Fri.Feb 10, 2023

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The Power of Kindness: How It Can Make a Big Difference in Leadership

Lolly Daskal

The power of kindness is often underestimated in the realm of leadership. While many leaders focus on driving results and achieving goals, the simple act of showing kindness can have a profound impact on a team. Here are the four ways kindness makes an impact: Kindness can build strong relationships: When leaders show compassion and empathy towards their employees, they create a sense of trust and respect.

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Types of Employee Benefits: 12 Benefits HR Should Know

AIHR

The types of employee benefits an organization provides carry weight in today’s employment market. Compensation on its own is not enough to engage employees and attract job seekers who now expect more comprehensive rewards for their work. HR practitioners need to be aware of the various benefit possibilities and determine which ones their organization should consider adopting.

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University Of Chicago’s “The Day Tomorrow Began” Highlights The Benefits Of The Research University

Forbes Leadership

The University of Chicago's new series titled "The Day Tomorrow Began" is a particularly effective public campaign about the value of the research discoveries and scholarly breakthroughs made by its faculty over the years.

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How to Use Strategic Planning to Help With Goal Setting & Prioritization

SME Strategy

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization.

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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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Filling The Gaps During A Recession

Chief Executive

The most predictable thing about the state of the workforce today is that it’s highly unpredictable. Major companies have been announcing layoffs and enacting hiring freezes in response to predictions about the economy and attempts to attract and retain top talent. Whether a recession is in the future or not, many companies are preparing for the worst and downsizing to save money.

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Saudi Arabia’s Newest Sportswashing Strategy: Sponsorship Of Women’s World Cup

Forbes Leadership

FIFA should not allow Saudi Arabia Tourism to sponsor the 2023 Women's World Cup. The tournament celebrates the global women's game—and it should not be an opportunity to launder the reputation of a government that shamelessly violates women's rights.

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13 Key Things Brands Jumping On The Social Commerce Bandwagon Must Keep In Mind

Forbes Leadership

Social commerce is expected to see such explosive growth over the next few years, brands seeking to jump on the bandwagon need to do their research and create a strong strategy to find success.

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The Cure for Fear

Leadership Freak

The trouble with fear is sometimes it helps and sometimes it stabs you in the back. Helpful fear tells you to obey the speed limit because the cops are out on holidays.

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Uber Super Bowl Ad Featuring Diddy Takes Unique Approach To Nostalgia

Forbes Leadership

Uber One's 2023 Super Bowl ad featuring Diddy is reviewed. The ad takes a unique approach to nostalgia by combining hitmaker Diddy with artists of very catch songs from the fomrmative years of millennials.

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weekend open thread – February 11-12, 2023

Alison Green

This post, weekend open thread – February 11-12, 2023 , was written by Alison Green and published 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: Silver Sparrow , by Tayari Jones, in which a man has two daughters — one in his public family and one in his secret family on the side.

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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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During Pandemic, 61% Of Colleges Saw Tuition Revenue Decline, According To New Report

Forbes Leadership

During the initial part of the Covid-19 pandemic, 61% of higher education institutions in the U.S. saw their net tuition revenue decline. That’s one of the key findings of a new analysis conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education, a leading publication covering the the higher education sector.

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Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.

Harvard Business Review

As we shift away from the unique conditions that fueled global growth for the past 30 years, investors will need more capital — and more patience.

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Forty-Four Percent Of Disabled People Say U.K. Streets Are Inaccessible

Forbes Leadership

According to research published by Sustrans and Transport for All, 40% of pedestrians with disabilities consider U.K. streets to be physically inaccessible and 55% experience negative public attitudes when out and about.

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Shareholder Proposals At Walmart, Netflix, Seek To Pressure Boards On Workers’ Rights

Chief Executive

Shareholder proposals recently filed with Walmart, CVS Pharmacy, Neflix, Doordash and Gannett are an indication that workers’ rights issues may become a major governance concern this year. Corporate board members will need to collaborate with management to clarify company worker rights policies in anticipation of shareholder concerns regarding workers’ rights to organize unions.

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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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Data and AI will redefine Businesses in 2023

Forbes Leadership

The world in 2023 is in three large transitions. Data-rich enterprises, LLMs and Foundation Models, and a Human-centered approach will redefine businesses.

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Employee Onboarding Statistics: Data That Points to Value

Zenefits

How good is your employee onboarding program? Based on onboarding statistics , business managers might have a very different opinion than employees. According to Gallup, only 12% of employees strongly agree that their company does a great job of onboarding new employees. Your onboarding processes and programs are the steps you take to introduce employees to your company and their coworkers.

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Future-Proofing CX: What Companies Should Know To Stay Ahead Of The Curve

Forbes Leadership

Four out of five consumers want the companies they do business with to customize their experience based on what the company knows about them, according to new research. That said, only 28% of consumers say that companies are “doing great” at customizing their experiences based on the data they have.

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Does Onboarding Mean You Are Hired?

Zenefits

Receiving an offer for a job you really want is a great feeling. The job may have better pay, benefits, and flexibility than your previous job. And you’re over the moon in your excitement to start a new role with a new organization. But as you begin the onboarding process, you may wonder, does onboarding mean you are hired ? In most companies, beginning the onboarding program for a new employee means that the job has been filled.

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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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For Most, Working In The Gig Economy Is Not A Stopgap Measure

Forbes Leadership

The Gig Economy represents dozens of industries, from consultants to beauty practitioners, delivery folks and tutors—and more than half make over $50K a year. The second part of a new study delves into the breadth of fields and industries as well as the range of incomes earned by U.S. gig workers.

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Hiring vs. Onboarding: Where One Stops and the Other Starts

Zenefits

As an employer, you’ve probably spent a lot of time over the past couple of years reading the economic news and job reports to see if now is a good time to hire and onboard new employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , job openings near the end of 2022 were down slightly for a total of 10.3 million and total separations were at 5.7 million.

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How To Effectively Brand Yourself As A Collaborative Leader

Forbes Leadership

Tricia Cerrone and Edward J. van Luinen are co-leaders of Authentic Collaboration, a new way to work and lead that they promise brings our humanity back to the workplace. Their consulting business focuses on leading collaboration – an often misunderstood concept in the business world.

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Virtual Employee Onboarding Tips

Zenefits

An increasing number of today’s employees rarely, if ever, set foot in a physical workplace. In fact, some workers are completely remote, and even their onboarding process is completed online. According to statistics published by Zippia , as of 2022, 26% of U.S. employees work remotely. And it is anticipated that more than 36 million Americans will be working remotely by 2025.

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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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Don’t Be That Guy: Five Soul-Crushing Behaviors Of Toxic Leaders

Forbes Leadership

Rather than wait for these costs to tear down your business, get out in front of toxicity. Here are symptoms of toxic leadership to weed out and address before it’s too late.

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The Employee Onboarding Timeline: What to Do When, and Why

Zenefits

Developing an effective employee onboarding program is a critical component of a company’s talent acquisition efforts. After all, new employees should feel confident that they accepted the right offer from the very first day. The onboarding phase of an employee’s tenure at an organization sets the tone for their performance and expectations.

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How To Use Storytelling In Learning And Development

Forbes Leadership

How can we as learning and development professionals leverage the power of great storytelling to create real change and growth within our organizations?

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Employee Onboarding Experience: 9 Ways to Make It Memorable

Zenefits

When you add new team members, orienting them to your way of doing business is of the utmost importance. New hires can feel overwhelmed and unwelcome without proper support and inclusion during the initial adjustment period. Creating an efficient, effective onboarding experience for your company is essential. A positive employee onboarding experience can improve employee retention and company morale.

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Mindset Matters: How Disability Continues To Inform Management Practice And Enhances Organizations Human Capital Needs (Part Two)

Forbes Leadership

Part Two of this column delves deeper into the idea of integrative thinking as a tool for the future of business growth. The column highlights the power of the disability narrative as a key to this style of practice offering real dividends in how we define longterm company growth.

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The 5 Phases of Employee Onboarding, Complete with Examples

Zenefits

Employers, HR teams, and hiring managers everywhere share the challenges of finding the right new hires for open roles. After attracting, engaging, interviewing, and negotiating with job candidates, it’s essential to have the “next steps” thoughtfully planned. We’re referring to the onboarding process. If new hires don’t feel valued, they’re likely to leave.

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Strategy Is A Sales Game

Forbes Leadership

Chief executives and directors need to learn that creating a successful strategy that everyone buys into and works toward is, in fact, a sales game.

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Employee Pre-onboarding: 5 Great Reasons to Implement the Process

Zenefits

Helping select job candidates transition into productive, happy new employees should be a top priority for employers. After all, the hiring process is costly and time-consuming. Helping the new hire feel welcomed, valued, and well-trained in the basics is the natural next step. The onboarding process integrates new hires into the workplace. It’s integral in helping them hit the ground running and feel confident in their decision to accept the position.

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Education Marketing In Latin America: One Size Does Not Fit All For Local Entities

Forbes Leadership

Not only is Latin America unique from other global regions, but there are also considerable differences—even huge variations—between the countries in this continent.

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Employee Onboarding vs. Training: The Purpose of Each and Virtue of Both

Zenefits

As an HR representative or hiring manager invested in the employee onboarding process , you’re charged with checking all the proverbial boxes when bringing new hires on board. You’ll also want to ensure your new employees have a positive experience during their introduction to your organization. Research published in late-2021 cited that some 73% of current employees surveyed were considering quitting their jobs due to dissatisfaction.