Is “flexible leadership” right for your firm?
By Steven E. Sacks
One of the revelations arising from the Great Recession was that companies could find they could do more with less human resources or at least maintain the same level of productivity.
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Exclusively for PRO Members. Log in here or upgrade to PRO today.So, while the Bureau of Labor and Statistics cites the current unemployment rate at 3.9 percent, the actual number is higher when the underemployed or those whose unemployment ran out are taken into consideration.
We now have what is referred to as the gig economy, in which important functions can be outsourced while companies can still focus on core competencies that impact growth and profitability.
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