Fri.Oct 14, 2022

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United Nations: Rape Is Part Of Russia’s Military Strategy

Forbes Leadership

On October 13, Pramila Patten, Indicated that rape is part of Russia,s “military strategy” and a “deliberate tactic to dehumanize the victims.”.

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How to Express Emotions at Work: Keeping Your Cool

BetterUp

Jump to section. Reasons to express emotions at work. How to get better at expressing emotions. How do emotions work? Bottling your emotions hurts your wellness. It’s okay to express your emotions.

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Philanthropist Boris Zimin Shares His Perspective On Modern Education

Forbes Leadership

The Zimin Foundation is a non-profit organization established by the Zimin family to aid education and science. Boris Zimin, the head of the Zimin Foundation, shares his perspective on modern education.

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Quotes to Motivate a Team: You Need More Than One

BetterUp

Jump to section. Quotes to inspire your team. The types of motivation. How to motivate a team at a workplace. Inspiration is about more than a quote.

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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 We Raise Our Boys Is Key To A Gender Equal Future: Three Leading Advocates Weigh In

Forbes Leadership

Justin Baldoni, Ted Bunch and Don McPherson share their insights on the importance of raising boys to not feel constricted by outdated notions of gender and masculinity, and the multiple positive impacts it would have on boys' and men's lives and society as a whole.

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Is Agenda Theater Ruining Your Meetings?

Harvard Business Review

Research shows that agendas often create the appearance of effective meetings — without actually improving how they’re run.

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weekend open thread – October 15-16, 2022

Alison Green

This post, weekend open thread – October 15-16, 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: The Complicities , by Stacey D’Erasmo.

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A Guide To Social Media Algorithms And SEO

Forbes Leadership

Use these tips to build a solid social media strategy that furthers your branding, visibility and reputation.

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Why You Need a Bedtime

Harvard Business Review

Going to bed at the same time each day can help you find time and energy you didn’t know you had.

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How Education Startup Parallel Learning Uses Tech To Empower Every Student Who Thinks Different

Forbes Leadership

Heldfond is currently chief executive at Parallel Learning, an education startup that focuses on helping students with learning disabilities succeed in the classroom and beyond.

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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 Personal OKRs Can Benefit an Individual and Impact the Organization 

15Five

In 1962 while touring the NASA space center, President John F. Kennedy met a janitor who was sweeping the floor. “Hi, I’m Jack Kennedy. What are you doing?” the President asked. “Well, Mr. President,” the janitor replied, “I’m helping to put a man on the moon.”. Clear goals that contribute to the company’s mission help focus an employee’s efforts and spur higher performance.

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Why Do We Hire Smart People?

Forbes Leadership

Make no mistake; were it not for the brilliant planning and diligent execution on one side – and lack of simple delegation on the other – things would have turned out differently.

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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 felt I was being underpaid by my organization, so started asking around about what my peers were being compensated. After about a year of research, I discovered that I was being underpaid by quite a bit compared to peers with equal experience, and was even being paid less than several male peers with significantly less experience.

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Embrace Your Messiness – It’s The Perfect Way To Innovate

Forbes Leadership

Great innovators like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie and Thomas Edison famously had messy desks, yet the modern office is often a cathedral of clean lines and minimalism that can kill creativity.

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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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To Encourage Patients to Fill Prescriptions, Fix Copays

Harvard Business Review

Insurers can take three steps to retain the benefits of copayments and avoid their downside.

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Purpose Powered Education

Forbes Leadership

Marlins defines purpose as “a future-directed goal that is personally meaningful and aimed at contributing to something larger than the self.”.

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The Challenges of Transforming Twitter

Harvard Business Review

Five principles Elon Musk (or anyone) should follow when making strategic changes at a legacy tech company.

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How The U.S. Should Protect Haitian Refugees

Forbes Leadership

Until conditions in Haiti significantly improve, the Biden administration needs to give Haitians in the U.S. a clearer sense of security. The administration should also ensure access to refugee status remains open to Haitians and any others at the border who would face persecution if deported.

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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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7 Ways to Maximize Social Butterflies

Leadership Freak

People are frustrating. Accept people for who they are so you can maximize their gifts and minimize their weaknesses.

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Documentary Tells The Story Of Chester Upland Schools.

Forbes Leadership

Chester-Upland School District has a long history of trouble. Now a documentary film tells its story.

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5 ways to foster employee loyalty (and why you should)

BetterUp

Have you ever considered employee loyalty to be an essential component of your business? The truth is, it’s vital. Employees who are committed to the company are more likely to do their jobs well and remain with the company long-term — which makes them extremely valuable to a company’s success.

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Only 30% Of Surveyed Organizations Have Plans For Responding To Ransomware Crisis

Forbes Leadership

Two strategies for dealing with a crisis that is guaranteed to fail are ignoring it or acknowledging there’s a crisis but not doing anything about it. Ransomware is a case in point.

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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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Office Mandates Create More Problems Than They Solve

Chief Executive

One of the biggest changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic was the overnight change to remote work for most knowledge workers. The transition was jarring for many companies. While some businesses were ahead of the curve regarding remote infrastructure, many organizations were left scrambling to put solutions in place to make remote work possible.

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Smileyscope Transforms Fear Of Medical Procedures Through Positivity With Medical-Grade VR Technology

Forbes Leadership

Dr. Evelyn Chan, founder and CEO of Smileyscope, has developed VR software that provides patients with a tool during doctor visits to minimize stress, fear and anxiety.

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Invest In Your Entry Level People

Chief Executive

You might wonder why you should take time out of an already overcrowded schedule to focus on investing in entry-level employees. But the young people at your company are your leaders of tomorrow. If you invest in them now, then in 20 years, they will be the executives making the big decisions and keeping your business healthy and thriving. Of course, there’s no guarantee they’ll still be with you then, but investing time in these team members today will also cultivate loyalty and inc

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Did The Texas ESG Ban Have Any Bite?

Forbes Leadership

I tried to cross-tally the list of funds and companies banned by the Texas Comptroller with the publicly available holdings of Texan state pension funds. I found little overlap. I wonder whether the banned list was even meant to bite.

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open thread – October 14-15, 2022

Alison Green

This post, open thread – October 14-15, 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 he

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Why Managers Need To Better Understand Mental Health Warnings From The National Institutes Of Health

Forbes Leadership

Managers don't need to be therapists or understand the complexity of mental health issues. There's a better way to stop burnout.

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Help With Job Searching: Here Are 7 Tips to Land Your Dream Role

BetterUp

Jump to section. 7 job hunting tips. Free online tools to help in your job search. Job hunting is a full-time job.

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Why It’s Important To Say George Floyd Was Murdered

Forbes Leadership

George Floyd likely would’ve turned 49 today had Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, not murdered him in May 2020.

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How to Communicate the Change Vision

LSA Global

What to Do Before Change Leaders Communicate the Change Vision Before you can even begin to discuss the best way to communicate the change vision three things must be true. Agreement on the Current Situation First, based on a thorough current state analysis for change , all key stakeholders must understand the current situation. Agreement on the Business Case for Change Second, all key stakeholders must agree on the overall business case for change and the relative urgency for change within the

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Building Exciting Fantasy Stories With Tze Chun

Forbes Leadership

Tze (pronounced "Z") Chun is an award-winning American film and TV writer, director, producer and showrunner.

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