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Finding Ways to Make Scheduling Flexibility Feasible and Profitable: Create Value by Improving Conditions for Your Low-Level Workers
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6028BC-ELeadership and People ManagementMany managers assume that a lack of work-related benefits such as paid sick leave, paid leave to care for family members, and scheduling flexibility are inherent in the type of work low-level employees perform, when in fact the opposite is true. Flexibility is not only important to the health and well-being of your workers and their families, but can provide valuable returns for your company. This chapter examines the experiences of factory line-...Starting at €8.20
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Offering Training Where It Is Valued Most: How Training Programs for Low-Level Employees Can Increase Your Firm's Productivity and Profits
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6031BC-ELeadership and People ManagementCompanies can reap tremendous benefits by offering training to their employees, most directly by improving their workers' job-related skills and productivity. But worldwide, these opportunities are overwhelmingly offered to those who already have an advantage. By implementing successful training programs in your company for your low-level employees-like ESL or literacy training, technical skill building, internal advancement training, or even ext...Starting at €8.20
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Establishing Career Tracks for the Least-Advantaged Workers: How Your Company Wins by Making Advancement Accessible to All
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6032BC-ELeadership and People ManagementOne of the most significant yet ironically least common ways of ensuring good working conditions for your lowest-level employees is to provide them with advancement opportunities. While near constant attention is devoted to the career paths of employees with a higher education, few companies pay similar attention to those with limited formal education. This chapter, culled from interviews with workers at all levels of the corporate ladder on six ...Starting at €8.20
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Developing a Blueprint for Changing Companies and Lives: A Ten-Step Plan for Improving Working Conditions for All--and Boosting Your Company's Profitability
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6041BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's becoming apparent that companies that invest in and improve the quality of life for those at the bottom of the corporate ladder can increase the quality, quantity, and value of their products and services by doing so. Companies that invest in their low-level employees see short-term gains like increased productivity, as well as long-term gains like having built a loyal and educated workforce. This chapter summarizes the authors' fifteen year...Starting at €8.20
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Providing All Employees with More Than a Living Wage: How Raising Your Workers' Earnings Will Boost Your Profits
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6027BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIt has become conventional wisdom that firms gain an important competitive advantage by paying the lowest wages they can get away with. But are the lowest wages for skilled workers really in your company's best interest? Drawing from thousands of interviews with employees from the front line to the C-suite, this chapter highlights the critical issues surrounding structuring wages and incentives in a variety of sectors. You will learn how real-lif...Starting at €8.20
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Increasing Productivity and Reliability by Investing in Health Care: Create Value by Improving Conditions for Your Low-Level Workers
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6029BC-ELeadership and People ManagementEmployers have been called the "new gatekeepers" of health care and health in recognition of the crucial importance of working conditions. This chapter brings together a decade and a half of research on the relationship between working conditions and health to demonstrate the economic benefits of investing in the health of your workers. Not only will you decrease absenteeism and improve performance among your workers, you can improve your ability...Starting at €8.20
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Building Assets to Ensure That the Lowest-Level Employees Are Not Left Behind: Create Value by Investing in Your Workforce
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6030BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAs a manager, you are probably aware of the compelling evidence that confirms that companies stand to gain when they share their profits with employees. You may also be aware of the argument that to attract highly skilled workers, you must offer extras like higher salaries and stock options. But what about the economic incentive to offer asset-building programs to employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder? This chapter explodes the misconce...Starting at €8.20
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Engaging Employees in the Company's Profits and Their Own: Why Everybody Wins When You Provide Incentives to Your Low-Level Employees
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6038BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThere is a demonstrated advantage in overall business performance among high-engagement companies compared with their low-engagement counterparts. Yet despite persuasive evidence, companies rarely maximize the potential benefits of employee engagement by encouraging it in workers at all levels of the corporate ladder. It's time to unlock the potential increase in customer satisfaction, commercial sales, and diminished turnover rates that engaging...Starting at €8.20
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Reaping Returns from Community Investments: Why It Pays for Your Company to Give Back
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6039BC-ELeadership and People ManagementSince members of the community often constitute a company's labor force in addition to its customer base, support from the community can facilitate both production and sales, just as opposition can significantly impede expansion. As a result, a company's relationship with the community can be a critical determinant of its economic future. This chapter shows you how your company can invest in communities during both stable and turbulent economic t...Starting at €8.20
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Creating Good Working Conditions Throughout the Supply Chain: Locally and Globally
Heymann, JodyBook Chapter HBS-6040BC-ELeadership and People ManagementRegardless of its origin, any organization that is working across borders needs to answer a fundamental question about the nature of the work environment: If your company is from a high-income country with an operation in a low-income country, which aspects should be similar to the other local worksites and which should be similar to those in your company's headquarters? How should wages be structured, benefits be determined, and work conditions ...Starting at €8.20