The Drake Business Review
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The Drake Business Review is a worldwide publication for senior management, designed to help you meet the human capital challenges and opportunities in your business. This is your "in" to innovative ideas and articles that will assist to improve your business results, allowing you and your company to outperform. Please read and enjoy the following editions.

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Vol 9 No 2. The beginner's guide to HR analytics

  • Identify who is about to quit
  • The beginner’s guide to HR Analytics
  • Create the Conditions to Ensure Team Success
  • Focus on: Making the Right Hire
  • 8 Core Competencies Every Leader should Possess

 

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Vol 9. No 1. Building a high performance organization

  • Management Tips: Seven Ideas to Get the Most from Your People
  • Workforce Analytics: HR's Strategic Asset
  • The Dynamics of Employee Engagement
  • Are You a Leader or a Manager?
  • When Should You Fire a Good Enough Employee?

 

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Vol 8. No 2. The ultimate guide to succession planning

  • Management Tips: Profiting from Business Challenges
  • Choosing the Best Service for your Temporary Staffing Needs
  • Capture a Competitive Advantage through Workforce Planning
  • Focus on High-Potential Talent
  • The HR Audit: An Essential Improvement Tool

 

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Vol 8. No 1. Why leaders fail to deliver: voices from the front line

  • Management Tips: 6 Leadership Tips to Harness the Power of Teamwork
  • Focus on Leadership
  • Leading from a Distance: How to Manage Remote Employees
  • Seven Steps to Creating a Winning Team Culture
  • How to Address Negativity in a Positive Way

 

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Vol 7. No 2. Six common mistakes in leading high performers

  • Six Common Mistakes in Leading High Performers
  • Powerful Metrics to View Your Talent Impact
  • Building an Effective Team
  • Performance Management Myths and Facts
  • How to Build Positive Relationships at Work

 

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Vol 7. No 1. Why HR needs to adopt metrics and predictive analytics

  • Management Tips: 10 ways to Keep Virtuosos Engaged
  • The Strategic Benefits of Outsourcing
  • 9 Characteristics of an Effective Executive Team
  • How to Help Others Resolve the Conflict
  • How to Handle Exit Interviews

 

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Vol 6. No 2. Make your company more effective through workforce planning

  • Employee Performance: Do You Have Fizzlers or Sizzlers?
  • How to Build a Resilient, Stress-Resistant Workforce
  • Hiring Smart
  • 8 Ways to Handle Employee Objections when Delegating Tasks
  • How to become the best leader you can be

 

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Vol 6. No 1. Rethinking organizations from the outside in: talent, leadership, and culture

  • Five Critical Skills for Team Leadership
  • Reduce Employee Turnover in the First 90 Days
  • Feedback That Inspires Passion and Performance
  • How to Predict Managerial Success
  • Measuring the Impact of Absenteeism and Turnover

 

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Vol 5. No 2. Aggressive strategies to win the talent war

  • Management Tips: Six Tips for Rejecting Bad Ideas
  • Five Things That Deteriorate Team Communication
  • How to Manage High and Low Performers
  • Put Leadership on Parade: Communicate with Power
  • Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Most Do in 12 Months

 

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Vol 5. No 1. How to ensure your people make don't break your customer's experience

  • How to Ensure Your People Make, Don't Break Your Customer's Experience
  • Motivating & Inspiring Your People in Difficult Times
  • Why You Need to Build Trust to Boost Performance
  • How to Instill Behaviours That Support Your Corporate Strategy
  • The Ten People Mistakes Leaders Make

 

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Vol 4. No 2. The invisible workforce. How do you lead a team you cannot see?

  • Ten Ways to Keep Your Star Employees
  • What's your Leadership Bailout Plan?
  • Business Process Outsourcing Reaps Rewards
  • How to Avoid 8 Common Mistakes in Managing Change

 

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Vol 4. No 1. Focus on Drake Australia. Talent Management Solutions

  • The Myths About Rewarding Employees
  • Succession Planning - How Deep is Your Talent Pool?
  • The 3 Pillars of Executive Onboarding
  • 6 Key Principles for Managing Remote Employees
  • The Key Steps to Building Teams

 

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Vol 3. No 2. What you need to know for career survival & success in the 21st century

  • 10 Ways to Create an Employee-Centered Workplace
  • Creating Chaos to Develop a High-Performance Organization
  • How to Resolve Conflicts Rationally and Effectively
  • Workforce Planning Improves Productivity
  • How to Retail Sales Talent in a Competitive Market

 

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Vol 3. No 1. The changing face of reward

  • 10 Tips to Take Your Customer Service From Drab to Fab
  • How Winning Small Businesses Think Big & Save Smart
  • 8 Ways to Overhaul Performance Reviews and Transform Your Culture
  • 6 Steps to Simplify Remote Management
  • Dealing With Difficult Employees

 

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Vol 2. No. 3. Engaging employees to retain customers

  • Great Minds Don't Think Alike
  • Kick Start Your Talent Machine
  • 7 Strategies for Building a Great Team
  • Strategic Planning: Don't be Myth Led
  • The Onboarding Stages Critical for Employee Retention

 

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Vol 2. No 2. The five domains of high corporate performance

  • Getting The Best from Your Outsourcing Agency
  • 12 Strategies of High-Income Salespeople
  • Improve Your Listening Skills
  • Be a Great Boss!
  • Don’t Leave Your Corporate Reputation to Chance

 

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Vol 2. No 1. Stumbling to the top

  • Make the Competition Irrelevant
  • Excel in Conflict Resolution
  • Plan for Succession or Failure will Succeed You
  • Virtual Teams – Your Competitive Advantage
  • Employee Well-Being – The Key to Engagement and Performance

 

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Vol 1. No 2. Why intellectual capital is the currency for success

  • Building Competencies and Value through E-Learning
  • Engaging Employees through Periods of Layoffs
  • Turnover – Managing the Problem in Advance
  • Understanding and Minimizing CEO Failure
  • Successful Onboarding – How to Get Your Employees Started off Right

 

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Vol 1. No 1. Predictive management. How to optimize human capital

  • 10 Ways to Foster Innovation in Your Company
  • Power Up Performance: 9 Ways to Keep Employees Engaged
  • Four Steps to Appraisals That Inspire Peak Performance
  • Defining Talent in a Downturn
  • The Traits of a True Leader

 

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