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Using People Analytics to Predict Which Employees Are About to Quit
People analytics, like spotting behavioral patterns, can help employers and managers predict which team members are getting ready to leave, writes Anne Loehr for Fast Company magazine. The untapped data floating around every workplace can be used to find behavioral patterns. This can help managers and employers get ahead of key issues, such as employee…
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Study Finds Bold Career Moves Lead to Becoming CEO Faster
A 10-year study has found that having a perfect education and avoiding risky moves while climbing the corporate ladder is not the fastest way to becoming CEO, write Elena Lytkina Botelho, Kim Rosenkoetter Powell, and Nicole Wong for the Harvard Business Review. Instead, bold career moves are the surest way to get to there. The…
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Lack of Skilled Workers a Major Concern for Local Companies
Lack of skilled workers ahead of the coming hiring boom is one of the main concerns of Philadelphia-area companies, writes Bob Fernandez for the Philadelphia Inquirer. A new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, commissioned by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, shows that competition is the only issue that beat the lack…
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Stress Test Performed by Moody’s Analytics Reveals State’s Vulnerability to Next Recession
A recent stress test conducted by Moody’s Analytics in West Chester shows that Pennsylvania is wholly unprepared for a recession, writes Dan White for the Philadelphia Inquirer. A recession usually significantly lowers state and municipal government revenue from taxes, often resulting in public-sector employee layoffs. During the Great Recession, almost 750,000 workers lost their jobs…
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Newtown Square Resident, Globetrotting Chief Executive Shares Business Wisdom
He took countercultural values from India and immigrated to America. Then he resisted confining stereotypes and traveled the world for business. Ultimately, Raj Gupta of Newtown Square rose to become a respected CEO and revered member of several boards of directors. “Selecting the right organization you work with and then having the belief in yourself,…
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Can the Tortoise Be a Better Hire Than the Hare? Malcolm Gladwell Thinks So
During his keynote address at the Wharton People Analytics Conference, The New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell extolled the virtues of choosing a tortoise over a hare during the hiring process, according to a report from Knowledge@Wharton. During his opening remarks, Gladwell referred to one of his colleagues as a “neurotic tortoise.” And while it might seem…
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HeadRoom in Media, Wayne Offers Unique Office Environment
For John Tooher and Dan Lievens, managing partners at HeadRoom, an office is not only about physical space, according to a feature in the first edition of Greater Philadelphia Business magazine. The pair wants to create an environment for like-minded people who can help each other grow and collaborate on ideas. They are facilitating this…
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Glen Mills’ Resident and President of Marketing Firm Helps Small Retailers Expand
In today’s competitive world, the crucial challenges of brand messaging include improving brand awareness and building a base of well-informed customers that embrace brand loyalty. A direct link to building successful businesses is the amount of a brand’s visibility in the marketplace. Joe Purifico, a resident of Glen Mills and the president and general counsel…
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Upper Darby Native and French Fashion Consultant Provides Fashion Tips for Older Women
Marie-Therese Norris may have grown up in a community, Upper Darby, that’s as American as apple pie. However, with a French father and French-American mother, she was a product of a bilingual and bicultural household. Using her European background and passion for fashion, Norris, an Upper Darby graduate, started her own business as a consultant,…
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