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High Expectations: Managing For Value In The Automotive Industry

Chief Executive

During this time, the industry’s EP growth was challenged as margins were squeezed by declining global volumes and high fixed costs. However, from December 2020 to December 2021, investors raised their outlook for OEM EP growth as supply tightened and pricing firmed, reflecting an expected rebound in U.S.

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Talent Strategy: ‘It’s About Being Intentional’

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Many companies, in fact, moved both by the tightening labor market and cheaper borrowing, went on hiring sprees in 2021, only to have to announce layoffs a few months later amid falling stock prices and higher interest rates. And the already significant fixed costs of adding staff are only getting steeper. This year’s 4.8

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The Crisis in Child Care: A Tri-Sector Solution?

UVA Darden

The conversation was initiated at a TSL event in 2021, and the dialogue continues. Once you add fixed costs to those wages, it gets very expensive to run a quality program with skilled providers. TSL gave me the opportunity to facilitate a dialogue between current and future cross-sector leaders around this critical topic.

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Recession-Proof Your L&D Strategies and Budget For Future Success

AIHR

Instead it will drive up the cost of scarce and critical talent in a market that is already suffering from a lack of supply. This is evident with technical and digital roles seeing a double-digit percentage increase in salary growth from 2020 to 2021, compared to a 2,8% increase in other industries within the UK.

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