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January 15, 2014 Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors By Amy C. Edmondson How her long history of collaboration catapulted her to the top, and will help GM.

Talent management Hispanic Talent Is the Future for Big Companies by Tammy Erickson By 2050, Hispanics will represent over half of the U.S. workforce. Managing people The Case of the Angry Accountant by Charalambos Vlachoutsicos Dealing with an employee prone to outbursts. Innovation Will 3-D Printing Cause Traditional Manufacturing to Collapse? by Ed Bernstein Local manufacturing networks will arise and low-end "beta" products will become the norm. Finance When an Activist Hedge Fund Thinks a Company's Salaries Are Too High, Who's Right? by Justin Fox An activist investor sets its sights on Juniper Networks. Coaching Cultural Coaching: Knowing When to Shut Up by Erin Meyer The American tendency to fill up quiet space is not a good strategy with the Chinese. Talent management Motivating People to Perform at Their Peak by Art Markman How to get them to explore new possibilities instead of exploiting the tried-and-true. China Why Chinese Patients So Often Come Home from Clinic with Antibiotics by The Daily Stat Among the societal costs of antibiotic abuse is the rise of drug-resistant "superbugs." Talent management Is the Aging Workforce Really Creating Your Skill Shortages? by David DeLong Knowing where your risk lies is essential to managing the looming gap.

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