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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others.” ― Nelson Mandela
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NEW MASTERCLASS: The Good Jobs Strategy
Zeynep Ton is the Founder of the Good Jobs Institute. Zeynep is an adjunct associate professor in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management and the author of The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs & Boost Profits. In this masterclass we cover -
Why higher pay for workers doesn’t mean higher prices for customers, and the Costco case-study
Employee turnover: what drives it & how it costs companies more than most executives think
Differences in mindsets between good jobs and bad jobs systems
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