Wed.Nov 09, 2022

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Delighting In A Playful Frog Brand With Entrepreneur Rainylune

Forbes Leadership

Rachel Reichenbach is an artist and entrepreneur, who launched a business based on her drawings of cute and chaotic frogs who like to commit crimes.

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Infographic: How to Get Better at Delegating

Refresh

As leaders, we have the tendency of putting our teams on our back to push past enemy lines in the war on talent and market share. But as time has shown, it takes a team to maintain a competitive advantage. Yes, teamwork makes the dream work. However, delegating tasks can be easier said than done. Check out this infographic from Headway Capital to learn seven different ways to get better at delegation!

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my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are

Alison Green

This post, my boss wants to know what the private appointments on my calendar are , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: The norm at my org, like many, is to keep your calendar updated so that meetings can be scheduled without doing the “Are you available at X time?” dance. Because of this, I include non-work appointments on my calendar, and I typically mark them as “private.

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Speaking VS. Teaching. Are you able to do both?

Peter Winick

The post Speaking VS. Teaching. Are you able to do both? appeared first on Thought Leadership Leverage.

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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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Culture Add Interview Questions to Improve Your Hiring Process

Zenefits

How can culture add interview questions help you attract the best candidates? They help solve the problem many hiring managers have: a misunderstanding of what makes a person a good fit in their organization’s culture. It’s no surprise that in 2017, one CareerBuilder survey found that 74% of small business employers admitted to hiring the wrong person for a position.

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Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $7.2 Million For Her Virtual Care Platform Aiming To Reverse The Autoimmune Epidemic

Forbes Leadership

WellTheory is a company on a mission to support those living with autoimmunity and, in turn, reverse the autoimmune epidemic, backed by $7.2 million seed funding round led by Accel, with participation from Box Group, Lux Capital, Scribble Ventures, Rock Health, and more.

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MIT Will Return To The Moon For The First Time Since Apollo, Thanks To This Space Startup

Forbes Leadership

Space exploration company Lunar Outpost will be working with the university to aid NASA as it heads to the Lunar South Pole, the proposed landing site for the crewed Artemis III mission scheduled for 2025.

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employer recorded audio and video while I was in bed … and more

Alison Green

This post, employer recorded audio and video while I was in bed … and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employer was recording audio and video while I was in bed. I normally work on site, but got Covid and had to work from home for a week. I felt pretty bad, so I was in bed for the first two days.

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Let Teams Decide Their Approach To Hybrid Work, Survey Says

Forbes Leadership

When it comes to hybrid work, employees report being most engaged when their team determines its policy of when to come into the office, according to a just-released Gallup survey. Yet only 13% of respondents work in organizations with such effective team-based hybrid work.

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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making a Big Decision

Thought Leaders LLC

Before you make a big decision, make sure you pause and spend some time considering these questions. As you get ready to make an important decision and take action, there are some critical questions you need to ask yourself before you move forward. Take the time to think this stuff through. As you get ready to move forward, ask yourself, how big is this decision?

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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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13 Ways To Bring ‘Too Much’ Of Your Whole Self To Work

Forbes Leadership

Healthy workplace cultures encourage employees to truly feel free and safe to be themselves. But how much of your whole self should you really share?

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my team excludes me from lunches because of my dietary restrictions

Alison Green

This post, my team excludes me from lunches because of my dietary restrictions , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have Celiac disease, which is an autoimmune disease that causes my body to essentially attack itself whenever I eat gluten. It’s not super common, but common enough that I know several people who have it.

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The Top 5 Money Mistakes Businesses Make And How To Avoid Them

Forbes Leadership

Correct records are essential for tracking the financial health of your business, preparing tax returns, and making sound decisions about where to allocate resources.

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7 Questions to Discuss When You Integrate New Team Members

Leadership Freak

Hire someone who doesn’t fit. A team of round-edges needs a few square-pegs to shake things up. But fasten your seatbelts when you integrate new team members.

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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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Proof In America We Vote With Our Wallets, Just Look At The Environmental Debate And EVs After Election Day

Forbes Leadership

We just experienced the US electoral mid-terms. It is clear that the consequences of the US mid-terms may well affect the climate agenda for the for-seeable future for every one of us on the planet. Again.

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how to say no without sounding negative

Alison Green

This post, how to say no without sounding negative , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m by nature an over-thinker/highly analytical person. When I make a structural or wording choice, I put a huge amount of thought into which of the many options will be clearest and easiest to understand. When I then bring the draft to my client or to colleagues, they will often have many suggestions.

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Seahawks Quarterback Geno Smith: When They Write You Off, Don’t Write Back

Forbes Leadership

Leave it to an English major/quarterback to provide this week’s business lesson from the world of sports. The player of note is Geno Smith, who attended West Virginia University and is now the quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks.

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Beating the Winter Blues: How to Manage Stress and SAD at Work

Mind Tools Team Management

The often griped-about "winter blues" may not sound like something to worry about, but as the days get colder and shorter, Seasonal Affective Disorder could be infiltrating your workplace without you knowing! Winter depression can arise from seasonal changes in sunlight exposure and temperature. Combine this with the ongoing cost of living crisis, and it's never been more important for managers to recognize and combat stress within their teams.

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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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Filmmaker And Entrepreneur On A Mission To Educate

Forbes Leadership

Elliot Kotek and his Nation of Artists blend innovative educational ideas to deliver award-winning content and campaigns.

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Holding Our Breath (On Maslow's Hierarchy)

Ed Batista

I've written before about the Hierarchy of Needs, a influential theory developed by the eminent 20th century psychologist Abraham Maslow. [1] According to this framework, human needs are ordered by their "prepotency" or their ability to command our attention and influence our behavior. This hierarchy begins with physiological needs, such as hunger, thirst and sleep: Undoubtedly these physiological needs are the most prepotent of all needs.

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Wealth Of China’s 100 Richest On Forbes List Plunges 39%

Forbes Leadership

The collective net worth of tycoons on the 2022 Forbes’ list of China’s 100 Richest fell 39% to US$907.1 billion from $1.48 trillion last year, marking the biggest drop in wealth since Forbes began tracking the country’s wealthiest more than two decades ago.

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Meaningful Inclusion: Creating a Lasting DEI Program for Employee Retention

Zenefits

So, you’ve done the hard work of setting up a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program and have begun hiring employees who better represent your area’s demographics. What’s next? For HR managers, recruitment is only the beginning — and even more so when you begin hiring more inclusively. A DEI program is essential for today’s businesses, but if its focus is solely on new hires and general training sessions, then it’s possible to miss a huge opportunity for improving retention.

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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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Company Leaders: Move Fast Or Get Left Behind As The Future Of Work Becomes The Way Of Work

Forbes Leadership

There will always be a “future of work” and the future will always bring change.

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How to Be More Persuasive: 6 Tips for Convincing Others

BetterUp

Jump to section. How to be more persuasive: 6 pro tips. Here are some principles of persuasion. What to remember when learning how to be persuasive. The importance of persuasion skills.

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15 Ideas To Help Brands Leverage TikTok For Search Marketing

Forbes Leadership

With this new player on the digital scene, a strong TikTok marketing strategy could be a game changer for companies looking to reach Gen-Zers on their home turf.

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Can You Just Quit Your Job? What to Know Before Jumping Ship

BetterUp

Jump to section. How do you know that you want to quit your job? Can you quit your job without notice? Before you quit your job. How to be professional when quitting without notice. You know yourself best.

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Social Media Influencers Help Female VC Find Fundraising Success

Forbes Leadership

New research highlights a conundrum that women raising venture capital face. They overperform yet face greater scrutiny than their male counterparts. Rather than rely on men, a female VC tapped the power of social media influencers to find LPs for her fund.

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What Is Off-The-Job Training and How Is It Done?

BetterUp

Jump to section. What’s off-the-job training? Off-the-job training methods. Off-the-job versus on-the-job training. Pros and cons of off-the-job training. Getting started.

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This Media Executive Just Solved One Of The Biggest Challenges With Diversity Programs

Forbes Leadership

In far too many companies, diversity is barely more than a slogan, a few social media posts, or worse, a cringe-worthy attempt to monetize a marginalized group's pain.

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From Droughts to Floods, Water Risk Is an Urgent Business Issue

Harvard Business Review

New regulations are forcing companies to confront the issue.

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Neurodiversity And Innovation

Forbes Leadership

The neurodiversity at work movement sometimes puts the innovation hero on a pedestal, whereas in reality neurodivergent people are themselves diverse and varied.

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3 Steps to Prepare Your Supply Chain for the Next Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Risk is often more predictable than you might think.

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