Fri.Mar 24, 2023

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6 Things Successful Leaders do to Retain Their Top Talent

Lolly Daskal

As a leader, it’s important to consider how to retain top talent in order to have a successful team. One key way to do this is by creating an employee value proposition that truly resonates with your employees. Successful leaders understand that this proposition must be meaningful enough to make a real difference in the lives of their team members.

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Top Private School Applications Surge Amidst South Florida’s Real Estate Boom

Forbes Leadership

Enrollment at top private schools in South Florida is booming, as many out-of-state families have moved to South Florida in the years since the pandemic, seeking sunny weather, and escaping state income tax.

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Thinking Outside The 9-Box

Chief Executive

For time immemorial (well, since the 1970s when it was developed by McKinsey & Co.) , the 9-box grid has been the model used for succession planning. Although it’s still firmly on the curriculum of many MBA programs and entrenched in organizational talent models, it’s actually well beyond its expiry date. While there are alternatives, they’re currently underused as organizations can be reluctant to move away from this tried-and-tested approach.

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Beauty Pageants And Academia – The Perfect Contradiction?

Forbes Leadership

When you think of beauty pageants, what comes to mind? Probably not academia, social responsibility or sustainable finance. Dr Ana Nacvalovaite, Research fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, says otherwise. Aside from being a distinguished academic Ana is also Mrs Great Britain.

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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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3 Ways to Bring Your Best Self

Leadership Freak

Phonies aren’t successful. They might appear successful, but fulfillment requires whole heartedness. Your best self doesn’t wear a mask. You never get where you want to go when you leave yourself behind.

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Credit Suisse’s Collapse: A Cautionary Tale Of Returning To The Office

Forbes Leadership

The world watched in shock as Credit Suisse, one of the most established global banking and financial services institutions, collapsed and was eventually acquired by UBS. A significant factor in Credit Suisse's downfall was its rigid stance on forcing staff to return to the office.

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SVB Blames Remote Work For Failure: 6 Shifts To Get Remote Work Right

Forbes Leadership

Some Silicon Valley Bank employees blame remote work as the cause of its collapse, contradicting the science and leading experts to speak out on how companies need to implement remote work correctly.

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How Machine Learning Can Improve the Customer Experience

Harvard Business Review

Seven potential applications — from better recommendations to fraud detection.

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On Maria Callas Centennial, Stage Is Set For Economic Development In Greece

Forbes Leadership

Athens premiered a new rendition of Christoph Williabald Gluck’s masterpiece, Iphigénie en Tauride, on the centennial of the late Maria Callas, a cultural icon and Greek soprano, reminding people that creativity and flourishing can emerge when people work together, especially in challenging times.

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Performance Appraisal: The Ultimate Guide

AIHR

Decisions regarding promotions, rewards, and continued training rely heavily on performance appraisals. For many companies, performance appraisals are merely seen as a necessary evil. They are conducted and tossed to the side without a second thought. However, if taken full advantage of, this process provides countless benefits to ensure you keep your employees productive and engaged.

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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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7 Ways To Encourage Workplace Anti-Racism, Nearly Three Years Since America’s Racial Reckoning

Forbes Leadership

As we approach the three-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, many professionals are frustrated with their organization's lack of anti-racism progress. Here are seven demonstrable ways that anti-racism advocates can help get them back on track.

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What Silicon Valley Bank Did Right

Harvard Business Review

It became a fixture among startups because it understood their needs better than other banks.

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How Goal Zero And Heart Of America Is Making Electricity Literally Accessible To The Navajo Nation

Forbes Leadership

The joint venture by Heart of America and GoalZero to provide electricity (and thus internet access) to people of the Navajo Nation is a shining example of the latter.

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A New Gold Standard for Digital Ad Measurement?

Harvard Business Review

As the digital ad measurement landscape changes, companies should consider marketing mix models calibrated with ad experiments.

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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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Web Accessibility Laws Set To Enter New Era As DOJ Gears Up For Spring Rulemaking

Forbes Leadership

The Department of Justice launches a rulemaking procedure in May for technical standards for website accessibility in relation to the law. This represents an important moment in the history of web development as stakeholders look to identify short- and medium-term priorities.

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Four Ways that Fractional Leadership is Transforming a Resource-Starved World

Chief Outsiders

In a world where much is spoken about uncertainties, there still are many things that are as certain as ever. Despite the impact of a shaky global economy and a population still looking to shake off Covid’s impacts, hard work – and ingenuity – still rule the day. Individual efforts of unaffiliated workers comprise more nearly 60 percent of the U.S. workforce today , thanks to modern socio-economic values that embrace such flexibility.

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In Tech, Repeat Rounds Of Job Cuts Make ‘Rolling Layoffs’ A New Reality

Forbes Leadership

The long-held conventional wisdom of "cut once and cut deep" when planning job cuts isn’t showing up as much in the tech sector's latest layoffs, as a range of employers announce two or more rounds of layoffs within a period of several months.

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How to Handle Compensation During a Recession, from New Hires to Pay Raises

SHRM Organizational Development

With talk of a recession in the near future and layoffs at major companies driving headlines, it is easy for workers to feel nervous about their job stability and start asking questions. It’s imperative for HR leaders to keep abreast of labor market changes and appease those concerns by clearly communicating about salaries, raises and job stability.

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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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Education Cannot Wait: Transforming Education In Emergencies & Protracted Crises

Forbes Leadership

Yasmine Sherif initially launched Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, from a tiny office in New York in 2017, when the Fund became operational.

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How Culture Will Help Your Company Thrive During The Next Upheaval

Chief Executive

A looming recession is the latest shock to our organizational systems. Covid-19, racial inequity, and geopolitical instability — each has stressed our organizations and work lives, and we’ve struggled to find our footing. But a recession, like these other challenges, reveals organizational dysfunction brewing beneath the surface. It doesn’t cause it.

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How The Pandemic Has Killed Off Teaching As A Career

Forbes Leadership

Teacher numbers are in freefall, but while efforts to halt the slide focus on pay and workload, it's a side-effect of the pandemic that may yet prove fatal to recruitment: the rise of home-working.

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Are You Hung Up on That Career Path You Didn’t Choose?

Harvard Business Review

Research-backed advice for moving forward when you’re dwelling on what might have been.

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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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Culture Really Does Matter: How (And Why) To Manage It

Forbes Leadership

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast" is not just a pithy quote. It's a reality that every good leader must acknowledge. Here's some expert advice.

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Video Quick Take: Medidata’s Anthony Costello on the Value of Decentralized Trials - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MEDIDATA

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Medidata.

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Unlocking The Power Of Blockchain Tech

Forbes Leadership

All of these benefits make it easier for businesses to manage their digital assets effectively while also unlocking potential opportunities in new markets around the world.

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Dead End Job: Identify the Signs to Know When to Move On

BetterUp

Jump to section Why does professional satisfaction matter? 10 signs of a dead-end job Is it time to move on?

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3 Lessons IT Leaders Can Learn From Astronauts About Digital Transformation

Forbes Leadership

Like astronauts, IT leaders work in complex environments that require quick thinking and technical know-how. Which means they have more to learn from astronauts than they might think.

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Effects of Peer Pressure: How It Affects the Workplace

BetterUp

Jump to section What is peer pressure? Is peer pressure always negative?

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Water For All Is Good For Business

Forbes Leadership

Addressing water scarcity in the face of the climate crisis is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Five key actions business leaders can take to accelerate progress on water security for all.

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How to Improve Teamwork as a Manager

LSA Global

Improving the Work of Teams is Worth the Effort Today, most work gets accomplished through teams. And most teams at one point or another fall into ineffective patterns that can range from neglecting the big picture goals in favor of immediate short-term problems to holding meetings that are inefficient and maybe even unnecessary. If team leaders could significantly improve teamwork as a manager, a study by Bain of more than 1,000 companies claims you could be up to six times more likely to be a

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It’s Never Too Early To Learn Vital Leadership Skills – So Why Not Start In Elementary School?

Forbes Leadership

Can learning social skills at elementary school be useful for a child's future professional career? Yann Algan, professor at HEC Paris Business School, shows how learning cooperation, empathy and dialogue from an early age may help decrease criminality and joblessness.

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The William Murray Golf Success Story: How to Build a Strong Brand Community w/ Kerry Michaels

SME Strategy

Do you want to know how a community-driven business can build brand loyalty and drive demand? Look no further than Kerry Michaels , the co-founder, and CEO of William Murray Golf. In this episode, we sit down with Kerry to discuss the incredible story of William Murray Golf and the valuable lessons she's learned along the way. Kerry shares how William Murray Golf grew into an authentic community of diverse individuals who share a love for golf and the brand's spirit.