Not Just Competence: Likability Trumps Here in Hiring
Harvard Business School research shows likability often drives hiring and promotion decisions more than competence. Managers favored the lovable star over the competent jerk, and even skilled employees risk being sidelined if they are disliked.
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Dilbert
Harvard Business School
Tiziana Casciaro
Miguel Sousa Lobo
LaForce & Stevens
New York
Clay Parcells
Designer Inn in Toledo Turns Rooms Into Romantic Suites
Toledo hotel uses five fantasy suites with mood lighting, music, fireplaces, and mist fountains to surprise partners. Guests request discreet preparations. owner Gary Strobusch has built 76 themed rooms for Rainbow Nights across 25 years.
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Designer Inn & Suites
Toledo
Gazette Oledo
Marc Strobusch
Nanc Dinga
Cottage Grove
Wis
Dinga
Gary Strobusch
Marc
Strobusch
Milwaukee
Duane Crock
the Gazette
Jamie Upah
Upah
Gary
Sally Strobusch
Sally
Highway 30
Gasket makers rethink business as cremation grows
In Arora Indiana Beth McGinley cites funeral costs driving her plan for cremation after lung cancer. Cremation rates rise toward 45 percent by 2025, pressuring Batesville Casket Co York Casket and Aurora Casket to expand lines from boxes to costly urns and full service options.
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Arora
Ind
Beth McGinley
McGinley
Indianapolis
Batesville Casket Co
York Casket
Aurora Casket Co
Batesville
Elliott Schlang
Soleil Securities
Great Lakes Review
Matthews International Corp
Hillenbrand Industries Inc
York
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