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Pizza Parties In Lieu of Compensation: A Comprehensive History

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ezCater suggests that the pizza party inspires nostalgia for better, more carefree times when we didn’t have to worry about bills or clients or greying hair: Everyone loves a pizza party. When did pizza establish itself as a corporate reward far more valuable than a few extra digits in a payroll ledger? It all starts when we’re kids.

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KPMG’s ‘Do As We Say Not As We Do’ Tips to Prevent Employee Turnover

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KPMG has some sponsored content in Harvard Business Review about how to keep employees from defecting (defecting? While financial reward is still a top priority, employees are thinking more holistically about their experience at work and which benefits they prioritize. Strap in, Gen Z, this is about to be your fault.

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Hiring Remote Workers – Flashback Friday

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Here’s a flashback post – Be Open-Minded About Hiring Remote Workers. It references an HBR article that you should read. As they become experienced, ask them to stretch and take on more difficult work. Don’t let your current managers cling to work.

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The Source of Truth

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This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about giving and receiving feedback. It is an excerpt from the article, The Feedback Fallacy, via HBR, written by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. How about starting January 1st? “How to give people feedback is one of the hottest topics in business today.”

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Bringing In Future Hotel Loyalists With Fitness Passes

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A recent study published in the Harvard Business Review ( HBR ) found that those who spend more than a half or so month away from home were “significantly more likely” to report negative health effects, such as trouble sleeping, anxiety and “poor self-rated health.” Bringing New Customers Into Hotels.

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Oxford Study Finds Workplace Wellness Programs Do Diddly Squat For Mental Health

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Which confirms what we’ve all known for a while now, these programs are a mostly performative gesture to make leadership feel better about themselves. Wrote Charlotte Lieberman in HBR : From coal mines to conference rooms, employers’ motivation is simple: keep workers healthy, keep company costs down. That is not sarcasm.

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Brexit, Bitcoin And Ethereum: Governance Gone Awry, With Beach Reading

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Now, the thing about Brexit is that it seems like someone spiked the tea of the elected officials with something that made them really stupid, with perhaps Prime Minister Cameron getting the heaviest dose. Forget about suggesting that such a momentous decision was going to be left to a simple majority vote in the first place.