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Does your company have a 'feel good story'?


Every Friday/Saturday, we post our favorite 'feel good' stories on our website and social media accounts. Here's last week's post:  Feel Good Stories: April 20 - April 24

Want to feature your company? Send us your feel good story to ar@egretconsulting.com!

Emerging Tech: What hasn(n't) changed?

The first c ommercial jet pack  available for the small price of $68,000 , the first ever Apple iPad  was introduced a  push for  space tourism by Virgin Galactica the  nPower  PEG charg ed  handheld devices for $1 25...all available in 2010 How has this technology evolved since?  Apple is now selling  the 7 th  generation of the iPad   (has since added on the iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad pro)  and portable chargers can be purchased on Amazon for as little as $15. And for the jet pack? Well, like all the "cool" tech like the  hoverboard and Segway , it  couldn't retain interest from the  average  consumer   nor did they have  $68k  waiting   to purchase a jet pack.   Jet packs also compli cate air transportation  among safety issues  like  a failed engine during flight...they're nothing but entertainment today.  

Like the  ' exciting '  tech above, the Electrical Industry has seen  its fair   share of new and evolving technology. It's interesting to see how far (or little)  ...


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As our population ages and our economy expands fueling the need for more and better qualified talent, the availability of the US 'Human Capital Supply Chain'  continues  to shrink.  This  demographic  pressure will force companies to intensify their efforts to increase  productivity ,  attract the best talent available  and increase training efforts   to continue to meet their expansion plans.  As well-detailed in the book ' TopGrading ' by Bradford Smart, PhD. T h e ability to achieve aggressive growth plans lies with the quality of the talent within organizations.  'A'  players  deliver significantly more revenue and profits than 'B' players.   

The cost to an organization for a bad hire is estimated  to...



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- CEO, LED Lighting Manufacturer
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