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Best-Self Management: Don’t Manage Employee Performance, Unlock Their Potential

15Five

Perhaps most impactful and serendipitous of all, I met Simon Sinek in 2007, who two years later gave his famous TED talk that’s now garnered over 41 million views. It didn’t seem fair to just pay her the base salary, as that would be half or even less of what she typically earned and might create a financial hardship.

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1992-2012: My 20-year Affair with Spain

Ahmed's Universe

Much of the employee protection (especially in the firing department) that had been in place from time immemorial is gone and with salary levels frozen, the workforce is about to become competitive. As a reaction to the current crisis, Spanish labor laws have been overhauled so radically that trade unions are still too dizzy to react.