Second, says Paul Benneworth, a regional development researcher at Newcastle University, closures of local and foreign-owned factories have pushed redundant skilled managerial employees into their own ventures.

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The Asda employees, mainly managerial and administrative staff, will join the defined contribution scheme that has been on offer to new recruits since 2005.

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Many of his employees, even below managerial levels, have stock.

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For employees looking to enter the managerial level for the first time, the company also provides a four-week training program with a specialty coach in a particular focus area as well as job-shadowing opportunities.

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This data can give criminals knowledge about the names of employees at a company, insight in its managerial make-up or information about its processes to lend credibility to other attacks.

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In addition to economic, managerial and environmental arguments, you may also want to consider what this will do for your employees, and indeed yourself personally, in the way you work every day.

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Until companies invest in training those in a managerial capacity how to be great at managing, this will always be an issue of why your employees constantly have one foot out the door.

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