Fri.Mar 10, 2023

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Here’s the Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Lolly Daskal

There is growing evidence to suggest that positive work cultures are more productive than negative ones. In fact, research shows that employees who feel positive about their work environment are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and productive. On the other hand, employees who work in negative or toxic cultures are more likely to be disengaged and less productive.

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Silicon Valley Bank’s Meltdown Could Fuel Widespread Job Losses

Forbes Leadership

Fallout from the troubled Silicon Valley Bank could adversely impact the job market, particularly in the venture capital, startup and cryptocurrency sectors where SVB was a prominent lender and banker.

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We Need More Useful Intelligence, Not Just Artificial Intelligence

Chief Executive

Artificial or not, what’s most important is that intelligence be useful. Which is why there’s a better name for what businesses need right now: Useful Intelligence or what I call UI, or a tool that filters out bad or even dangerous information and delivers fact-based, well-researched data genuinely useful to humankind, and in turn companies across the world.

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Adventure Nannies’ Brandy Schultz Shares How She Scaled A 7-Figure Niche Childcare Business

Forbes Leadership

Brandy Schultz founded Adventure Nannies to start a business and support her aspiring musician boyfriend, now husband, Wesley Schultz, lead singer of The Lumineers. Shenandoah Davis came on as CEO to scale the company to 7-figures. Its community consists of over 15,000 nannies.

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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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The Most Important Question CEOs Should Ask Before Next Earnings Season

Chief Executive

Many CEOs have once again spent earnings season focused on the past—and often on the defensive. Yet the best ones use moments like these to go on the offensive. They see them as opportunities to change the discussion from the past to the future. When done right, they can allow you to clearly articulate for yourself—and your teams—what you’re going to double down on.

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Disney’s ‘Firebuds’ Wants To Show People Young And Old Disability Representation Is, In Fact, Diversity

Forbes Leadership

The series has two episodes, one premiering today (called "Cleft Hood") and another premiering next week (called "All That Jazzy"), that is much more disability-centric along the lines of the aforementioned shows.

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Silicon Valley Bank: How A Bank Fails

Forbes Leadership

Silicon Valley Bank was shut down by regulators on Friday, March 10, in the largest bank failure since 2008. It appears that asset-liability mismatch was behind the bank’s problems.

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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Michael McKinney

I F you’re looking to expand your thinking, then look no further than Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins. For those of us that have always heard, “Always have a Plan B,” burning the boats may sound reckless. What Higgins is saying is that “you don’t win when you give yourself the option to lose.” Should you process risk?

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This 30 Under 30 Alumna Is One Step Closer To Helping Your Dogs Live Longer

Forbes Leadership

Celine Halioua’s company, Loyal, is getting ready to enter clinical trials for its new canine drug. Her goal? To give you more healthy, happy years with your dogs.

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There’s Nothing Quiet About It: The Shifting Employee-Employer Relationship 

AIHR

In brief Recently, there has been a plethora of articles headlining one of these buzzwords. Comically, these trends are often described as unprecedented or life-changing concepts that are entirely new to HR. They’re not. Quiet Quitting has been well-studied. It is called employee disengagement. Quiet Hiring is nothing new. It’s called having a good internal mobility strategy.

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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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Silicon Valley Bank’s Meltdown Could Cause A Contagion Effect Creating Job Losses

Forbes Leadership

Fallout from the troubled Silicon Valley Bank could adversely impact the job market, particularly in the venture capital, startup and cryptocurrency sectors where SVB was a prominent lender and banker.

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4 Principles for Improving Customers’ Digital Experience

Harvard Business Review

Customer expectations are outpacing technological innovation. Here’s how to close the gap.

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AI Applications Extend Throughout Education Sector

Forbes Leadership

AI integration continues to expand around the world and throughout sectors supporting education. Minerva University, Trymata and others are integrating AI business applications and learning models into day-to-day operations across the globe.

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Designing a Climate Advocacy Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Businesses must use their power and influence to push for the systemic changes required to meet climate targets.

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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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CAN And Best Buy Announce Partnership To Stock World’s Smartest Walking Stick

Forbes Leadership

CAN Mobilities, the company behind the innovative CAN GO smart cane which can measure mobility, track location and call loved ones, has announced a new partnership with consumer electronics giant Best Buy.

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Leadership Quotes from Inspiring Women

Refresh

This week, we celebrated International Women’s Day, and in the U.S., we celebrate the incredible history of trailblazing, inspirational women for Women’s History Month. From classic heroines like Joan of Arc to courageous abolitionists like Harriet Tubman to unyielding suffragists like Susan B. Anthony, history is anchored by powerful, inspiring women.

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IN A HARSH CLIMATE, PUT PERFORMANCE OVER “POTENTIAL”

Forbes Leadership

Executives became accustomed to continuous recruiting and staffing as the solutions to issues of growth, not squeezing more from the system. Team leaders were often rewarded for activity – meaning spending or creating initiatives - rather than hitting numbers.

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Spotlight Effect: Are You Really at the Center of It All?

BetterUp

Jump to section What’s the spotlight effect? Social anxiety disorder and the spotlight effect 4 common spotlight effect situations 4 consequences of the spotlight effect 6 ways to overcome the spotlight effect Be your most authentic self You’re onstage giving a presentation, the spotlight creating a soft halo around you. But your mind draws a blank, and everyone’s staring at you wondering what’s wrong.

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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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Mental Health Awareness: 13 Ways HR Managers Can Offer Grief Support At Work

Forbes Leadership

Anyone can give sympathy immediately after a loss or tragedy, but what shows true value is when HR leaders can demonstrate that the care and concern are continuous.

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FMLA vs. PFL

Zenefits

Sorting out the types of leave available can be challenging for employees. While some types of family and medical leave are mandatory for employers to offer, others are solely based on the organization’s discretion. Add to that trying to figure out if you qualify for paid leave or must take it without pay, and you have a complex issue to untangle.

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Ethical Business Practices Attracting Multi-Generational Audiences

Forbes Leadership

Gen-Z continues to demonstrate a willingness and, for some, a prerequisite to include purpose and ethical practices inside the business world. Early-career professionals, investors, and educators are finding new ways to support a more equitable business landscape.

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How to Prepare for Maternity Leave

Zenefits

Pregnancy is an exciting time. And whether for yourself or someone on your team, it’ll be important to know how to prepare for maternity leave. After learning of the great news that a new baby is arriving, it may not be long before you all start wondering how maternity leave will impact continuity. According to Zippia , some 70% of women take some form of maternity leave, whether paid and/or unpaid.

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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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Employees Are Overloaded—96% Say Workplace Tools Aren’t Helping Them Keep Up

Forbes Leadership

Companies are loading staff up with more work than they can handle, further eroding trust and compromising the mental health of the American workforce, studies show.

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Returning to Work After Maternity Leave

Zenefits

Remember way back when you were planning for maternity leave? Well the date for your return to work is coming up. Those days planning for maternity leave probably felt like a million years ago. But in a way, it also seems like time flew—way too quickly. Making the transition to returning to work after maternity leave is often difficult for new moms.

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Hillary Clinton In Conversation With Forbes: ‘It’s Going To Be A Fight To Prevent The Further Erosion’ Of Women’s Rights

Forbes Leadership

Clinton sat down with Forbes senior editor Maggie McGrath to talk about women's leadership, the 2024 presidential election and the rollback of reproductive rights in the United States following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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How to Write a Paternity Leave Out-of-Office Message

Zenefits

The paternity leave out-of-office message might be one of the most exciting automated responses a man ever gets to compose. It’s a good time to let the excitement show , just a bit, but be sure to keep it professional. You’re about to become the father of a new child. Here’s how to compose a professional yet fun out-of-office paternity voicemail or email message.

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Pell Grants, Free Community College, Research Funding Among Higher Ed Priorities In Biden FY 2024 Budget

Forbes Leadership

An increase in Pell Grants, a renewal of the call for free community college and significant boosts in federal research spending are key elements in the FY 2024 budget proposal submitted yesterday by President Joe Biden.

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Paternity Leave Benefits: How They Can Help Families

Zenefits

Paternity leave is one benefit that has effects far beyond just the new fathers who take it. Many employers extend family and medical leave policy to include paid paternity leave benefits and find that fathers, children, and mothers do better. If you’re a working father and your employer provides paid paternal leave. Read on to discover some of the professional and personal reasons to take advantage of the benefit.

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6 Ways To Make Business School An Inclusive Environment For Women

Forbes Leadership

In 2022, more than half of business school programs reported a stable or growing number of applications from women, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Application Trends survey – clearly a positive push towards advancing gender parity in the MBA and Masters classroom.

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Sick Leave Email: How to Write One Properly

Zenefits

Crafting a sick leave email can be difficult—especially if you’ve never written one before. And chances are you’re not feeling good while you’re writing it—that’s why you need a sick day. Even so, it’s important to use the correct format and business etiquette for sick leave emails. Knowing the details ahead of time, or having them close at hand, can make it easier to write one when you’re under the weather.

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One Month After Earthquakes In Turkey And Syria, UNICEF Still Reaching Children In Need

Forbes Leadership

In the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, UNICEF is working around the clock providing lifesaving assistance to children and helping families rebuild their lives.

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7 Ways to Advance Self-Care

Leadership Freak

Sometimes the greatest gift you can give your team is to let them go home. Image of a welcome mat.