Fri.Apr 14, 2023

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How Some Leaders Are Out of Touch With Their Employees

Lolly Daskal

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed that some leaders struggle to connect with their employees and seem out of touch with their needs and concerns. This can lead to low morale, poor communication, and ultimately, a negative impact on the organization’s success. Here are six ways that some leaders are out of touch with their employees: Lack of presence: Leaders are out of touch with their employees because they are not accessible or available.

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Do You Really Know What’s In That Gummy? This Woman Can Tell You.

Forbes Leadership

They bring their products, from gummies to flowers to brownies, to her two-employee lab to make sure they are safe and of consistent quality.

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Sonnenfeld: How To Beat B.S.

Chief Executive

Diversionary clouds of misinformation and the obfuscation by expert jargon is a challenge for every CEO who must deal with misguided industry critics, plaintiff attorneys and cynical media, often intended to confuse. On the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a pair of attention-seeking Swiss academics produced a report claiming that 92.5 percent of Western multinationals didn’t exit Russia, despite public announcements.

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15 Summer Programs For High School Students Still Accepting Applications

Forbes Leadership

Summer programs can be a great way for high school students to gain hands-on skills while meeting new students from around the world. Here are 15 summer programs that still are accepting applications.

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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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A Cure for the Common Company

Michael McKinney

I T SHOULD go without saying that the health and well-being of employees have a direct impact on the success of an organization. Yet, it is unusual for an organization to put it on the high-priority list along with profitability and customer service. The solution is to build it into the culture of the organization. Willpower alone won’t do it. Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being at John Hopkins Medicine, Richard Safeer, provides six building blocks to do that in A Cure for t

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What Tech Employees Genuinely Value As A Company Perk

Forbes Leadership

Tech companies are focused on achieving company objectives and key results and driving revenue. Nevertheless, how does this affect the workforce?

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Entrepreneurship Education Needs To Change. Insights To Fuel Next Generation Entrepreneurs

Forbes Leadership

Entrepreneurship education at colleges in the USA needs to change by encouraging students to embrace creativity and failure in order to create more startups.

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Research: Being Funny Can Pay Off More for Women Than Men

Harvard Business Review

An analysis of TED talks and startup pitches suggests humor can help women break free from the warmth–competence double bind.

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Turning Anxiety Into Your Leadership Superpower With Morra Aarons-Mele

Forbes Leadership

Anxiety at work continues to afflict tremendous amounts of employees and leaders, yet is rarely discussed and addressed. Author Morra Aarons-Mele's new book helps readers not only navigate anxiety related to achievement, but even leverage it into a leadership superpower.

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What Business Needs to Know About the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy

Harvard Business Review

It promises to shift liability onto private firms and create incentives to defend against critical vulnerabilities.

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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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Why Tech Companies Should Hire More Women And Make It A Part Of Their CSR Policy

Forbes Leadership

By making hiring more women in tech a part of CSR initiatives, companies can create positive social and economic change and contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future.

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Definition of Broken (DoB): A Tool for Improving Communications and Outcomes

Mike Griffiths

Communicating project issues is challenging. Exactly when should we escalate? Who to, and how much of a chance to correct things should be given first? This is why some projects create control limits around critical parameters and develop escalation plans to communicate exceptions and agree on the next steps. However, on most small to medium size projects, these escalation plans are often missing or left to the project manager's discretion.

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HBCUs Hold Secret To Adapting To Higher Ed’s Evolving Demographics

Forbes Leadership

As colleges and universities compete for a smaller pool of potential students, leaders are looking for ways to balance their books with the needs of their students.

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4 Questions that Accelerate Performance Today

Leadership Freak

Performance accelerates when you instruct incompetence and question expertise. Tell rookies what to do. They need to know how to hold the bat and grip the club.

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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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Retired Presidents Join Campaign To Fight Political Interference With College Campuses

Forbes Leadership

More than 100 retired college and university presidents have joined a national campaign called “Champions of Higher Education” to fight political interference and various forms of government overreach and censorship on American campuses.

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Why Building Trust Should Be Your Team’s Next Big Priority

15Five

Phil Jackson once said, “Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘me’ for the ‘we.’” No team can achieve at a higher level without trust in one another, no matter how many great individual contributors they may have. (Though having Michael Jordan on your team does help.) Today, with so many more people working on a hybrid or virtual team, a focus on building and maintaining trust is more important than ever.

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How The FTC Could Slow OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Forbes Leadership

Alarmed by the capabilities of OpenAI’s latest large language models, the Center for AI and Digital Policy, a nonprofit organization fighting for consumer privacy and safety in the digital age, filed the complaint just days after the open letter, which itself has garnered more than 20,000 signatu.

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The Ripple Effect of a Bad Boss on Dual-Career Parents

Harvard Business Review

Five steps you can take to manage a boss that’s making both of your lives harder.

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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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Leaders Must Keep Learning Or Get Left Behind

Forbes Leadership

Professor Bryan Lukas says managers must continue to develop their skills if they want to stay ahead of the game.

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Understanding Organizational Change Commitment: A Guide for Managers

Wendy Hirsch

Key Points Change commitment reflects a person’s level of determination to follow a course of action related to an organizational change. Researchers Herscovitch and Meyer suggest that there are three types of change commitment based on emotion, values/obligation and cost-avoidance, respectively. Each is associated with a different types of actions support of the change — championing, cooperation and compliance.

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16 Strategies For Brands To Get Free Press Mentions And Local News Features

Forbes Leadership

Landing free PR can provide valuable visibility and credibility for your brand without breaking the bank.

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Employee Value Proposition: All You Need to Know

AIHR

The employee value proposition (EVP) is rapidly gaining importance in organizations as it plays a key role in attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent and elevating your entire employer brand. But what exactly is EVP, and how can you develop a compelling employee value proposition that highlights the unique benefits and opportunities your organization has to offer?

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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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Why Budget Deficits Will Remain Perennial

Forbes Leadership

Biden’s budget, for all the praise it has received from some and anxiety it has caused in others, misses the real issue: entitlements.

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Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Motivate Your Team

BetterUp

Jump to section What is carrot-and-stick motivation?

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Obsess Launches AVA, A Dynamic Self-Serve, DIY Tool That Allows Brands To Quickly Change And Manage Merchandising, Visual Display, And Content For Their Virtual Storefronts.

Forbes Leadership

Much like Shopify revolutionized e-commerce for small businesses by providing them with traditional DIY storefront capabilities, AVA now enables brands to build and manage their next-generation, immersive 3D virtual storefronts, dynamically changing merchandising, content, and styling as needed t.

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6 Emerging Technology Domains That Will Change Your Business - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Deloitte.

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In The Age Of AI Content, Authority Is Still King

Forbes Leadership

Several content-generating tools have recently captivated the attention of marketing professionals and the general public alike.

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4 Organizational Change Questions Employees Want Answered

LSA Global

Reaction to Change Do you get freaked out at the prospect of organizational change? Change management consulting experts know that you’re not alone. In fact, the fear of change is so common that there is even a phobia named for it: metathesiophobia. You need to be ready for the change questions employees want answered. Even positive organizational change causes stress.

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How To Support LGBTQ People With ADHD At Work

Forbes Leadership

There is a growing set of research on the overlap between gender diversity and neurodiversity. What does that mean for your business?

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Driving Diversity On The Green: The Genesis Invitational Champions Minority And Women-Owned Businesses In Golf

Forbes Leadership

The Genesis Invitational is breaking down barriers and paving the way for a more diverse and inclusive future in golf. The tournament is the most popular on the PGA Tour and is making waves for it's commitment to championing minority and women-owned businesses.

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Surprise And Delight: 20 Agency Pros Share Their Favorite Ways To Win Over Prospects

Forbes Leadership

How does the "surprise and delight" approach work for converting prospects into paying customers?

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‘Young People Are Changing The World’: Dr. Jane Goodall On The New Apple TV+ Series ‘Jane’ And Her Message That We Can All Make A Difference

Forbes Leadership

World renowned ethologist and environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall talks about the new Apple TV+ series Jane, which was inspired by her life and legacy, her passion for empowering young people to get involved in creating change, her calls to action and more.

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