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Many business owners find it to be a huge challenge to attract and retain a group of talented and hardworking employees that are loyal to the company and its mission. Finding high caliber employees with advanced skills to complete important jobs within a company is a challenge that not only exists in today's marketplace, but one that business owners have had to navigate for years. Everyone is looking for top talent, and those companies that excel in attracting and retaining this talent are the ones that will reap the rewards.

Top Stories: Lodging & Gaming
 What Can Reviews Of The World's Top Hotel Teach You?
TripAdvisor recently announced the winners of their 2016 Traveller's Choice Awards. Hotels all over the world were lauded for excelling in their categories
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 Are You A Hotel Marketing Groundhog?
Groundhogs Day is a silly holiday, but a helpful symbolic event for many hotel marketers.  After all, you can't lead your property if you're hunkered down in your hole or sitting behind your desk, stuck behind closed doors returning emails and analyzing spreadsheets
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 How Marriott Got To The Top Of The Hotel Industry By Focusing On Employee Health And Wellness
With over 400,000 employees (after the proposed acquisition of Starwood) in their managed locations, Marriott spans 31 brands, across 100 countries all over the world. They are the largest hotel company in the world, knitted together by their people centric culture that David and his team have been spearheading.
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Top Stories: Healthcare
 Hospitals Find a Way to Say, 'I'm Sorry'
Stanford's Pearl program is serving as a model for more so-called communication and resolution programs that hospitals are adopting to interact with patients when things go wrong and avoid costly litigation.
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 Four Areas Hospital Boards Must Watch As Risk, Complexity Increases
The risks for hospital boards are increasing. The issues are more complex and the stakes are higher than ever before. In four key areas, hospital boards must be vigilant about their oversight responsibilities:
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 7 Things To Know About The State Of Population Health And The Gaps In Progress
A national study released Tuesday provides one of the first looks at the pace of transition from fee-for-service to population health and value-based models of care. Here are seven highlights derived from the study:
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Top Stories: Human Resources
 Randstad's 2016 Hot Jobs List Finds HR Generalist Candidates in Demand
Staffing agency Randstad recently released its 2016 list of "hot jobs"in the engineering, finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, manufacturing and logistics, and office and administration industries, which details some interesting predictions for HR in the year to come.
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 Why Human Resources Is Ripe For Disruption
Today we are seeing new technologies, new approaches to recruiting, talent management, the evolution of organizations structures, employee engagement, feedback, transparency and much more. All of these things are forcing us to evolve how we look at the people-centric aspect of how our organizations operate. 
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 Company Perks Keep Getting Nicer, But Only for Some Workers
At Seattle-based real estate website Zillow, new moms traveling for work can have their breast milk shipped on the company's dime. Consulting company Accenture will pay for employees to have gender reassignment surgery. Twilio, a messaging service based in San Francisco, gives workers free Kindle tablets and a $30 subscription to purchase books.
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