Most of us know the old saying, “Take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves.” But in more and more companies around the world, strategically-minded human resources leaders are turning this on its head. The new mantra is, “Take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.” For example, this week my colleagues and I at The RBL Group are working with a global HR leadership team from AXA, one of the biggest global financial services companies. AXA is an excellent company with strong leaders and a clear commitment to leadership development and talent management under HR Group SVP Alain Rohaut and Executive Development head Shu Khoo.

The banking giant Citigroup is saying goodbye to its $100 million man, Andrew J. Hall, and the commodities firm he ran. While the firm had generated big profits for the bank, it had also led to significant controversy because of Mr

No ifs, ands or buts — stock prices are barreling ahead again. For how long is anybody’s guess. Let’s say for argument’s sake that you buy Wall Street’s rapidly swelling party line that the economy is on the road to recovery, and therefore it makes sense to begin nibbling away at the stock market

A year after Washington rescued the banks considered too big to fail, the ones deemed too small to save are approaching a grim milestone: the 100th bank failure of 2009. In what has become a ritual, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has swooped down on a handful of troubled lenders almost every Friday, seizing 98 since January alone and putting their assets into the hands of another bank.

Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts? Its critiques allege that SBA’s procurement program is rife with fraud.

Somewhere, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has tears in his eyes. His favorite vehicle, Hummer, has left the building. Its sale was announced today

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