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Queen Latifah’s ‘Queen Collective’ Accelerates Opportunities For Black Women Filmmakers

Forbes Leadership

The program, established in 2018, is entering its fourth year; Latifah's company Flavor Unit Entertainment with business partner Shakim Compere joined Procter & Gamble and Tribeca Studios to create the talent pipeline.

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The Power of a Board Chair

Association Now Leadership

New research says a board chair might be better equipped to make decisions in a crisis than a CEO. The tricky part: Avoiding a power struggle. What can an effective board chair do for an organization? Quite a bit, some recent research suggests—especially when it comes to leading through a crisis. In a recent Journal of Managemen t article, three business scholars looked at how companies fared when board chairs or CEOs took the lead in response to a crisis such as COVID-19.

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Activists Say Gender Apartheid Should Be A Crime In Iran And Afghanistan

Forbes Leadership

A coalition of prominent Afghan and Iranian women are calling on states to recognize gender apartheid as a crime under international law.

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What Women Need Now: 5 Strategies For Women’s Success

Forbes Leadership

The climb seems to be uphill for women—according to plenty of new data. But there are meaningful actions that individuals, teams, leaders and organizations can take to create the conditions for women to succeed and thrive.

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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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Silicon Valley Bank Proxy Shows Board’s Secret Yearlong Risk Panic

Forbes Leadership

Lax risk oversight fueled the collapse of the 16th largest U.S. bank. What did the board know and when did they know it?

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Working Multiple Jobs: 5 Considerations For The Promise And Peril Of Polywork

Forbes Leadership

An increasingly number of people are working not one, but two full time jobs. Some people do it for the money, others for the creative fulfillment. But is it a good idea? That may depend on your goals and your style.

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Why Self-Awareness Is Essential For Career Success

Forbes Leadership

Self-awareness has many benefits that contribute to career success. Let’s look at ways it can promote professional growth.

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How Population Trends Are Impacting The Future Of Work

Forbes Leadership

People are living longer, and fertility rates are dropping. Combined with tightened immigration, these demographic trends have employers scrambling for talent. Here's where they continue to fall short.

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Customer Service Can Make You Millions—Even Billions

Forbes Leadership

That’s according to a recently released report from Forrester titled Money on the Table: Proof that Customer Service Drives Revenue.

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The Future Of Staffing In A Hybrid World

Forbes Leadership

How do you staff your team in an increasingly hybrid world? I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rob Buffington, founder of Gordian Staffing, who shared his perspectives on the future of staffing.

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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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The Neuroscience of Optimism

Forbes Leadership

Are you the eternal optimist? If not, do you want to be one?

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‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Not The Best Advice, Especially When Pivoting In Your Career

Forbes Leadership

Following your passion alone doesn’t guarantee success. Your skill set has to complement what you want to do, or you have to take into consideration the amount of time it will take to learn a new skill. It is possible as long as you learn how to fail quickly.

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Advancing The Freelance Revolution: The Trusted Talent Partner Award

Forbes Leadership

The Trusted Talent Partner Award enables freelance platforms to demonstrate client trust and confidence, and grow their business.

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Why Your Boss Is Probably Incompetent

Forbes Leadership

It’s tragically common for people in organizations to be promoted up the hierarchy to their "level of incompetence," a concept in management known as the Peter Principle.

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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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A Conversation With LinkedIn’s Melissa Furze On The Future Of Human-Led Emotional Connectivity And The Notion Of Mental Availability

Forbes Leadership

The chasm between performance and brand focused marketing needs to be closed and closed quickly.

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Reminiscences Of Silicon Valley Bank: A Personal Recollection

Forbes Leadership

Reminiscences of Silicon Valley Bank: A Personal Recollection.

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