a testament to Gaudet’s storytelling, and her decision to make it a concise 97 pages—a welcome change from typically bloated business books.

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Consultant Ninja: Why the US Housing Market is still royally screwed.

Consultant Ninja

Monday, May 16, 2011. July 12, 2011 at 5:46 PM. July 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM. Monday, May 16, 2011. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Why the US Housing Market is still royally screwed. Newer Post.

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Simplifying Litigation Consulting with Joe Decilveo: Podcast #42

Consulting Success

Joe joined RSM in 2011 with a small team of professionals to complement RSM’s Chicago-based bankruptcy and insolvency practice. His expertise is frequently tapped in areas around shareholder litigation, regulatory investigations, plea agreements, commercial disputes and other potentially difficult situations.

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Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance Manifesto

Steve Shu Consulting

With that as backdrop, here’s my Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance Manifesto (much like I did with my Management Consulting Manifesto back in 2011 ). So it’s better to be aware of potential influences or at least disposed to seek the truth. Distinguish between the interests of others versus self.

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