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In The Return-To-Office Standoff, Many Workers Say They Face Few Penalties For Staying Home

Forbes Leadership

The latest iteration of one of the largest and most widely respected surveys of U.S. residents about remote work asked workers how their employers responded to those who came into the office fewer days than expected. The most common response? Nothing.

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How to Make Better Business Decisions in Your Next Strategic Planning Session

Rhythm Systems Growth

The best companies are already starting their Annual Strategic Planning process for 2023. They're engaging in pre-planning activities like. budgeting , brainstorming, gathering data and insights, and scheduling time for the team to hash out any major decisions. We don't have a crystal ball, but we can be confident that the year ahead will hold plenty of. uncertainty as there are so many factors outside of our control - what will happen with the economy, the war in Ukraine, new COVID-19 variants,

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The Agency Model Is Broken, Facing A Massive Exodus Of Talent

Forbes Leadership

In the last 18 months, the shelf life of advertising executives started expiring at an alarming rate: More than 40 major agencies – creative, media or digital – have replaced their top dogs.

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Intersectionality in the Workplace: What HR Needs to Know

AIHR

Companies that are serious about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are the ones that have happy and productive employees. And if your organization wants to be truly inclusive, you need to understand what intersectionality in the workplace means and how you can embrace it. Let’s dive in. Contents What is intersectionality in the workplace?

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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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This Artist Discovered Her Inner Superpower Creating Her Own Musical.

Forbes Leadership

Meet Lourds Lane who wrote and stars in the musical, SuperYou. Not only will a concert of the show be performed at Carnegie Hall, Lane is also helping others find their valor.

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Infographic: Tips for Managing Your Staff

Refresh

Effectively managing a workforce can be a challenging endeavor. From lack of motivation and miscommunication to struggling with delegation and micromanagement, the key to being a great leader lies in avoiding the most common leadership mistakes. Check out this infographic from Venngage to see pitfalls to avoid and learn tips to manage your staff with excellence.

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Walter Payton’s Lessons For Handling Failure

Chief Executive

Jarrett Payton, right, and Brittney Payton, son and daughter, respectively, of former Chicago Bears great Walter Payton, stand on the field during the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Bears and Cleveland Browns in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. The game was dedicated to Walter on the 10th anniversary of his death from liver disease.

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Ross Mac Of Revolt’s ‘Maconomics’ Is Aiding The Black Community In Establishing Wealth

Forbes Leadership

Ivy League educated entertainer, musician, and entrepreneur Shareef "Ross Mac" McDonald is closing the wealth gap by helping Black Americans learn financial literacy with his show Maconomics on Revolt TV.

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Does a Four-Day Workweek Work?

Mind Tools Team Management

I’m sitting here in the middle of a heatwave in Britain. And I can’t help but look out of the window and think, “Oh I wish I could make the most out of this sun.” It’s probably a thought that many of us have had over these past few weeks. So what’s stopping us? Well, it’s a Friday for one. So instead of slapping on sunscreen and sipping my Pimm’s in a sunny beer garden, I’m chained to my laptop.

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This Robotics Professor Performs Hip-Hop Robot Poetry And Writes Black STEM Romance Novels To Make STEM More Inclusive

Forbes Leadership

Engineering and robotics professor Dr. Carlotta Berry uses innovative, out of the box strategies for making engineering and robotics concepts more interesting, engaging and inclusive.

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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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Running a Prioritization Process

Thought Leaders LLC

Building a prioritization process for your organization can help you eliminate distractions and focus your efforts on the most meaningful projects. A consistent and regularly-scheduled prioritization process helps eliminate distractions and focus your efforts on the most meaningful projects. Some processes are formal while others are simply frequent conversations about priorities.

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Mendi Powers Brain Health Education Training Game

Forbes Leadership

Equitable access to affordable brain health practices has been elusive to consumers. Swedish innovation from Mendi looks to buck the system and improve brain health for the masses.

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How to Conduct a Meeting Audit to Eliminate Waste

Rhythm Systems Growth

Take a look at your calendar. If you’re like most executives, you’re booked up with meetings weeks in advance. As we all know, meetings can sometimes be a real waste of time and can create meeting madness! At Rhythm Systems, we help our clients establish the right rhythm or cadence of meetings and use best practices to ensure the time spent in meetings is valuable.

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SPVs: A Tool For Women-Led VCs, Angel Groups, And Investors

Forbes Leadership

Special Purpose Vehicles can be used by women venture capitalists, angel groups to raise money from accredited investors to invest in startups. SPVs have lower fees, deals are quicker to do, and returns are distributed faster.

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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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4 Ways to Challenge People with Power and Grace

Leadership Freak

You can’t drift to high performance. Skillful leaders challenge people. Successful challenge unleashes human potential. Rising to meet a challenge: Develops self-confidence. Enhances self-respect. Elevates fulfillment. Improves performance. Earns respect from others.

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Main Street Anticipates A Recession, How Two Shoemakers Are Bucking The Offshoring Trend And More For Small Business Owners

Forbes Leadership

Here is this week’s biweekly edition of The Pursuit newsletter, which brings the latest news and commentary about small business and entrepreneurs straight to your inbox on Wednesday mornings.

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3 Examples of Positive Comments For Your Boss

BetterUp

Jump to section. 3 reasons you should give your manager positive comments. 4 steps on how to give your manager positive comments. 3 feedback examples of positive comments for your boss. Start giving positive comments to your boss.

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How One Community College Is Reversing Retention Declines

Forbes Leadership

Illinois Central College has seen measurable impact through new integrated advising and coaching practices deployed during the pandemic. A college-wide partnership with national non-profit InsideTrack has set at-risk learners on the path to academic and career success.

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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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is rejecting people by phone more respectful?

Alison Green

This post, is rejecting people by phone more respectful? , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I am just finishing up a highly competitive hiring process. We flew in the top two finalists for in-person interviews this week and have decided who we’ll extend an offer to. My question is around best practices for notifying the other finalist that she didn’t get the job.

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Financial Anxiety Is Increasing As Inflation Surges And People Are Living Paycheck To Paycheck

Forbes Leadership

More than two-thirds of Americans are experiencing financial anxiety because of increasing costs, inflation and living paycheck to paycheck.

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Are You Too Responsible?

Harvard Business Review

If so, you’re not the only one suffering. Your team is too.

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First Searchable Database Of College Promise Programs Connects Students To Funding And Supports

Forbes Leadership

Ensuring that students have the opportunity to make the right or best-fit program choice is paramount to increasing equity within our siloed education and workforce systems.

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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 Write a Resignation Letter

Harvard Business Review

Here’s what to say — and what to leave out.

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If Eloping Isn’t In Your Plans, This Company Will Take The Stress Out Of Paying For Your Wedding

Forbes Leadership

Buy Now Pay Later is no longer just for retail. Consumers can find similar flexible payment options when paying for almost anything. But weddings are one of the biggest expenditures in a consumer’s lifetime yet remain one of the only large expenditures without a flexible payment option. Until now.

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3 Ways Companies Make Work Purposeful

Harvard Business Review

Retaining employees starts with keeping them engaged.

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How Influencers Are Turning The Tables On YouTube, Facebook, And Other Social Media

Forbes Leadership

Thanks to the metaverse, content creators can own their own digital real estate – earning much more revenue while eliminating the risk of an unpredicted eviction.

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6 Professional Development Topics You Can’t Afford to Neglect

Niagara Institute

Up until 2020, the level of executive support and allocated budget for professional learning and development had been on the rise. But then COVID-19 hit, and nearly half of the respondents in a Deloitte study experienced cuts in their professional development and learning budgets. In fact, three out of every four organizations surveyed had their budgets in this area cut by more than 20%.

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A Student Voting Take On College Athletic Conference Realignment

Forbes Leadership

What if more attention was given to the student voting powerhouse athletic conferences of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), which had 2020 conference voter turnout rates of 90.6% and 89.8%, respectively.

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Business Process Analysis: The Complete Guide to Seamless Business Processes

Sweet Process

Featured Bonus Content: Download the FREE 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Conducting Business Process Analysis! Click Here To Download It. Imagine wasting hundreds of productive hours and losing millions in potential revenue by repeating errors and manually doing tasks that could’ve been avoided with seamless processes. Most managers hardly realize that inefficient business processes are […].

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The Power Of Micro-Influencers

Forbes Leadership

Your brand may be tempted to pay large sums of money to partner with a social media star with millions upon millions of followers, but just because you’re hitting lots of eyeballs doesn’t mean you’re hitting the right eyeballs.

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What CA Employers Should Include in an Employee Handbook

Zenefits

There are many benefits to an employee handbook. It can be a resource for employees in learning about company policies, benefits, and conduct that the business expects. A California employee handbook can also prevent miscommunication and serve as an employer defense if an employee complaint lands in court. A federal appeals court rejected the claims of a grocery store worker who sued his employer, claiming race and national origin discrimination.

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How C-Level Leaders Can Support The Mental Health Of Underserved Demographics

Forbes Leadership

With July being National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, senior leaders of organizations can take the opportunity to help raise consciousness around the mental health challenges facing underserved demographics within their organizations.

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