Wed.Sep 28, 2022

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Books for Harnessing the Power of Community

Brett Koehler

One misguided, although altruistic, idea is that everyone should be trying to save the world from problems such as racism and global warming. People agonize over their inability to fix the issues that continue to cause harm. One person, try as they might, will find it difficult to make a dent in these behemoth problems. However, the power for real change could be right next door.

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Confronting The Risks Of Innovation And Technology

Forbes Leadership

Innovation and technology are at the top of nearly every business agenda. While technology is critical for businesses, it often is challenging to effectively implement and apply and the role of the risk function shouldn't be overlooked.

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Employee Experience Design: All HR Needs to Know

AIHR

Written in collaboration with Marna van der Merwe. We live in a hyper-connected and on-demand world, where we have access to what we need at the click of a button. Not only has this influenced the expectations that consumers have of organizations, but we can see a clear influence on employee experience design. We expect intuitive, user-centered designs and personalized experiences tailored to our preferences – whether that interaction is physical or virtual.

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Best Leadership Books: 21 of the Most Impactful Reads

BetterUp

Jump to section. Best leadership books for personal development. Best leadership books for people managers. Best leadership books for organizational leaders.

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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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This Artificial Intelligence App Wants To Make You A Better Teacher

Forbes Leadership

TeachFX raised $10 million in a Series A funding round to expand use of its app that provides feedback to teachers—confidentially.

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China’s Future Will Reflect Russia’s

Kellogg Insight

China learned from Russia’s post-1991 experience and pursued its economic liberalization with more care. But it ultimately could not avoid the political implications of pro-market policies and is now following Russia down the road to autocracy—continuing a century-long pattern of mirroring its neighbor’s historical trajectory.

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The Power of Consistency – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Someone recently asked me what we’ve learned about podcasting because as of the time I’m recording this, we’ve been doing it for over six years, every week, sometimes more than every week. Having an interview or a conversation with a leadership expert or an expert leader every week. So what have we learned about podcasting? […].

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SAP’s Tony Pante Asks These Four Questions To Connect With His Team

Chief Executive

The first call Tony Pante has with new team members does not involve anything about business. Instead, he asks about their families, what they’re reading, what motivates them and what they value. No, he’s not doing it to break the ice in the traditional sense; rather, he’s developing a rapport that he hopes will later turn into a full-blown relationship.

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4 Important Values To Instill In Your Early-Stage Startup

Forbes Leadership

Startup culture is in essence an implicit values hierarchy that drives behavior. Consequently, it’s important to consider what values you want to nurture and encourage in your new organization.

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How to Keep Innovating In an Economic Downturn

Viima

As we seem to be living in a constant economic downturn, leaders find themselves between a rock and a hard place, trying to reduce costs and foster growth at the same time. This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future.

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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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UCLA To Expand; Will Spend $80 Million For Two Marymount California University Properties

Forbes Leadership

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will spend $80 million to buy two properties belonging to Marymount California University. It's the largest land acquisition in UCLA history.

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should you put stay-at-home parenting on your resume, I don’t want to train my new manager, and more

Alison Green

This post, should you put stay-at-home parenting on your resume, I don’t want to train my new manager, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Putting stay-at-home parenting on your resume as a job. I was scrolling through LinkedIn today for work and saw this listed in someone’s experience: Stay-at-Home Mom.

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How AI Is Changing The Game In Insurance

Forbes Leadership

The insurance industry is one of the largest in the world and has been around for hundreds of years, making it ripe for transformation by newcomers in the space. Technology has pushed the frontier of what’s possible, making way for a new breed of digital-first insurance companies to come to life.

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my employee wastes too much time on bad ideas

Alison Green

This post, my employee wastes too much time on bad ideas , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am a manager for a small but extremely busy office. I have one employee who is part-time and comes in only a few afternoons a week. She wastes a huge amount of time pontificating about every little detail about her job, always making suggestions of how things could be done better, and constantly seeks my advice for even the smallest thing.

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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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15 Factors That Could Be Muddling Your Priorities As A Business Leader

Forbes Leadership

A lack of delegation, poor work-life balance and other daily stressors can cause business leaders to lose sight of what’s important, making setting priorities more challenging.

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Key Takeaways For Leaders From The Book, All Are Welcome

Eric Jacobson

Awhile back, I posted highlights and key takeaways from the book, All Are Welcome – HowTo Build A Real Workplace Culture Of Inclusion That Delivers Results , by Cynthia Owyoung. Upon recently browsing the book again, these additional takeaways came to light: DEIB : Diversity in the workplace focuses on representation. Equity is giving people what they need to succeed.

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¿Qué Pasa, HSIs?: Why You Should Listen To This New Podcast On Hispanic Serving Institutions

Forbes Leadership

Gina Garcia has dedicated her career to studying Hispanic Serving Institutions and recently launched a podcast called “¿Qué pasa, HSIs?”.

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should I quit my high school job?

Alison Green

This post, should I quit my high school job? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I’m 15, a girl, and work at one of Canada’s top grocery/retail employers. Late August, I decided to get a part-time job because I felt like a lot of my classmates had one. I applied, got trained without an interview, and started shifts, which wasn’t a problem when I didn’t have school and other commitments to deal with.

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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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How Businesses Are Preparing For A Crisis As Hurricane Ian Heads Toward Florida

Forbes Leadership

Some crises, such as Hurricane Ian that is now heading towards Florida, provide more time for businesses to prepare than others. What companies do before the storm hits the state and how they do it could be critical to their survival.

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4 Things I Learned after 2 Weeks Vacation in Maine

Leadership Freak

Some vacations are about doing stuff but the best vacations don’t have agendas. When you need a vacation to recover from vacation, you did it wrong.

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Anti-Racism Is Not Just ‘An American Issue’: A Conversation With Shereen Daniels

Forbes Leadership

In this article, HR strategist Shereen Daniels sat down to discuss her new book, The Anti-racist Organization, why she felt it was necessary to write, and what keeps her hopeful when engaging in anti-racism work.

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When Hiring, Prioritize Assignments Over Interviews

Harvard Business Review

Small projects can help ensure you’re hiring for skills — not just connection.

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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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Tomas Gogar Builds Rossum To End Drudgery Of Manual Data Entry

Forbes Leadership

Founded in Prague, Czeck Republic in 2017 by PhD students Tomas Gogar, Petr Baudis and Tomas Tunys, Rossum is an Intelligent Document Processing Platform that hopes to free office work from the drudgery of manual data entry. This founder’s journey story is based on my interview with Tomas Gogar.

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Advice from the CEO of an All-Remote Company

Harvard Business Review

GitLab’s Sid Sijbrandij on building a company with no offices and employees spread around the world.

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Building A KPI Mindset For Growth

Forbes Leadership

Creating a culture of data-driven growth requires determination and care, moving with care to bring people along while demonstrating the value of new tools.

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How to Prepare the Next Generation to Run the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Start by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it.

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Reinforcing Work Culture In The Home Office

Forbes Leadership

The work-from-home environment means fewer opportunities for employees to see, hear, or discuss the organization. Leaders must thus increase emphasis on cultural elements in their interactions with employees.

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Beyond Agile presentation this Friday

Mike Griffiths

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. The session is free to attend and is part of a program that also features Scott Ambler, Sanjive Augustine, Nader Rad and Frank Turley. You can register here. “Yes, And, And”. A colleague recently described Beyond Agile as a “Yes, And, And” toolkit, and I thought it was a great way to summarize the two elements of combining hybrid agile with the Theory of Constraints, and val

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Legal Equalizer Would Have Kept Me Out Of Prison

Forbes Leadership

Legal Equalizer CEO Mbye Njie reflects on two recent incidents that reinforced how vital it is to have witnesses and an attorney present during a police stop.

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my performance evaluation is based on activities outside of work

Alison Green

This post, my performance evaluation is based on activities outside of work , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I started my new job about six months ago, and I knew from the beginning that things like professional development, networking, and community involvement were highly encouraged at this company. What I didn’t expect was for these things to be mandatory to the extent that my performance review is based on them.

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Struggling With A Career Decision? Cognitive Dissonance May Be To Blame

Forbes Leadership

Feeling conflicted about the choices may result from cognitive dissonance—discomfort, tension, or anxiety resulting from holding two conflicting beliefs simultaneously. Here’s what you can do.

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Keeping Up with Customers’ Increasingly Dynamic Needs

Harvard Business Review

Relevance is fleeting these days. Here’s what sets successful companies apart.

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