Wed.Mar 01, 2023

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10 Reasons to Give Employees Recognition (Other Than to Say Good Job)

Lolly Daskal

Recognizing employees for their hard work and contributions to the company is important for several reason, and recognizing employee for their specific contributions to the company is even more important. Saying “good job” doesn’t cover the details of which people put in effort and perseverance, so it’s important to go beyond that when giving recognition.

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How To Cope With The Constant Barrage Of Workday Microstressors

Forbes Leadership

We all experience issues in the workplace that make us miserable. Getting laid off, losing out on a promotion and raise or being ordered to return to the office mentally and emotionally beats you down. Many mundane annoyances build up over time, making you feel disengaged from your job and company.

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Could Your Board Benefit From Spring Training?

Association Now Leadership

While you may think spring training is only relevant for professional baseball players, it’s a good training tool for boards too. One leadership and communication expert shares how spring training, or consistent training, makes for more effective boards and stronger associations. It’s officially spring training season for Major League Baseball. But this type of training isn’t just for professional athletes.

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15 Exercises Leaders Can Use To Foster Appreciation For Team Diversity

Forbes Leadership

It can be challenging for leaders to help team members better understand and appreciate the distinct perspectives and experiences that their teammates from different backgrounds bring to the table.

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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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Leaders, Don’t Be Afraid to Admit Your Flaws

Kellogg Insight

We prefer to work for people who can make themselves vulnerable, a new study finds. But there are limits.

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6 Ways Job Seekers Can Protect Themselves From Fake Job Offers

Forbes Leadership

Don't be scammed. If you're a job seeker, consider a number of ways you can protect yourself from the stress and mental health challenges when job offers might not be what they claim to be.

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It's Business And It's Personal: 4 Things To Seek In A Consulting Firm

Forbes Leadership

In this article, I will explore four innovative and people-centered qualities organizations should pursue when considering a partnership with a consulting firm.

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A Novel Strategy for Fighting Discrimination on Online Platforms

Kellogg Insight

Profile pictures build trust on peer-to-peer platforms—but they can also breed discrimination. Small changes to profile photos could make a difference.

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The World Is VUCA – How Are You Going To Deal With It?

Forbes Leadership

Is the international business landscape more VUCA than ever before? And are you ready to face the chaotic, turbulent and rapidly changing business environment that has become the ‘new normal’.

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update: a DNA test revealed the CEO is my half brother … and he’s freaking out

Alison Green

This post, update: a DNA test revealed the CEO is my half brother … and he’s freaking out , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer who learned through a DNA test that the company CEO was their half brother … and the CEO was freaking out? Here’s the update. My short update is that he 100% tried to fire me.

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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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Can Five Generations Coexist In The Workplace?

Forbes Leadership

Five generations are actively in the workforce. The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation-X, Millennials and Generation-Z bring different mindsets and expectations to the office.

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4 Tools to Keep Meetings On Track

Leadership Freak

Smart people have lousy meetings. Keeping meetings on track is like organizing a barrel of hummingbirds. The only thing worse than low-participation meetings is one exploding with ideas that ends in confusion.

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Idaho GOP Rejects School Voucher Bill

Forbes Leadership

Last year, Idaho’s legislature killed a private school tuition bill; this year school voucher supporters tried again with a more expansive proposal that just went down to defeat.

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Do You Set Supporting Goals?

Thought Leaders LLC

Setting goals for supporting functions helps link people’s roles and the work they do every day to your department’s larger goals. It’s easy to focus on big departmental goals, but not everyone on the team can directly affect those numbers. Setting goals for supporting functions helps link people’s roles and the work they do every day to that broader departmental goal.

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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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Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Pen Their Own Justice

Forbes Leadership

Saanvi Arora and Anastasia (Ani) Chaglasian launched Protect Kids, Not Abusers to rewrite U.S. federal and California state laws for survivors of online child sexual abuse.

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How To Calculate and Increase Your Offer Acceptance Rate

AIHR

An offer acceptance rate is the percentage of job offers accepted by candidates who have been offered a position within an organization. This metric is used by HR professionals to gauge the effectiveness of their recruitment and selection process and to identify any areas where improvements can be made. A high offer acceptance rate indicates that you’ve done a good job of attracting and selecting the right candidates.

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Women Have Found A Powerful Way To Form Authentic Connections In Business - Mentoring Walks

Forbes Leadership

Vital Voices sponsors 135 Mentoring Walks in 45 countries. These women-only walks bring together established and emerging female leaders to create authentic personal and professional connections to inspire the next generation of female change makers. And sometimes they even lead to jobs.

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Employment Contract: HR’s In-Depth Guide

AIHR

An employment contract validates the relationship between an employer and an employee. It’s a commitment by both parties to uphold certain responsibilities and establish a mutually beneficial association. HR departments should have a thorough knowledge of this type of employment offer and be able to guide the process. This article takes a closer look at what employment contracts are all about.

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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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Social Entrepreneur Spotlight: Gabrielle Wyatt Of The Highland Project

Forbes Leadership

The Highland Project, one of eight organizations in New Profit’s first Economic Mobility Cohort, is building and co-powering a coalition of Black women leaders focused on addressing the racial wealth gap by driving bold, structural change for Black communities.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

Michael McKinney

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2023 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. The Four Workarounds : Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems by Paulo Savaget We constantly encounter complex problems at home, in our places of work, and in society at large.

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To Boost Kids’ Vocabulary, We Need To Build Their Knowledge

Forbes Leadership

Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension, and there are effective ways to teach it. But the only way to enable children to acquire the massive amount of vocabulary they need is to build their knowledge.

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Forbes Ranks 15Five Best Overall Talent Management Software

15Five

We are proud to share that Forbes ranked 15Five as Best Overall Talent Management Software for 2023! They are providing this analysis for HR teams to choose the right solution for their businesses to “achieve a productive, high-performing workforce.” Why did they rank us #1 among 26 of the leading providers in the space? After analyzing 34 metrics like transparent pricing, employee self-sufficiency, compatibility with third-party integrations, and access to customer support and custo

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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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Catholic Schools And The Fabric Of American Education

Forbes Leadership

Catholic schools have stood for educational excellence, economic mobility, faith formation, and moral witness for more than two centuries.

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Feminine Leadership Explained: The ‘Masculine’ and ‘Feminine’ Sides of Leadership)

Management30 Leadership

Feminine Leadership is a leadership style associated with traditionally feminine traits and values such as empathy, collaboration, communication, and emotional intelligence. It emphasizes relationship building, inclusiveness, a focus on personal growth and well-being, and a more holistic approach to decision-making. An article diving into the ‘Masculine’ and ‘Feminine’ Sides of Leadership, and looking at how Management 3.0 helps to develop Feminine Leadership.

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Four American Scholars Awarded World’s Largest Prize For Outstanding Work In History

Forbes Leadership

The 2023 winners of the Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, were announced on February 28. Among this year’s recipients are four scholars working at American universities. Each of the winners will receive $300,000 to recognize their achievements and support their future work.

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interviewer scolded me for my outfit, job requires an oath of allegiance, and more

Alison Green

This post, interviewer scolded me for my outfit, job requires an oath of allegiance, and more , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My interviewer scolded me for what I was wearing I am looking to relocate to a different city in my home state, and a couple of interviews I did with one company were video due to my not being able to do an in-person interview.

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U.S. Gender Pay Gap Remains Stable And Little Changed From Twenty Years Ago, Pew Research Finds

Forbes Leadership

The gender pay gap in the U.S. remained relatively stable last year, with women earning an average of 82% of what men earned, according to the latest analysis of median hourly earnings for both full-and part-time workers conducted by the Pew Research Center.

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my entry-level employee gave me a bunch of off-base criticism

Alison Green

This post, my entry-level employee gave me a bunch of off-base criticism , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I have a junior staff person (who has been on my team less than two years) who recently took it upon themself to give me some “constructive criticism” about my management, none of which was relevant or constructive (I did consider it and discussed it with others, and they were all confused as to where it came from).

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Storytelling On The Plate: Kwame Onwuachi's Afro-Caribbean Journey To Lincoln Center

Forbes Leadership

Permanently housed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Tatiana is Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s new restaurant dedicated to telling Afro-Caribbean stories through food.

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How to Equip Your Team to Problem Solve Without You

Harvard Business Review

Stop shielding your team from challenges and responsibilities.

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Women, Money, And Stress: How To Overcome Financial Anxiety

Forbes Leadership

By creating a budget and monitoring spending habits, you have the power to plan for your future and make sure you have the means to achieve your dreams and aspirations.

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To Overcome Resistance to DEI, Understand What’s Driving It

Harvard Business Review

Unpacking the psychology behind defensiveness, denial, and distancing.