Fri.Jul 15, 2022

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Situational Leadership: What it Is and How to Build It (With Examples)

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is situational leadership? Understanding the situational leadership model. What are the four styles of situational leadership? What are some examples of when a situational leadership style might best be used? What are the qualities of a situational leader? What are some situational leadership examples? Why is situational leadership effective?

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Retired Justice Stephen Breyer To Join Harvard Law Faculty

Forbes Leadership

Harvard University has appointed retired Justice Stephen Breyer to the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School, effective immediately.

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How Fintech Can Deliver on Its Social Impact Promises

Harvard Business Review

Digital financial companies are making big claims about financial inclusion — but are failing to disclose data that backs up their efforts.

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The Metaverse Summer Reading List: Here Are The Books Every Professional Should Read This Summer

Forbes Leadership

As we head into the Summer, many professionals are eager to learn more about the Metaverse. From new books to scifi classics, here’s a list of books for anyone seeking to dive deeper into the Metaverse during their time off!

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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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Does Elon Musk Have a Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

A look across Tesla, the Boring Company, SpaceX, and his other companies reveals a consistent vision, organization, and ability to mobilize resources.

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Tamara Warren Is Personalizing The Car Buying Experience For Women With Le Car

Forbes Leadership

After getting back in the driver's seat of her life, Tamara Warren, co-founder, and CEO of Le Car, decided to educate and empower women as they make one of their most significant purchases: buying a car.

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Employees Browsing On Amazon Prime Day May Be A Sign Of A Healthy Company

Forbes Leadership

Experts say that an employee who feels they can take 30 minutes during the day to shop, then get right back to work, is likely a sign they're working for an employer who’s created a healthy company culture.

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Exercise and Mental Health: A Look at The Mind-body Connection

BetterUp

Jump to section. The relationship between exercise and mental health. How does exercise improve mental health? What type of exercise is the best? Don’t overdo it. Leverage the power of the mind-body connection.

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Mindset Matters: Disability Pride And The Language Of Joy

Forbes Leadership

Joy is an essential language of Disability Pride that needs more examination. This column is an introduction into this new nomenclature and how it is a building block for a greater community.

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it’s your Friday good news

Alison Green

This post, it’s your Friday good news , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s your Friday good news! 1. “I wrote you about 6 months ago about finding out as the only female employee on my team, I was being paid $10K less than my male coworker ‘Steve’ despite us having the same job title and similar levels of experience and skill sets.

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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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Advertising And Privacy: The Rules Of The Road For The Metaverse

Forbes Leadership

The metaverse is being hailed as the next big technological revolution, with countless brands exploring the incredible potential to engage with existing and new customers in immersive virtual worlds.

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weekend open thread – July 16-17, 2022

Alison Green

This post, weekend open thread – July 16-17, 2022 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: I’d Like to Play Alone, Please , by Tom Segura.

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Three Options To Manage Your Career In A Recessionary Environment

Forbes Leadership

The hot job market will likely slow down, with companies continuing job cuts, hitting the breaks on hiring and withdrawing offers. It's time to take action. You can make yourself indispensable at work, actively search for a new job or do nothing and hope for the best.

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Ready, set, goals: What’s New in Asana, July 2022

Asana

Great things happen when teams see the value of their work. But often, strategic initiatives are disconnected from day-to-day projects, leaving employees uncertain about their top priorities. According to the 2022 Anatomy of Work Index , nearly 1 in 3 employees can’t see a clear link between their day-to-day efforts and their company’s goals. To fulfill an organization’s mission and be effective, teams must have clarity about their goals and what’s needed to achieve them.

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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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How Nina Aprile Became Known As That Girl That Did Your Hair

Forbes Leadership

Nina Aprile took her industry name of “that girl that did your hair” and turned into a brand with a full array of witty-named hair products.

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Triggers: Learn to Recognize and Deal With Them

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is a trigger? Symptoms of a trigger response. How do you recognize your triggers? How can I understand and deal with my triggers?

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How Small Businesses Can Leverage The Power Of The App Ecosystem

Forbes Leadership

These ecosystems don’t simply make existing processes more efficient, they enable small businesses to scale, innovate and compete in the new competitive landscape.

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open thread – July 15-16, 2022

Alison Green

This post, open thread – July 15-16, 2022 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to take your questions to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please do not repost it here,

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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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11 Brands That Successfully Model Diverse And Inclusive Advertising

Forbes Leadership

Most business leaders understand the well-documented benefits that having a diverse workforce can deliver for their company’s culture and bottom line. But what about increasing DEI in marketing and advertising?

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Pay Stub Requirements By State

Zenefits

You pay your employees on time. But do you give them a pay stub as well? Providing pay stubs is not only good business practice but also legally required in most states. Read on to learn why pay stubs are important, federal law’s position on pay stubs, and pay stub requirements by state. What is a pay stub — and why is it important? Also called a “wage statement,” a pay stub breaks down an employee’s gross-to-net wages for the covered pay period.

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How Ventilators Helped GM Build The Hummer EV

Forbes Leadership

In a wide-ranging interview, GM CDO Telva McGruder took us into the room of how GM partnered with Ventec to build ventilators to help save lives during the early days of the pandemic — and how that experience changed GM forever. It also helped them build the Hummer EV. How? Read on.

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How to Incentivize Your Employees to Use Their PTO

Zenefits

In 2021, PwC, an audit assurance and tax consulting company, began offering their employees $250 for every week of vacation they take. Employees could take up the offer multiple times, up to $1,000 a year. CNBC reported that the plan would cost the firm millions. But the company told the Wall Street Journal that the move is a result of exhausting other options.

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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 Utility Marketers Can Encourage Heat Pump Adoption

Forbes Leadership

Through personalized data-driven marketing strategies that target the right customers at the right time, utilities have the power to turn conversations into real action.

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Should Your Small Business Consider Hiring a Benefits Advisor? 5 Questions To Help You Decide

Zenefits

This is a partner contribution from our friends at One Digital. Successfully growing a business of any size is a challenge, especially for small businesses. Finding insurance for your employees, choosing the best benefits, and managing HR tasks can consume a lot of time, and in many cases require outside help to truly perform them well. . Hiring an employee benefits advisor can go a long way to helping you with many day-to-day tasks that are required and needed to help keep employees happy, enga

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Not Just For Kids: Video Games Lead The Entertainment Industry

Forbes Leadership

Just as the video game industry is not just for kids, the financial world is not only for adults. Debit cards are an ideal financial instrument to teach the youngest how to manage their finances.

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How to Give Feedback Using This 4-step Framework

BetterUp

Jump to section. Context. Observation. Impact. Next. Offer suggesting statements. Be conscious of your body language. Start giving feedback like a pro.

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Can The CISO Lead The Customer To Safety And Security?

Forbes Leadership

From the beginning of the pandemic the CIO was the hero who got us safe and operational from our homes in a matter of days, to innovating new technologies for how to improve remote work, adding value to the volatile and ever-changing customer experience needs, and even engineering new technology-.

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Leading in Volatile Times: 3 Lessons from Alexander the Great

Michael McKinney

A LEXANDER THE GREAT (356–323 BCE) faced a volatile and uncertain world when he inherited the throne at the age of 19. His father, Philip II of Macedon, had been assassinated. Treachery came from rivals to the throne and powerful neighbors who wanted to test the new king. The calamitous Peloponnesian War, which engulfed the Greek world, had ended barely 70 years before.

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Why Thought Leadership Matters For Your PR Strategy

Forbes Leadership

Thought leadership is one of the most powerful tactics PR professionals have at their disposal to propel their brands to a new level.

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LSA Global Delivers Field Sales Training for Fast Growing Cybersecurity Company

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a Global Field Sales Training Program for fast growing Cybersecurity Company in Barcelona, Spain. 90% Job Relevance. 93% Satisfaction. 129% Knowledge Gain. 90.6% Net Promoter Score.

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Fortnite At Work? Leaders Brace For Zuckerberg’s Predicted Metaverse’s Invasion

Forbes Leadership

In business, the metaverse is aggressively emerging as a trend that leaders, across industries, must address to protect company growth opportunities and competitive strategies.

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The Single Best Way to Respond to Questions

Leadership Freak

Hire people who ask questions. They’re smarter than people who don’t. Some leaders don’t have time for questions. Others are afraid of questions. They think, “What if I don’t have the answer?