Thu.Nov 10, 2022

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Are you a nice to have or a must have?

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 an idea with you. And that is, that is this. In this economic climate, and the climate that we’re probably going to stay in for a couple of quarters at least. You have to be in the must-have bucket. It is no longer enough to be in the nice to have bucket.

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Metaverse And NFTs Provide Improved Intellectual Property Protections For Brands

Forbes Leadership

Non-fungible tokens, or digital assets that are used to authenticate ownership, coupled with near-field communication, have the potential to substantially reduce fraud and strengthen protection of IP.

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Are you using thought leadership to support your branding, marketing and sales activities?

Peter Winick

The post Are you using thought leadership to support your branding, marketing and sales activities? appeared first on Thought Leadership Leverage.

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Four Ways Charter Schools Undermine Good Education Policy

Forbes Leadership

In a policy paper released today by the National Education Policy Center, Helen Ladd (Duke University) lays out four ways in which modern charter schools are at odds with good education policy.

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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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Workforce Engagement 2023

SHRM Organizational Development

As buzz phrases like Quiet Quitting & Quiet Firing float in the ether while concerns around Return to Office loom, the need to dispel opinion has given way to a direct need for solutions (not speculation). What solutions will actually work in my organization? Again, the Human Resource landscape is clouded with an eye on trends and a whole lot of technology, but connection to relevance remains unsolved.

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Combat Working in Silos with Microsoft Teams and Vantage Rewards

Vantage Circle

In the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, technology came into play to connect people caught indoors. The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way we live, think, and socialize with one another. Classrooms became silent, and offices turned into abandoned workplaces. People began relying on technology for work, education, communication, and sustaining relationships with loved ones.

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U.S. Manufacturing Will Stand Atop The Rubble

Chief Executive

The apocalypse is coming, and it’s going to be great for American manufacturing. That is, at least, the somewhat complicated view of Peter Zeihan, an expert on geopolitics who told attendees of the recent Chief Executive Leadership Conference that, while global economic struggles and maybe more superpower clashes lie ahead, the one quadrant that could benefit most from such sobering outcomes is U.S. factories.

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Topicals Founder Olamide Olowe Is Youngest Black Woman Ever To Raise $10 Million In Funding

Forbes Leadership

Topicals, the fastest-growing skincare brand at Sephora, has announced its latest venture fund raise of $10 million. Founder and CEO Olamide Olowe aims to destigmatize skin conditions, which impact 1 in 4 Americans, and gives back by supporting mental health nonprofits.

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Fred Hassan On Leading Through ‘Mind-Bending Torque Change’

Chief Executive

It’s always a good time to talk with Fred Hassan, but when the world is as topsy-turvy as it is right now, it’s a really good time to talk to Fred Hassan. That’s because few people I know have more experience running companies—and more varied experience—than Fred. From running three global pharmas to then being chairman of two additional global pharmas, Fred demonstrated that challenged situations can be convincingly turned around.

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Women Voters Were Underestimated. Again.

Forbes Leadership

“Once again it’s the women who saved us,” Jim Messina, said on MSNBC's post-midterm coverage. “And the polls were wrong, again." The polls and pundits got this midterm election wrong, in large part because they underestimated women voters. Again. And abortion rights.

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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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How To Set Your CIO Up For Real Success

Chief Executive

Just a few years ago, CIOs were largely viewed as mere service providers, charged with overseeing IT infrastructure, enterprise applications and security. Now the role is emerging as one of the most pivotal positions in the C-Suite, especially as CIOs led successful transitions to remote and hybrid work during the pandemic and as the pressure of digital transformation increasingly defines the trajectory of business.

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Principles and Practices of Kanban

Agile42

In our fast-moving world, customers expect fast results and priorities are constantly changing. Therefore, companies must be able to respond and adapt quickly. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, my favorite piece of cake inspired me to tell the story of a confectionery shop that was urged to change their product portfolio due to market changes.

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10 Creative Ideas for Company-Wide Volunteer Days

Zenefits

Want to improve engagement and retention rates at your organization? Company-wide volunteer days may be just the ticket. A recent survey of employees showed that 71% say it is imperative or essential to work somewhere supportive of giving and volunteering. Volunteering is an excellent way for businesses to get involved with the community, show their company’s commitment to social responsibility, and build a more robust team culture.

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when office potlucks go wrong

Alison Green

This post, when office potlucks go wrong , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. As we approach the season of office potlucks and other meals with coworkers, let’s discuss the many ways they can go wrong … from alarming cuisine to the person who takes an obscenely large share and never contributes anything of their own. To kick us off, some stories from years past: • “One of my old workplaces had a cookie baking contest, and the winner used store-bought dough.

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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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Is Instagram Censoring Influencers Who Support Iranian Protestors?

Forbes Leadership

Instagram influencers posting against the Islamic Regime in Iran and supporting protest movement report that their accounts are being demonetized or blocked. Is Instagram censoring content creators for speaking out against Iranian oppression?

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how can I get recruiters to just tell me the job’s salary from the start?

Alison Green

This post, how can I get recruiters to just tell me the job’s salary from the start? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am not currently job hunting but am interested in keeping my ear to the ground on salaries across my industry. I frequently receive LinkedIn messages from recruiters with possible job opportunities and an invitation to have a phone call to discuss.

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UNICEF: Over 27 Million Children In 27 Countries Impacted By Floods In 2022

Forbes Leadership

As the COP27 climate conference gets underway in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, UNICEF is sounding the alarm: this year has brought devastating flooding to 27.7 million children in 27 countries worldwide.

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7 Ways to Teach Humility in Team Meetings

Leadership Freak

You can be right in many ways and dead wrong in others. I asked a world-renowned leadership expert what humility had to do with success. He said, “Nothing.” Teach humility if results matter.

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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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Chronic Stress Is The New Normal: Three Ways Organizations Can Support Employees

Forbes Leadership

Chronic stress is the new normal at work. Luckily, there are proactive ways organizations can reduce the impact of negative stressors in their workplace, both in the moment and over time.

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we can’t get the highest performance rating 2 years in a row, holding a retreat at a coworker’s house, and more

Alison Green

This post, we can’t get the highest performance rating 2 years in a row, holding a retreat at a coworker’s house, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. 1. Our performance rating can’t be “exceeding expectations” for two years in a row. I joined my current company a little over two years ago, where I work on a team of five people within a larger department of about 100.

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Biden’s Student Loan Relief Program Blocked By Texas Federal Judge

Forbes Leadership

The lawsuit against the program had been filed by conservative group Job Creators Network Foundation on behalf of two student loan borrowers.

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5 Ways Startups Can Prepare for a Recession

Harvard Business Review

Conserve cash and pay close attention to your customers, investors, employees, and culture.

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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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Elite Universities Aim To Attract More Community College Transfer Students Via New Pipeline

Forbes Leadership

A new effort to increase the number of community college students transferring to some of America’s most elite colleges and universities was launched today, focused in particular on increasing enrollment by students from lower-income backgrounds and communities of color.

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10 Ways to Help Employees (and Yourself) Beat the Afternoon Slump

Zenefits

The afternoon slump isn’t just a marketing tool for selling over-caffeinated beverages. It’s real and recognized. Most businesses see a marked decrease in engagement and productivity after employees return from lunch. It’s not just because they all had a turkey club with extra tryptophan: it’s because that’s how our body is meant to work. The Sleep Foundation outlines there are 2 body systems responsible for our ‘sleep drive,’ or the need to sleep, at any time of the day.

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Empathy, Vulnerability and Gratitude: This Essential New Book Reveals the Superpowers of Female Leaders

Forbes Leadership

With workers dispersed and customers struggling with inflation and all sorts of different challenges, there’s no question that empathy and vulnerability are essential leadership traits.

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How to Help Cultivate Office Friendships

Zenefits

All kinds of things came out of the pandemic. A hard pivot to remote working. A renewed focus on employee well-being, especially mental health. One unexpected outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an understanding of the importance of office friendships. As Kate Morgan wrote on the BBC , “there was a time, in the not-so-distant past, when going out to lunch, day after day with the same group of colleagues was as mundane a part of daily life as the morning meeting or evening commute.

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What You Need To Do To Successfully Bounce Back From A Layoff

Forbes Leadership

Losing your job is a traumatic event. There is a loss of income, fear of what to do next and a loss of identity that’s wrapped up with your career. Don’t ever give up hope. Keep pushing forward and remain positive and strong.

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How to Future-Proof Your Business Against Crises

Zenefits

Crises happen. We’d like to think they won’t ever happen to us but it just doesn’t work that way. Sure, you can take specific steps and put specific protocols in place to decrease the likelihood of something catastrophic happening. And yes, there are very clear “dos” and “don’ts” that factor in here, too. At the end of the day, though, you can never completely eliminate the possibility of things going wrong.

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Apple TV+ Series ‘Circuit Breakers’ Shows Disability Needs Not Top Billing To Make A Big Impact

Forbes Leadership

In terms of disability representation, Circuit Breakers is not made in the mold as something like the recently departed See, where blindness is the vehicle that carries the storylines. By contrast, disability plays more of a bit part in Circuit Breakers—but its inclusion is nonetheless important.

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Why You Should Have Plants in Your Office (and Which Ones!)

Zenefits

Has biophilic office design caught your attention? Maybe all of the time inside that the pandemic demanded of us has turned you into a plant person and you want to bring that joy into your workspace, too. Perhaps you’re interested in creating the best possible office space in order to attract top talent? Whatever the reason, plants in offices are on the rise.

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Where Is The U.S. Insurance Industry On Climate Change?

Forbes Leadership

The analytical rigor and discipline that we see in modeling and managing mortality risk in life insurance policies is almost completely missing from managing climate risk in U.S. property and casualty (P&C) industry. Are one year P&C policies to blame? This is the first of three posts on the topic.

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‘Flavorful, Friendly and Fun’

Chief Executive

A kindness-first culture with core values emphasizing its secret ingredients being flavorful, friendly and fun, Bahama Buck’s created more than a trademarked Cup of Sno. In 1990, owners Blake and Kippi Buchanan opened their first shaved ice shack with a vision for the future: to provide the Ultimate Tropical Dessert Experience. More than three decades and a few tons of ice later, the company’s culture, which serves as a stabilizer for its continued growth, remains consistent.

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