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8 tips for leading a team remotely

Suzi McAlpine

There are loads of benefits to working remotely. For one, we can roll out of bed with time for a workout, wear trackpants on our lower half all day and cook up a storm in our home kitchens at lunchtime – all obvious perks! But leading remotely can bring its challenges. That lack of face-time… The post 8 tips for leading a team remotely first appeared on Suzi McAlpine | The Art of Leadership.

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How Great Leaders Acknowledge Their Employees Effectively

Lolly Daskal

Every great leader knows the benefits of investing in their employees, but too many don’t know how to carry out one of the strongest forms of employee investments: acknowledgement. In my work as a leadership coach, I’m able to work closely with leaders who are engaged in using acknowledgement to create a culture that keeps employees engaged, productive and fulfilled.

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Why Remote Work Will Win This Fall

SHRM Organizational Development

The monumental battle over remote work is heating up this summer as more traditionalist business leaders are demanding that their employees come to the office much or all of the time. Google maps workers, asked to come back to the office full-time recently, fought back with a petition and threats of a strike, and won a reprieve of 90 days. Elon Musk demanded that all Tesla staff come to the office full-time, resulting in Tesla staff getting recruited by other companies.

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Most U.S. Billion-Dollar Startups Have An Immigrant Founder

Forbes Leadership

Americans should be pleased so many immigrants have succeeded armed only with ambition, a keen mind and a desire to work hard.

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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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How to Keep Your Team Focused on What Matters Most

Scott Elbin

If there’s one topic I hear about all the time from the leaders I work with, it’s the challenge of keeping themselves and their teams focused on what matters most. The long and ever-changing list of things competing for their time and attention can cause a sense of swirl and churn that leaves everyone frustrated and exhausted. A few months ago, I was facilitating a senior leadership team meeting where the focus challenge came up again and, after listening for a while, I drew this grid on the fli

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In Retirement, Men Have More Money, But Women Are Better At This

Forbes Leadership

Why can't men be more like women in retirement? Men have money, but fewer friends than women. Retirement planning is synonymous with an investment portfolio to ensure financial security, but what of social wellbeing? It’s time men invest in their social portfolio for life after work.

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Meet America’s Best Employers For Women 2022

Forbes Leadership

Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to identify the companies leading the way when it comes to trying to support women inside and outside the workforce with our annual ranking of America’s Best Employers For Women.

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It’s Time For Leaders To Rethink The Way Their Companies Make Capital Expenditures

Chief Executive

Capital expenditures or ‘capex’ are at the heart of any industrial company’s future. Unfortunately, though, based on our work with leaders around the world, we have found that the way their companies make capex decisions is completely wrong. The problem is that companies analyze capex projects the same way they have since the 1960s. In other words, nothing much has changed in more than half a century.

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How Two Teenagers Helped Retiree Find A New Purpose

Forbes Leadership

Murphy hated being isolated and in quarantine during COVID-19. She and her retired grandmother began creating handmade cards for an organization that distributes them to sick children in the hospital.

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ridiculously long job application, mistakes in your cover letter, and more

Alison Green

This post, ridiculously long job application, mistakes in your cover letter, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Is this application process excessive? I am applying for a director position that I was recruited to apply for (via a LinkedIn recruiter). The job description has changed and so have the requirements.

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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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Why Companies Should Not Count On All Employees To Guard Against Cyberattacks

Forbes Leadership

As if business leaders don’t have enough to worry about when it comes to guarding their organizations against cyberattacks, today comes word that a third of surveyed employees don’t understand why information security is important.

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should you always ask for the top of the salary range?

Alison Green

This post, should you always ask for the top of the salary range? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work in an expensive city with a thriving job market, and I am in the middle of a job search/hiring process, leaving a pretty severely underpaid job. Luckily, this potential new position has a salary range posted in the job listing.

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American Express Is Granting $1 Million To Back Historic Small Restaurants

Forbes Leadership

American Express and the National Trust For Historic Preservation are giving 25 historic independent U.S. restaurants $40,000 grants to put towards physical improvements and operating expenses.

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can I train people not to bother me when I have headphones on, I promised to tell my boss when I’m job-searching, and more

Alison Green

This post, can I train people not to bother me when I have headphones on, I promised to tell my boss when I’m job-searching, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Can I train people not to bother me when I have headphones on? I am a supervisor at a small public library (10 full-time people).

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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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Recent Grads: You May Think You’re Done Learning, But You’re Just Getting Started

Forbes Leadership

You’ve already shown that you have what it takes to navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.That ability to learn in new ways will be vital, so hold to it!

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How To Stop Losing Employees — And Start Retaining Talent

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is the impact of losing an employee? What does it cost to lose employees? How to prevent rapid turnover from day one.

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As Tutoring Grows, Management Platform Pearl Sees Opportunities

Forbes Leadership

While few questioned the wisdom of turning to tutoring, the sudden need for and funding to support tutoring at scale – tutoring for an entire district or state, for example – created challenges.

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a dispute about customer skills is tearing apart my agrotourism business

Alison Green

This post, a dispute about customer skills is tearing apart my agrotourism business , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: My two business partners (and their spouses) and I operate a successful agrotourism business, including an inn where guests come to enjoy delicious food, luxury accommodations, and the chance to do light agricultural work while being outside in the sunshine and fresh air.

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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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What Does Work-Life Balance Even Mean?

Forbes Leadership

Leaders must explicitly define the term "work-life balance" for their teams. Common understandings are preventing balance from being the solution it could be to workplace stress and burnout.

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how do I juggle different employers’ timelines when I’m interviewing?

Alison Green

This post, how do I juggle different employers’ timelines when I’m interviewing? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am in the middle of job-searching and one of the most stressful parts is the different timelines that organizations are on. Some get back to you in 16 hours (as was the case with a first interview I had this week), some get back to you in a month (as is the case for a dream job I applied to).

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Most Surveyed Small Business Owners Changed Their Direction, Goals And Plans: New Report

Forbes Leadership

To survive in a challenging economic environment, small business owners around the world must be nimble, flexible and responsive to the realties of their local marketplace.

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7 Characteristics of a Great Mentor — and Why They’re Important for Your Business

Zenefits

Mentors play a valuable role in strengthening employee performance. They use their experience to guide knowledgeable workers toward success, ultimately contributing to a happy workforce. In one study , over 91% of workers who have a mentor say they are satisfied with their jobs. Over half (57%) of them report being very satisfied. Each of these percentages drop by double digits, among workers without a mentor.

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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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How To Be An Ally Against Anti-Asian Racism And Take Action

Forbes Leadership

Sadly, this hate has always been happening, driven and fueled by the same systems of oppression built by white people to suppress Black liberation, Native American prosperity, Latinx achievement, and other communities of color.

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A Social License To Use AI?

Chief Executive

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the digital transformation sweeping business, yet many companies face foundational challenges getting started. The issue, our studies show, isn’t technological; it’s human. . Because of our history of technophobia—probably dating back to Socrates, who warned against writing because it would “lead to forgetfulness and weaken the mind”— humans worry when they see technology that behaves like them or mimics their decision-making skills. .

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Billionare Philanthropy: Why Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, And Elon Musk Have It Wrong

Forbes Leadership

Warren Buffett has said his business investments need to create shareholder value, and social and political concerns should be left in the hands of individuals. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk seem to think the same way. This approach to business may have made sense in the 1970s, but it is now old school.

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How Returnship Programs Are a Win/Win for Employers and Professionals

BetterUp

Jump to section. What are returnship programs? How do returnships work? Benefits of a returnship program. Tips for applying to a returnship program. Companies that offer returnship programs.

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16 Tips For Creating Standout Video Marketing Campaigns In 2022

Forbes Leadership

Some comms pros don’t feel familiar enough with the creation, production or distribution process when it comes to using video for marketing purposes.

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Intuition & Anxiety - Are There Angels Or Devils Calling Here?

Stephen Warrilow

How To Tell The Difference Between Intuition and Anxiety. How do you know whether the voice of your intuition is real or just the product of your inner anxiety? We all struggle with these inner voices as we try to work out whether it is the inner devils of our insecurities and anxieties that are talking, or whether we are hearing the voices of the better angels of our nature offering intuitive guidance.

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Tech-Enabling Your ESG Story

Forbes Leadership

In March 2022, the SEC proposed rule changes that would require corporations to include certain climate-related disclosures, such as “information about climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on their business, results of operations or financial condition.".

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The Case for Embracing Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

A conversation about facing one of our biggest fears.

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Workers In Their Golden Years May Be The Answer To Chronic Talent Shortages

Forbes Leadership

With so many businesses struggling to attract talent in today's tight labor market, organizations must refocus their strategies for recruiting and retaining older workers.

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Why Employee Mediations Fail — and How to Get Them Back on Track

Harvard Business Review

Four strategies for managers.

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