Thu.Sep 15, 2022

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Group Dynamics: The Leader's Toolkit

Ed Batista

One of the most significant themes in my practice is the leader whose team of direct reports are experiencing difficulties working together. Most of my clients are CEOs, and they face this challenge with their company's senior leadership team, but it's a dilemma that can occur at every level of an organization. And while the leader isn't solely responsible for their team's culture, they typically have the greatest ability to influence it--for better and for worse.

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In a Competitive Labor Market, Small Things are Big Things

SHRM Organizational Development

At a time when employees begin returning "back to the office" in a post-pandemic economy, human resource officers and corporate leaders seek ways to make their corporate culture most accommodating. One thing employers can help facilitate is the financial life of their employees outside of their nine-to-five grind. They can assist in attaining employment and income verification swiftly, without the pain of long waits and red tape.

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Offering Support To Neurodiverse And Neurotypical Children As They Return To School

Forbes Leadership

A new year and a new grade entail many changes, unfamiliar routines, and meeting new people. Parents understandably worry about their children making these transitions. Below, we speak to several experts on how to provide this support best, whether your child is neurotypical or neurodiverse.

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I stood up to a sexist coworker who wanted me to take all the notes for a team I’m not even on

Alison Green

This post, I stood up to a sexist coworker who wanted me to take all the notes for a team I’m not even on , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Your recent letter about office housekeeping and calendar invites reminded me of an incident that happened at work about a year ago. I am the director of architecture for a company and work closely with a man who is my peer, the director of construction — we both directly report to the CEO of the compan

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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In The Caribbean, 57% Are Struggling To Put Food On The Table

Forbes Leadership

According to the United Nations World Food Programme and CARICOM, between February and August 2022, a cost-of-living crisis fueled a 46% increase in moderate to severe food insecurity in the Caribbean region, leaving 57% of the population struggling to put food on the table.

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Six Reasons To Gift Your Team Experiences, Not Swag

Chief Executive

As more and more people, especially Millennials and Gen Z, say they value experiences over big-ticket purchases, the trend has inevitably found its way into the workplace—rewards equal motivation and productivity. A Gallup study found that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work, costing the global economy $7 trillion in lost productivity.

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my boss changes her mind after I’ve already started a project, how common is swearing at work, and more

Alison Green

This post, my boss changes her mind after I’ve already started a project, how common is swearing at work, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss changes her instructions after I’ve already starting working on a project. After having a few different managers in my current role, I now have a manager I love.

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Get Ready For A Winter Of Discontent With Layoffs, High Inflation And A Plunging Stock Market

Forbes Leadership

Stubbornly high inflation, a possible recession, rising interest rates, corporate budget cuts and headcount reduction are all likely to continue, as Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell wages war against inflation.

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5 Ways Arrogance Struggles on its Own

Leadership Freak

Meaningful service and happy feelings don’t always go together. But arrogance – the hidden enemy of leadership – makes the burdens of leadership heavier.

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Smith College Selects Sarah Willie-LeBreton To Be Its New President

Forbes Leadership

Smith College announced today that its Board of Trustees has selected Sarah Willie-LeBreton, currently Provost at Swarthmore College, to become the college’s 12th president. She will assume the Smith presidency on July 1, 2023.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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What Techniques Could Scrum Masters Use in 2022?

Walk Me

As a scrum master, you should be imaginative and innovative to best help your scrum team. You don’t need to be a full-stack developer, but being able to think quickly on your feet will go a long way in helping your team member. Scrum masters are responsible for facilitating the scrum process and ensuring that information is exchanged efficiently among team members.

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What A Recession Could Mean For Your Job Hunt—And Your Personal Brand

Forbes Leadership

The Great Resignation has dominated headlines and changed the dynamics of the hiring relationship. But what will happen if a recession replaces the Resignation?

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What Techniques Could Scrum Masters Use in 2023?

Walk Me

With digital transformations experienced industry-wide, business leaders and change leaders are accelerating organizational development by adopting Agile methods to capture the value of a digitally disruptive era. The Scrum framework is an agile development methodology that tackles this challenge by promoting value creation and intricate problem-solving within teams.

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15 Things Brands Seeing Low Social Engagement Might Be Doing Wrong

Forbes Leadership

To rise above the noise of competitors who are posting more frequently to win eyeballs, businesses will have to up their social game this year and avoid common missteps.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Work-Life Balance For Managers: 10 Tips To Find It

BetterUp

Jump to section. We know you’re in charge, but you deserve some rest. What can you do to improve your own work-life balance as a manager? What can you do for your employees? How can personal relationships contribute to work-life balance? Delegate, delegate, delegate. Setting realistic goals for yourself and your employees. It’s not just about taking time off.

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Executive And Leadership Coaching Transforms Organizations

Forbes Leadership

Executive and leadership coaching transforms leaders and organizations. Businesses need effective managers to lead teams through change, burnout, and economic upheaval. With concerns of a recession, what can executives do to ensure that organizational performance exceeds stakeholder expectations?

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How Habits Can Boost Your Concentration

BetterUp

Jump to section. How do habits function in the brain? How habits can boost your concentration levels. 10 habits to boost concentration. The importance of morning routines. Building habits take time: enjoy the process. Make visualization your ally. It's all about mindset.

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Low Funding And Ineffective Teaching Don’t Explain Test-Score Gaps

Forbes Leadership

The common wisdom is that students from lower-income families experience worse outcomes than their more affluent peers because they have less effective teachers and their schools get less funding. But recent evidence casts doubt on both those explanations.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Why Do We Fear Failure? Understanding Setbacks to Conquer Wins

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is the fear of failure? Why do we fear failure? Reassess your definition of failure. Self-sabotage and the fear of failure. Prepare for the worst-case scenario. Set small wins to conquer the battle. Courage is not the absence of fear.

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How Covid-19 Affected Those Nursing Homes Residents Who Didn’t Die

Forbes Leadership

Even in nursing homes with no identified Covid-19 cases, residents lost more weight and were more depressed during the worst of the pandemic.

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How To Prioritize Tasks: Break the Cycle of Feeling Overwhelmed

Niagara Institute

It would be hard to find someone who hasn’t experienced moments at work where they’re overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks to complete. It’s the feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done and being trapped by an overflowing to-do list where tasks keep piling on.

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The New School Year Presents Challenges—And Opportunities—To Support Youth Mental Well-Being

Forbes Leadership

The challenges facing our youth are tough to imagine, but it is our job as leaders and experts to ensure that we are there to support and guide them, as well as listen to and understand their concerns.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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10 TouchStone Business Systems Alternatives That Will Boost Your Business

Sweet Process

Start your free 14-day trial of SweetProcess No credit card needed. Cancel anytime. Click Here To Try it for Free. Every organization needs a business management software solution to help organize, manage, document, and implement its procedures. With properly documented processes, every employee in the company can access and use simple and trackable tools from […].

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Harnessing The Power Of Electric Vehicles: Can Used EV Batteries Make The World More Sustainable?

Forbes Leadership

EV batteries make daily commutes more sustainable, but they could do much more, including helping deploy the low-emission energy system our world needs to fight climate change.

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Using Office Design to Tell Your Brand’s Story

Zenefits

Coming up with an interesting logo, featuring it prominently on a central office wall, and buying furniture to match is 1 way to use office design to tell your brand’s story. But it’s not the only way. And it’s probably not the best or most effective way, either. Especially if you host client meetings in your office, if your space looks like all of your competitors, it’s going to be harder to stand out among the crowd.

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Getting DEI Right In The Metaverse (And Why It Matters)

Forbes Leadership

How can the metaverse manifest equality and belongingness in ways that ensure its users don’t feel threatened or ridiculed simply for being themselves (without bothering anyone else)?

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The mental health needs of working parents are more nuanced than employers may realize

BetterUp

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Coaching In A Time Of Recession: Four Key Stages To Guide Your Efforts

Forbes Leadership

There are practical steps that coaches can take to ensure greater control of their practices and weather the storm.

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Purpose vs. Meaning in Brands | Dr. Martina Olbert

Peter Winick

How brands can shift advertising to meet new needs of customers. An interview with Dr. Martina Olbert about how the pandemic has created a humanistic paradigm that is changing the way we see brands. When it comes to the “higher purpose” of your brand or organization, how much control do you have on either versus the values customers will place on them?

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What The Shopify Era Means For The Future Of ECommerce And Creator Partnerships

Forbes Leadership

Influencer marketing has long been a tactic of large and small brands alike when trying to raise product and brand awareness, drive sales, and establish credibility with target audiences. Recently it’s become easier than ever before to start your own e-commerce business through tools like Shopify.

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How to Fix the Perception of HR

AIHR

Welcome to another exciting episode of All About HR! This is the series for HR Professionals and business leaders who want to future-proof their organization and learn about the latest trends & insights from industry experts, CHROs, and thought leaders. What can HR do to change how the organization perceives them? In this episode of All About HR season 2, we discuss with Steve Browne — Chief People Officer @ LaRosa’s — what HR can do to build a positive image in the eyes of the employees and

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How This Leader Is Using NFTs to Merge Hollywood Storytelling With Personal Growth

Forbes Leadership

While the world of web3 has been going through some turbulent times as of late, one man has been building behind the scenes with a mission of leading individuals to improve their wellbeing and be part of a creative process.

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