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Why Rude Leadership is Destructive and How to Stop It

Lolly Daskal

Rude leadership can have a destructive impact on an organization. It creates a toxic work environment, lowers morale, and can lead to high turnover rates. One of the main reasons rude leadership is so harmful is that it creates a culture of fear and mistrust. When leaders are rude or disrespectful, it sends a message to their team that their feelings and opinions don’t matter.

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Managing the Risks of Generative AI

Harvard Business Review

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely popular, but its adoption by businesses comes with a degree of ethical risk. Organizations must prioritize the responsible use of generative AI by ensuring it is accurate, safe, honest, empowering, and sustainable. Organizations need to be mindful of the ethical implications and take necessary steps to reduce risks.

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AI & Automation: Real Tips From Real CEOs

Chief Executive

American factories and warehouses are undergoing an automation boom that was well on its way before the pandemic, was supercharged by the virus, spurred further by supply-chain debacles and generational labor shortages, and now is entering a new phase in which companies’ need to reshore industrial operations has become another driving force. Sure, the arrival of ChatGPT has created existential questions for everyone from lawyers to artists to financial planners.

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AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future

Harvard Business Review

Despite the buzz surrounding it, the prominence of prompt engineering may be fleeting. A more enduring and adaptable skill will keep enabling us to harness the potential of generative AI? It is called problem formulation — the ability to identify, analyze, and delineate problems.

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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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In Dialogue: Sidus Space Founder And CEO And Navy Veteran Carol Craig On Breaking Glass Ceilings And The Future Of Space, Part 2

Forbes Leadership

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Sidus Space founder and CEO Carol Craig—who has broken multiple glass ceilings in two different historically male-dominated

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Build a Strong Learning Culture on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

With the nature of work changing so rapidly, it’s no longer enough just to offer employees opportunities for upskilling and reskilling. Companies also need to help workers become “expert learners” — and a key way of doing that, the learning-and-development expert James McKenna writes, is to follow the principles of the Universal Design Framework for learning, or UDL.

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The Art of Persuasion: Building Buy-In and Inspiring Teams for Success W/ Alastair Wood

SME Strategy

Have you ever needed to secure buy-in from a board member or a potential employee in order to have them join your team or gain their support for a project? How did you handle the situation, and what insights did you gain from it? In this interview, we have the privilege of talking to Alastair Wood , Vice-President & General Counsel at Rhino , a New York-based real estate startup that aims to bring greater financial freedom to renters everywhere.

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Former Iraqi Refugee Forms Flip App Into Social Shopping Platform

Forbes Leadership

Iraqi-born Noor Aga came to the US to “flip” e-commerce into a social experience. Agha is the CEO and co-founder of the fast growing social shopping app, Flip.

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What are Microaffirmations? Inclusivity Through Small Gestures

AIHR

People do their best work in a positive and welcoming environment, which is why microaffirmations are so important. Microaffirmations are small gestures to indicate your respect for your peers on an everyday basis. When people receive microaffirmations in the office, they know they can trust their managers and coworkers. That trust drastically alters their output — employees who trust their company are 260% more motivated to work and are 50% less likely to look for another job, according to a re

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College Is About To Get A Lot More Expensive For Middle Class Families

Forbes Leadership

The FAFSA, the primary financial aid application used by colleges and universities in the United States, will undergo a transformative set of changes this fall.

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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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Are you Ready for the Next Senior Living Crisis | Part 4

Chief Outsiders

Convert More Prospects to Residents By: Beth VanStory and Jennifer Apy Getting new residents and their families to become aware of and consider your senior living facility is neither easy nor cheap to do – which is why it’s absolutely critical to converting as many of those who contact you as possible.

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Responsible AI: A Roadmap To Stand Out In A Crowded Market

Forbes Leadership

As organizations strive to harness the potential of AI, building trust with customers through responsible practices and governance becomes a crucial differentiator.

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Become Extraordinary: Guidelines for Reaching High

Leadership Freak

The stuff I read about setting goals is dangerous because it works. The thing you reach for shapes you. Big goals destroy us when we reach for the wrong thing.

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Apple’s Vision Pro Is A Technical Tour De Force, But Accessibility Fascinates Most

Forbes Leadership

As wearables go, it’s one thing to put computers in your ears (AirPods) and on your wrist (Apple Watch). Putting one on your face (Vision Pro) is different.

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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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Top 7 Process Management Alternatives to ScreenSteps

Sweet Process

Start your free 14-day trial of SweetProcess No credit card needed. Cancel anytime. Click Here To Try it for Free. Table Of Contents Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Cons of ScreenSteps: Why Are Users Looking for Other Process Plan Alternatives? Chapter Three: 7 Alternatives to ScreenSteps for Documenting Systems of Operating Procedures Chapter Four: Why […] The post Top 7 Process Management Alternatives to ScreenSteps appeared first on SweetProcess.

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Companies Posting Wide Salary Ranges On Job Advertisements Are Making A Mockery Of Pay Transparency Laws

Forbes Leadership

Companies are gaming pay transparency laws intended to bolster pay equity in the workplace. According to research from Indeed’s Hiring Lab, “Salary ranges advertised on job postings are widening in tech hubs and areas with pay transparency requirements.

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The Rise Of The Fractional CXO

Chief Executive

Hybrid and remote work mean that executives aren’t reevaluating whether they need permanent, full-time offices. Small and midsized firms are starting to ask the same question about certain senior roles. As a result, the idea of using contingent workers is beginning to permeate higher rungs of the corporate ladder. We’re seeing the gradual arrival of the fractional chief executive.

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17 Smart Ways Solopreneurs Take Their Personal Brand To The Next Level

Forbes Leadership

As a solopreneur, your personal brand serves as a powerful tool for establishing credibility, attracting clients and differentiating yourself in the market.

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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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Prioritize Employee Well-Being During Mergers & Acquisitions

Chief Executive

It takes a village to build a world-class company from scratch. Over the past two decades, I’ve learned that lesson firsthand amidst Mimecast’s journey from startup status to the global email and collaboration security pioneer it is today. While innovative products and services are critical to any company’s growth trajectory, an inclusive and values-driven culture of empowerment is what ultimately serves as the true foundation for sustained success.

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Closing The Covid Learning Gap Could Take A Decade, Says U.K. Report

Forbes Leadership

It could take a decade for schools to close the attainment gap that opened up between disadvantaged students and their classmates during the pandemic.

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Visa’s Andrea Fairchild: ‘Sometimes You Have To Break Yourself To Make Yourself’

Chief Executive

Andrea Fairchild remembers the moment in Brazil as though it was yesterday. “It was early in my career and I was traveling with Nike as the company was preparing for the World Cup,” she recalled. “It was scary and daunting — the kind of situation I’d never been in. I’ll never forget stepping into a room with very senior marketers and explaining my point of view, even though I absolutely felt out of my depth.

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16 Instances In Which It Is Appropriate For An Employee To Say ‘No’

Forbes Leadership

There are times when employees may find it necessary to say “no” to a manager or colleague, but determining when it’s appropriate to do so requires careful consideration.

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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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How to create training videos (that actually get watched)

Walk Me

Let’s be honest. We’ve all been there. Clicking play on the mandatory training video, then leaving it running while we make another coffee or catch up on some chores. Furiously skipping through the tutorials of a new app because “I’ll figure out how to do it when it comes up.” And can you blame us? Training videos are usually a drag, especially those that aren’t truly necessary.

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5 Unique Ways To Sell Your Coaching Services

Forbes Leadership

To give you an idea of the different options at your disposal, let's look at five unique ways to sell your coaching services and the pros and cons of each.

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The Opioid Crisis, CEO Pay, and Shareholder Activism

Harvard Business Review

How can one company best hold itself accountable for its role in the opioid crisis?

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The Future Of Cyber Espionage, The Uncomfortable Truth In The Near And Distant Future

Forbes Leadership

Ten years ago, zero-day exploits were incredibly rare and very expensive for cyber threat agents to do. The capabilities now spread to a much larger group.

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Why More Companies Should Have a Sabbatical Policy

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with HBS lecturer DJ DiDonna on the value of extended time off.

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How To Be Creative In The Age Of GenerativeAI And ChatGPT

Forbes Leadership

Ask chatGPT if it is creative, and it will confidently answer YES (followed by a fake modest yet self-promotional explainer). In that sense, it is a lot like humans.

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From Workplace Strain to Support, Research Shows Employees Need Resources to Address their Mental Health

SHRM Organizational Development

Breaking the Cycle of Exhaustion: Supporting Workplace Recovery and Mental Health Have you ever been so exhausted after work that you didn’t want to engage in anything? If so, you have SHRM Research behind you; Forty-seven percent of U.S. workers reported feeling that by the end of the workday, they had little energy to participate in non-work activities, 33% find it difficult to unwind and relax after work and 25% deliberately avoid tasks after work.

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Mellon Foundation Awards New Grants To Expand Prison Higher Education

Forbes Leadership

The Mellon Foundation is awarding more than $5 million in new grants to expand opportunities and increase resources for higher education with incarcerated individuals.

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How to Create More Accountability at Work

LSA Global

Defining More Accountability at Work Many leaders who evaluate their corporate culture to determine why the organization is not performing at its peak blame a lack of accountability at work. We agree that companies need to consistently perform at higher levels to succeed and that the best leaders make a culture of accountability a priority. But we also maintain that leaders need to shift the way they think about more accountability at work.

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Why It’s Important That European Governments Are Moving To Regulate The Treatment Of Workers Globally

Forbes Leadership

The European Parliament's endorsement of "mandatory due diligence" laws seeks to regulate companies' human rights and environmental performance.