Fri.Dec 16, 2022

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Who hires you to solve what kind of problems?

Peter Winick

Transcript Hey there. It’s Peter Winick. I’m the Founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage. And today, I wanted to share with you an insight and observation that I’ve had after several conversations over the last month or two. So, I talk to a lot of people. Right. I spend a very good deal of my time on calls, on Zoom talking to all sorts of authors, thought leaders, speakers, potential clients, current clients, etc.

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The 2023 Tax Deduction Cheat Sheet

Zenefits

According to the Tax Foundation, small businesses pay or remit more than 93% of all U.S. taxes. At the same time, small employers can count on a long list potential deductions to reduce the financial burden. To get you started on your tax preparation for your 2022 taxes and beyond, here is the mega-list of standard deductions and additional tax credits to consider: The 2023 tax deduction cheat sheet for business owners.

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5+ Ways to Establish Taking Ownership as a Core Value at Work

BetterUp

In the business world, many things are out of our control. The economy, the stock market, interest rates, natural disasters, and world events can all impact our organizations in ways we can't change or predict.

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Three Skills Leaders Will Desperately Need In 2023

Forbes Leadership

This has been a crazy year, and most leaders are desperately hoping that 2023 will bring more calm and stability. Unfortunately, the odds of that happening are slim at best. But if leaders are equipped with a few new skills, whatever challenges come in 2023 won’t seem quite as dire.

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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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Business And Higher Education Partnerships Can Solve The Talent Pipeline Crisis

Chief Executive

The value of a company is rooted in its people, and sustainable success depends on employees who have critical soft-skills along with required technical capabilities. Adaptability, creativity and innovation are more important than ever. Business has shifted due to years of technological advancement along with the impacts of a global pandemic. A long-simmering issue amidst this environment is how we continue to fill the talent pipeline.

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Amid Ambiguity And Interest In ESG & Sustainability Metrics, Atmos Pioneers Pragmatic Reporting Approach

Forbes Leadership

Coupled with the interest and ambiguity in ESG assessments, Atmos pioneers a pragmatic and customized reporting approach to help firms craft and explain their ESG strategy to internal and external stakeholders.

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In West Virginia, Microschools Come With Hope

Forbes Leadership

Microschools have been sprouting across West Virginia and run the gamut of educational philosophies and approaches, from Montessori-inspired programs like Vandalia to classical education models, and include both secular and faith-based options.

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The Disney Effect: How CEOs Can Fortify Against The Panic-Button Era

Chief Executive

CEO job security isn’t what it used to be. A rash of high-profile oustings, including Disney’s Bob Chapek, Under Armor’s Patrik Frisk and Gap’s Sonia Syngal, have underlined how top executives are on particularly shaky ground as we emerge from the pandemic and into a looming recession. When executives get the boot after months or a couple of years in the job, it gives the impression that boards are becoming more short-fused and more willing to hit the panic button at the first sign of investor d

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15 Key Things For Marketers To Keep In Mind When Betting On Consumer Data

Forbes Leadership

With businesses facing an uncertain economic climate, ever-increasing concerns about data privacy and new rules that impact how third-party data is tracked, collected and used, betting on consumer data to make strategic marketing decisions in 2023 may be trickier than it has been in the past.

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A Five-Point Strategy For Avoiding Layoffs

Chief Executive

It seems like there isn’t a day that goes by where we don’t hear about layoffs in the tech industry. In some instances, job cuts are necessary—especially with a recession looming—but they should be the last resort. As the founder of an insurtech company, I’ve watched recent developments with a mix of sadness and frustration. The seemingly callous nature of these dismissals is testing people’s faith in the tech industry to solve society’s difficult problems.

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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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Women Are Finding Serenity, Community And Dealmaking In Ice Baths. Why Corporate Wellness Retreats Are Replacing The Golf Course

Forbes Leadership

I recently returned from the Women’s Health wellness retreat. While indulging in selfcare with 30 powerhouse women, I unintentionally made friends for life and expanded new business opportunities. 48 hours communing with likeminded women not only recharged my soul but reenergized my business.

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it’s more Friday good news … this time with updates

Alison Green

This post, it’s more Friday good news … this time with updates , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s more Friday good news — this time with updates. Here are four updates from people who shared good news here in the past. 1. The person who got a new job and a raise (#3 at the link). Two years into my new position with the same university, it remains as good as it seemed.

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As Grad Student Unionizing Effort Grows, Universities Raise Stipends, Benefits

Forbes Leadership

The national ramifications of the academic strike at the U. of California are beginning to be felt. Graduate students are rallying and unionizing at other universities. For their part, several institutions are boosting graduate stipends, perhaps in hopes of preventing their own labor problems.

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weekend open thread – December 17-18, 2022

Alison Green

This post, weekend open thread – December 17-18, 2022 , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. You may also like: all of my 2021 and 2022 book recommendations all of my 2019 and 2020 book recommendations all of my book recommendations from 2015-2018.

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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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Want To Master A Difficult Topic Quickly? Try These 15 Powerful Hacks

Forbes Leadership

Inevitably, it will take time to fully understand and grasp a complex topic through and through—but there are effective ways to speed up the learning process.

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What is Cloud Computing? According to ChatGPT.

High Scalability

DALL-E picture generated from the answer. I was curious, given all the ChatGPT love, what it would make of some of our favorite topics. I was both impressed and unimpressed. Impressed. ChatGPT instantly generated an response that might make a good answer in a Miss Universe contest. You know, the kind of answer delivered with a radiant smile calculated to offend no one yet still sounds comprehensive and deep.

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Mindset Matters: Key Innovations Businesses Should Think About For The Year Ahead

Forbes Leadership

The column explores the relationship between disability, design thinking, and problem solving as key elements of business growth. Seeing the trend line of design thinking is critical for business disruption.

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What We Learned From Scott Barry Kaufman on The Science of Thriving at Work

15Five

Scott Barry Kaufman , Cognitive Scientist and Humanistic Psychologist and Founder, Center for Human Potential , delivered a keynote address at 15Five’s recent Thrive conference in Austin, Texas. Passionate about human potential, Scott talked through many aspects of his research into personal development and fulfillment, from the value of effort over talent, to embracing inspiration in the workplace, to reframing Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs.

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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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How Safe Do Cities Feel? Machine Learning Techniques Could Help Find Out!

Forbes Leadership

The career path of Colombian physicist Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra took her from studying the Higgs Boson at CERN, to using similar machine learning techniques to gauge perceptions of crime in the Colombian capital of Bogota.

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5 Ways to Use Success to Create Success

Leadership Freak

Easy wins are like cotton candy, sweet and fleeting. Worthwhile achievements are hard won. You create success with focused action done consistently.

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How Instagram Ads (And My Cognitive Bias) Convinced Me To Buy $100 Leggings

Forbes Leadership

Cognitive biases can be particularly troublesome when people are pressed for time, emotional, under stress, or feeling impulsive. In other words, during the holiday season. We offer tips on how critical thinking skills can help to get you through.

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What Will the Global Economy Look Like in 2023?

Harvard Business Review

Expert predictions on inflation, sovereign debt defaults, and other potential 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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On Target With Cheese And Charcuterie Board Trends, Boarderie Grew 1000% This Year

Forbes Leadership

The popularity of cheese and charcuterie boards has exploded in recent years, especially among Millennials. Rachel Solomon and Aaron Menitoff took a local Florida catering business national during Covid lockdowns, creating Boarderie, which ships prearranged boards across the US overnight.

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What Is Internal Mobility and How Can It Work for Your Company?

Zenefits

As retention becomes even more important to businesses, regardless of their size, internal mobility is a strategy that could be productive. Internal mobility, the opportunity to move around in the company, builds engagement and loyalty in employees. The process also nets business staff members with higher levels of knowledge, skills, and value to the organization.

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How To Cope With End-Of-Year Burnout

Forbes Leadership

Don’t settle for just hobbling across the finish line. Take advantage of these five ways to cope with end-of-year burnout.

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Active Listening: What It Is and How To Improve It

BetterUp

Jump to section. What are listening skills? What is active listening? 8 ways to improve your active listening skills. Becoming the best conversation partner. Have you ever talked with a friend, partner, or manager and felt they weren’t listening? Maybe they were fidgeting with their phone or staring into the distance. You likely felt less motivated to share after witnessing this behavior.

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Onyinye Udokporo: Early Diagnosis Builds Exceptional Resilience For Dyslexics

Forbes Leadership

Dyslexic strengths at work are increasingly discussed as talent pipeline. It is not a straight line from diagnosis to fulfilling potential, there are lots of pitfalls along the way. By focusing on those who have succeeded, we can identify the critical junctures that make the difference.

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vote for the worst boss of 2022: the finals

Alison Green

This post, vote for the worst boss of 2022: the finals , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the final round of the Worst Boss of 2022 voting. We’ve narrowed the pool from eight nominees to two (see results from the first round and second round ). The two finalists go head-to-head below. Cast your vote below. Voting closes at 11:59 pm ET on Sunday.

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15 Valuable Tips To Help Businesses Better Communicate With Customers

Forbes Leadership

Creating a communications system and cadence shouldn’t be based on what’s convenient for a business; instead, comms professionals need to learn what each customer prefers and adapt to their expectations.

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How Small Businesses Can Attract Holiday Shoppers in a Downturn

Harvard Business Review

Seven strategies to stay competitive and draw in customers — even when budgets are tight.

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8 Tips To Maintain Mental Clarity When Instability Swirls In The Workplace

Forbes Leadership

Post-pandemic workplace problems caused a mental health epidemic in 2022. The spillover into 2023 is likely to dampen mental clarity, reduce job engagement and lower productivity unless employers and employees take steps to mitigate instability and uncertainty.

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open thread – December 16-17, 2022

Alison Green

This post, open thread – December 16-17, 2022 , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to take your questions to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it

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