Wed.Oct 26, 2022

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Is Psychological Safety the Core of Your Organization's DEIJ Program?

Brett Koehler

My previous company was small when I started there, and I was given the freedom and responsibility to grow and manage my own department. That type of trust fosters professional self-confidence. I don’t often feel anxious or shy about sharing my opinions. But not everyone has the luxury of being in an environment that invokes this kind of confidence.

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For Neurodiverse Children, Microschools Can Be An Ideal Learning Environment

Forbes Leadership

Smaller, more personalized learning models can work well for most students, and may be especially valuable for students with learning challenges or special needs.

Education 105
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How To (Appropriately) Celebrate Thanksgiving At Work

Zenefits

Fall is here, and that means the holiday season is right around the corner. From Columbus Day to Thanksgiving , holidays have taken on (sometimes contentious) new meanings in recent years. Instead of blindly celebrating federal holidays, large groups within our culture and society are taking different views. There are many who have begun to question whether it makes sense to credit Columbus or the pilgrims with discovering or starting the United States.

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What Can Ancient Tooth Enamel Tell Us About Dinosaur Diets?

Forbes Leadership

South African geochemist Priyanka Davechand uses tiny samples of fossil tooth enamel to figure out what animals like dinosaurs ate and where they might fit into ancient food webs.

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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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Questions to Ask a CEO about Strategy

Rhythm Systems Growth

When you work with so many CEOs, you get to see how they approach problems. They may not always tell you everything, but they will share insights that help you make smarter decisions. In this post, I will share five questions every CEO should answer before making any big strategic moves. These questions will help you understand why they made certain choices and what kind of impact they expect these changes to have on your company.

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The Forgotten War: Why Two Sisters Created An Organization To Push For Change

Forbes Leadership

For the last two years, Ethiopia has been at war with itself. This article highlights the current conflict taking place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and includes an interview with two sisters who created a non-profit organization to raise awareness and push for change.

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How A Soldier In The U.S. Army Leverages Mentorships To Build Great Leaders

Forbes Leadership

In the Basic Leader course that McGonigal heads out of the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Noncommissioned Officers Academy, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, junior soldiers learn how to become junior leaders (of typically two to three people).

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update: my company wants me to work Halloween and I’m a Halloween fanatic

Alison Green

This post, update: my company wants me to work Halloween and I’m a Halloween fanatic , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer last year who was a Halloween fanatic but their company wanted them to work on Halloween ? Here’s the update. I’m happy to report that I still love the job AND … I have Halloween off this year!

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Black History Month: The Inspirational Women Fighting For Haiti’s Future

Forbes Leadership

Across the historic, trailblazing and beautiful nation of Haiti, a group of strong female leaders are emerging, with the energy, determination, and ability to set their beloved country on an upward trajectory once again.

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How to Find Your Internal Motivation in Difficult Times

Thought Leaders LLC

As a leader, you won’t always have someone to pick you up and dust you off when you fall. Develop a leadership maxim that motivates you to push through hard times. As leaders, we’re always going to go through difficult times. When we were more junior we had other people to pick us up when we fell down. As a kid it was a parent or a coach who would dust us off and say “Get back out there.

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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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The Sisters Creating Spirits Honoring 400 Years Of Mexican Heritage

Forbes Leadership

Two sisters launch a spirits company that leverages simple ingredients to celebrate the rich 400 year legacy of Mexican mezcal. The Mendozas share more on launching Mocel, how they are honoring 400 years of heritage, and tips for future spirits entrepreneurs.

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What Great Remote Managers Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

Remote work brought a subtle but important shift in how employees expect their managers to work with them.

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‘The Cavalry Is You’: Planned Parenthood CEO Urges Everyone To Act For Reproductive Rights

Forbes Leadership

“The cavalry is not coming for us because the cavalry is you,” Alexis McGill Johnson told the audience at the 2022 Makers Conference yesterday. She offered suggestions on how everyone can get involved in the fight for reproductive rights.

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my mysterious boss disappears for hours and can’t be reached

Alison Green

This post, my mysterious boss disappears for hours and can’t be reached , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work on a small team. The nature of my job means that I often need to check in with other team members about my projects before moving forward. I also regularly need to contact my manager, Dave, to get info/data that only he is authorized to pull.

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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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Schmidt Futures Will Invest Additional $148 Million In Artificial Intelligence Research

Forbes Leadership

Schmidt Futures will spend $148 million to fund the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship. Co-founded by former Google CEO/Chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy, Schmidt Futures has now provided $400 million for the use of artificial intelligence in scientific research.

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How to Work from Home with Kids: 12 Tips for Remote and Hybrid Work

BetterUp

Jump to section. 12 ways to make working from home with kids easier. Remember — this won’t last forever.

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Black VCs Can Make A Bigger Impact With Institutional And Individual Investors’ Help

Forbes Leadership

Investing in small, emerging, Black venture capital fund managers is a missed opportunity for institutional investors and accredited investors. For that to happen the industry needs to change.

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When Speaking Up, Timing Is Everything

Harvard Business Review

Sharing your ideas is critical to boosting your profile at work — but so is picking the right moment.

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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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Why Influencer Marketing Is Important For Brands In 2022

Forbes Leadership

Today’s consumers are looking for organic content in a social setting. They do not react to or engage well with over-produced and commercial content.

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7 Questions You Can Use to Help Anyone Develop, Even the Boss

Leadership Freak

Leadership is more than getting things done. Leaders bring out the best in people. Successful leaders ask questions that help others develop. 7 questions that help anyone develop: #1.

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Women To Watch In Cybersecurity

Forbes Leadership

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing fields in technology, with global spending increasing by 12% - 15% year-over-year.

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can I tell my boss I’m a bad fit for my job?

Alison Green

This post, can I tell my boss I’m a bad fit for my job? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Since early 2021, I have been working as an administrative assistant in a fairly specific field (think a specialized field within a larger industry). I changed jobs in June of this year, as my previous role was only part-time and that wasn’t working out for me.

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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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Immigrant-Founded Veev Builds Future In America One House At A Time

Forbes Leadership

“I’ve spent more than half my life in the United States, so I truly feel that it is my home,” says Veev’s immigrant CEO Amit Haller.

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Leveraging New Tech to Boost Supply Chain Resilience

Harvard Business Review

Tools such as 3D printing, simulations, and AI are changing the calculation of labor costs.

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How Twitter, Meta, Oracle And Apple Are Cutting Costs And Workers

Forbes Leadership

Layoffs, hiring freezes, relocating positions to lower-cost locations, rescinding job offers, putting people on performance improvement plans (PIPs) and threatening job security are some of the ways in which the industry is cutting down on headcount to save money.

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The Balcony and the Dance Floor

Ed Batista

In 2002 Harvard Kennedy School professors Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky introduced a profoundly useful metaphor to the management literature: Any military officer knows the importance of maintaining the capacity for reflection, especially in the "fog of war." Great athletes must simultaneously play the game and observe it as a whole. We call this skill "getting off the dance floor and going to the balcony," an image that captures the mental activity of stepping back from the action and asking, "W

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Daye Launches World’s First Tampon-Based At-Home Screening Kit, Raises $11.5 Million In Latest Funding Round

Forbes Leadership

U.K.-based gynaecological health startup Daye has completed a £10 million funding round and announced the launch of its vaginal microbiome screening tests that can detect infections and pathogens which are linked to STIs and vaginal infections, as well as fertility, pregnancy and IVF complications.

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Automation Offers a Treat, Not Trick for Employers in Crippling Labor Market

Refresh

Facing a busy holiday shopping season with a shortage of workers, nearly 80% of U.S. companies believe automation could help their business, and 74% say it’s the key to keeping up with current demand. This is according to a survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals. With nearly two-thirds of U.S. hiring decision-makers (64%) admitting they waste time each week completing tasks that could be automated, it’s not surprising that nearly half (49%) feel

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Why Employers Need A Formalized Approach To Attract And Retain Employees

Forbes Leadership

Because society has bought into the myth that younger is better, combined with stereotypes about older people in the workplace, employees need to learn how age bias shows up in the workplace. Only then can employers create strategies to ensure age inclusion and equity and a talent pipeline.

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Overworked: Missing Out on Vacation Time Adds to Worker Burnout

Zenefits

Taking time away from work, whether traveling to exotic locations or staycationing at home, is critical to employee well-being. Unfortunately, research shows almost half of American workers haven’t had a vacation in years. The pandemic may have factored somewhat into limited travel time, but the typical US worker has been loathe to take time off to recharge for many years.

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15 Effective Tips For Improving Communication With Stakeholders

Forbes Leadership

To ensure the needs of the people being served are continually being me, nonprofit leaders have to make make stakeholder communication a top priority.

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15 Email Mistakes to Stop Making

Zenefits

Decades ago, the main form of communication in the workplace involved paper and ink. Since the internet’s arrival, electronic communications have steadily taken over. These days, most organizations have largely replaced internal and external paper communications with email. And why shouldn’t they? Email is fast and convenient. In 2020, more than 300 billion emails were sent and received daily.