Wed.Jan 25, 2023

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How Leadership Coaching Is Helping CEOs Through Uncertain Times

Lolly Daskal

Navigating uncertainty as a CEO can be a challenging task. With so many variables and unknowns in today’s business world, it can be difficult to know which direction to take. That’s where experienced executive leadership coaches come in. As a coach, I am busier now than ever before because leaders are searching for someone who has been through similar situations, someone who can look beyond the day-to-day operations, and help guide them through uncertain times.

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How To Overcome Self-Doubt About Your Ability To Lead | Leadership Espresso Shot 45

Tanveer Nasser

Over the past several months I’ve had some interesting conversations with leaders who attended one of my keynotes or workshops. In particular, what was noteworthy was this common thread underlining each of these conversations. Whether it was a middle-level manager or an executive from the C-suite, in each of these interactions I couldn’t help but note the sense of self-doubt these leaders expressed about their continued ability to lead.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Crack College Admissions?

Forbes Leadership

While the program is well equipped to pass even complex tests, it cannot be a substitute for innovation, creativity, and critical thinking—attributes that students are expected to showcase on the college admissions essay.

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5 HR Challenges to Expect When Moving Your Startup From Fully Remote to a Hybrid Workplace

Zenefits

As a startup, the ability to work remotely can be incredibly beneficial, not only in terms of cost savings and convenience for employees but also regarding productivity. However, there may come a time when having a physical office is beneficial. In this case, adopting a hybrid work model can be an excellent strategy to get people back into the office without losing the benefits of remote work.

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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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Three Reasons You Have Already Broken Your New Year’s Resolutions

Forbes Leadership

Many of us have abandoned New Year’s resolutions, which is fair. But if you really want to achieve what you set out to do, the secret is to connect to your why. Here's a simple three-step way to ensure your resolutions - and all new habits you want to start - stick.

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How Can Employers Improve Recruitment in 2023?

Zenefits

Recruitment and hiring processes are constantly changing and evolving. As the world moves into 2023, it’s important to consider the best ways to attract and retain the highest-quality talent. Many businesses will be on the lookout for better recruitment practices in the new year. Actually, 75% of businesses struggle to effectively recruit top talent.

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Orlando: Driving Toward A Digital Future

Chief Executive

Orlando took make-believe adventure and excitement to new heights by building a vast local entertainment and tourism economy over the last half century, anchored by masters of the industry including Walt Disney Co. and Universal Studios. But alongside attractions such as Epcot, SeaWorld and the Hogwarts Express, the Greater Orlando area has been building another economy, this one based on digital technologies and native mastery of gaming, modeling, simulation and augmented and virtual reality,

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How To Make ESG Investing Real And Meaningful

Forbes Leadership

Judging from programs and conversations in Davos, there is a growing sentiment, at least in some quarters, that global companies need to pay greater attention to goals beyond maximizing short-term financial returns to investors.

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Amazon Loses Bid to End Worker Lawsuit Over Work-from-Home Expenses

Zenefits

Nationwide online retailer Amazon’s attempt to end a lawsuit by one of its workers to recover the expenses he says he incurred while working from home during the pandemic has been unsuccessful. A California federal judge recently rejected Amazon’s request that the case is thrown out of court. Reimbursement for Remote Work Expenses David Williams claims in the class action legal filing that the company violated California labor law requiring that employees be paid for work-related expenses.

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KFC Restaurant Employees Now Eligible For Fully Paid Tuition At Western Governors University

Forbes Leadership

The KFC Foundation has announced that it will partner with Western Governors University (WGU), one of the nation’s leading online universities, to offer KFC restaurant employees completely paid tuition for attending WGU to earn their college degree.

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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 to Retain Superstar Performers in a Tough Market

AlignOrg

Many organizations are facing growing challenges when it comes to maintaining a productive workforce. There may be particular concerns about retaining their star performers; employees performing well in their jobs with plenty of runway for further improvement. There has been so much movement in the labor market – particularly among star performers – that organizations should move proactively to retain superstars.

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Iowa Enacts Universal School Choice, But Regulations Will Limit The Supply Of Options For Families

Forbes Leadership

Education entrepreneurs in Iowa should have the same freedom that they do in most other states to introduce new and different schooling models, and families should have the freedom to choose the learning model that works best for them.

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The Power of an Ethical Leader

Mind Tools Leadership

Distinguishing between what you have a right to do and what is the right thing to do cuts to the heart of ethical leadership : being an authentic leader who knows and does the right thing. Today, more than ever, ethics are a leadership imperative. Ethical leaders rise above the din of the crowd to inspire us at a time of uncertainty and large-scale corporate cases of fraud and unethical behavior in organizations.

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A College’s Smartest Business Decision Leads To National Prominence On Racial Equity And Student Success

Forbes Leadership

Since Keith Curry became its CEO, Compton College has completed nearly $118 million in renovations and new building construction projects. He also has secured over $250 million for additional construction and student success initiatives, while establishing the College as a national equity leader.

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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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sharing a hotel room with a coworker when I snore, should I lie about how many cats I have, and more

Alison Green

This post, sharing a hotel room with a coworker when I snore, should I lie about how many cats I have, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I’m sharing a hotel room with a coworker but I snore I started a new job a week ago, working remotely. A week from now, everyone in my organization is attending the big annual conference in our state for our industry.

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Hulu To Release Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Critically Acclaimed ‘The 1619 Project’And Highlights Her Courage In Reframing America’s History

Forbes Leadership

The renowned investigative journalist who created The New York Times' 1619 Project shares a little about her powerful journey and her thoughts on who should tell America's story.

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How to Identify and Motivate Slackers on Your Team

Thought Leaders LLC

You put in a lot of time and energy into leading slackers, but you don’t get anything back in terms of results. Your job as a leader is to figure out what will motivate them to perform. One type of detractor you might deal with is a slacker. These people are in the lower left corner of the leadership matrix. You put in a lot of time and energy into leading them but you don’t get anything back in terms of results.

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Meet Canada’s Best Employers 2023

Forbes Leadership

Every email from Siobhan Kukolic, a communications officer at the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Peel Dufferin affiliate in Brampton, Ontario—one of the roughly 80 CMHA affiliates across Canada—shows how sensitive CMHA is to its employees’ work-life balance.

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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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my last company was horrible — how do I save other people from it?

Alison Green

This post, my last company was horrible — how do I save other people from it? , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I recently started a new job and escaped my previous job. The previous job was for a CEO who fancies himself a LinkedIn influencer and life coach. His actual business is a for-profit tech company.

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4 Ways Anti-Blackness Shows Up In DEI

Forbes Leadership

While many enter the DEI space with good intentions, we often engage in harmful behaviors without realizing. Addressing white dominant culture will require us to recognize the ways we contribute to anti-blackness. This article highlights four ways that anti-blackness shows up in the DEI space.

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Don't Spin Your Team In Circles

Eric Jacobson

A manager who can't make a decision or who can't make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager's team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles , slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.

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Don’t Fret About Empty Office Space—Repurpose It

Forbes Leadership

There are many practical uses of surplus office space. Surplus office space, in fact, should be seen as an asset, not a liability. This is not a new challenge. Many others have been there before. Study what they did right, or wrong in some instances, and act accordingly.

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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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6 Takeaways on Inflation and the Economy Right Now

Kellogg Insight

Are we headed into a recession? Kellogg’s Sergio Rebelo breaks down the latest trends.

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The Iconfactory Co-Founder Gedeon Maheux Talks Accessibility On Twitter, ‘The Blow’ Of Losing Twitterrific In New Interview

Forbes Leadership

Although it makes complete business sense for Twitter to send client apps to the guillotine, the loss of Twitterrific (and Tweetbot and many others) is a great communal loss for the people who not only created the products, but also for innovation in terms of art-worthy user interface design.

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People Development: An Essential Guide for HR

AIHR

People development is key to retaining your workforce and boosting business performance. How can you as an HR professional create an effective people development strategy for your organization? Let’s find out. Contents What is people development? Examples of people development 7 Tips for an effective people development strategy What is people development?

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Skills You Need To Build Now To Get Ahead In The New World Of Work

Forbes Leadership

Learn why the skills of creativity, agility, empathy, emotional regulation, and having an entrepreneurial mindset are crucial to thrive in today's business world.

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5 Types of Employee Turnover and How to Manage Them

15Five

No one stays in the same job forever — that sounds more like an episode of Black Mirror than fulfilling employment! Change at work is inevitable, whether we choose to take a new opportunity, move to another city, raise children, or eventually retire. That’s turnover; the rate at which employees leave an organization, and are replaced by new people. Low turnover is generally considered desirable.

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Employee Engagement Is Actually Falling. Just Don’t Call It ‘Quiet Quitting.’

Forbes Leadership

The published version of this week’s Forbes Careers newsletter brings the latest news, commentary and ideas about the workplace, leadership, job hunting and the future of work straight to your inbox every Wednesday.

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my boss collected money for flowers for me … and then kept it for herself

Alison Green

This post, my boss collected money for flowers for me … and then kept it for herself , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Unfortunately, seven weeks ago my dear grandmother passed away at 91. A coworker of mine told me our supervisor collected money from our team for flowers as condolences for her death.

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10 Alternative Social Platforms Brands Can Leverage For Marketing

Forbes Leadership

Leveraging other social platforms that may not be widely considered to be major vehicles for generating brand awareness or leads can be incredibly effective, depending on the audience.

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Podcast: How Letting Teams Fail Can Help Them Succeed

Kellogg Insight

It can be tempting for leaders to swoop in to solve problems. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we hear from a U.S. Army colonel about why doing so is a disservice.

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4 Ways People With Disabilities Can Have Privilege Too

Forbes Leadership

One key to understanding the multi-layered complexity and disunity of disabled communities is to realize that some disabled people have more privilege than others. It’s an important reality for everyone to realize and acknowledge, especially for disabled people themselves.