Wed.May 10, 2023

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It’s Time To Modernize Our Workforce System And Scale Innovation

Forbes Leadership

The public workforce system is accessed by millions of workers each year. It is a tremendous opportunity to boost our economy and the economic prospects of millions of Americans. We must modernize the current system and invest in scaling innovative practices to create a transformative new system.

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How Leadership Notes of Appreciation Are So Impactful

Lolly Daskal

As a leader, it’s important to recognize and appreciate the hard work and dedication of your team. One way to do this is by taking the time to write a note of appreciation to your team members. These notes don’t have to be long or elaborate, but they can have a huge impact on morale and motivation. Here are a few reasons why leadership notes of appreciation are so impactful: They show you value people: When you take the time to write a note of appreciation, you are letting your team

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Bank Loan Officer Survey Shows That The Economy Will Slow Down, Leading To Layoffs

Forbes Leadership

With tighter restrictions on business and personal loans, the economy will contract. As businesses are unable to procure funding, they will likely need to streamline costs, which will include conducting layoffs.

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Pulse Survey Incentives Ideen zur Erhöhung der Rücklaufquote

Vantage Circle

Die Durchführung einer Umfrage zum Mitarbeiterengagement hilft der Organisation, sich zu verbessern. Sie ermöglicht es den Beteiligten, fundierte Entscheidungen zu treffen. Was aber, wenn Ihre Mitarbeiter nicht antworten? Es gibt mehrere Gründe, warum die Rücklaufquote bei Mitarbeiterbefragungen niedrig sein kann. Diese können darin bestehen, dass die Mitarbeiter die Umfrage nicht kennen, dass sie nicht motiviert sind, daran teilzunehmen, dass sie sich der Umfrage ü

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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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These 10 Women Investors Are Betting Big On Synthetic Biology Future

Forbes Leadership

These ten investors – some of whom will be speaking at the SynBioBeta conference in two weeks – are recognizing the power of synthetic biology to solve those challenges and create entirely new industries and markets with multi-billion-dollar potential.

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Creating a Culture of Accountability

Thought Leaders LLC

Learn how to create a culture of accountability by establishing a set of principles for how you want your teams to behave. Once you understand your accountabilities as a leader and you’ve clearly defined them for the members of your team, you need to start thinking about the broader organization, and how you can create a culture of accountability.

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How to Implement Manager Enablement to Boost Employee Engagement

15Five

A healthy manager and employee relationship is essential for any business. A good manager will take the time to understand what makes their direct reports tick and form deep connections that focus on getting the best out of their employees. But what happens to employee engagement when there’s trouble in this relationship? Employee engagement affects just about every important aspect of your organization, including revenue, customer experience, and retention.

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Zarna Garg On Switching Careers, Storytelling, Strategy, And Success

Forbes Leadership

Zarna Garg always approached her comedy career as a business. She knew that the only way to viably continue to do stand-up, would require her to dissect the business model, have a marketing plan, and grow it, just like any other startup.

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Create Yourself: The Active Side of Authentic Development

Leadership Freak

“Young people searching for their “real self” must learn that the real self is not something one finds as much as it is something one makes; and it is one’s daily actions that shape the… Continue reading →

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Think Carefully Before Deciding To Delay The Path To Or Through College

Forbes Leadership

Service years can help young adults develop real-world experience and professional skills, improve their communities, and foster something else we badly need: civic renewal.

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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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From Compliance to Talent Management: The 15 Essential HR Responsibilities

AIHR

Over the past century, the term “human resources” has grown and changed significantly. HR responsibilities have moved beyond just administration and legal affairs to encompass a more comprehensive and strategic role in businesses everywhere. This shift has been slow but steady, and has led to a dramatic increase in the value HR professionals provide to any organization.

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Immigrant Female Founder Is Disrupting Supply-Chain Management Tools

Forbes Leadership

The big guns in supply chain management have a challenger, a company founded by a woman immigrant. She’s filling gaps the big guys didn’t notice.

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6 Key Levers of a Successful Organizational Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Leaders, don’t overlook your employees’ emotional journey.

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How Magic Spoon Brought Innovation To The Breakfast Table

Forbes Leadership

Before the founders of Magic Spoon tackled the cereal aisle, their first startup was a line of protein bars using cricket protein called Exo. While the business was eventually sold, it taught them the importance of product-market fit and the difficulty of building a category from scratch.

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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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The Power of Small Rituals

Scott Elbin

At what point in your day or your week do you fully unplug? It’s an interesting and perhaps a challenging question since, for most of us, our phones and all the data streams they provide are almost always in reach. Without some sort of intentional interrupt scheduled into your day, it’s easy to stay plugged in from the time you wake up in the morning until the time you fall asleep at night.

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Salary History Ban Proposed To Advance Pay Equity For Federal Employees

Forbes Leadership

In an effort to become a model employer, the OPM has proposed a new regulation to address pay equity in the federal workforce by changing the treatment of a candidate’s salary history when setting pay for federal employees in certain pay systems. Here's how it impacts you.

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When Your Employee Tells You They’re Burned Out

Harvard Business Review

A guide to responding with compassion — and a plan.

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How To Get Started As A Professional Speaker And Sustain A 50-Year Career

Forbes Leadership

Yes, the life of a speaker, author, or consultant seems glamourous: Exotic world travel. Ritzy hotels with every creature comfort. Meals in fine-dining restaurants. Performing “only” an hour a day on stage. These benefits definitely have a strong pull toward the platform.

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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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Setting a Corporate Strategy for Social Good

Harvard Business Review

To “do well by doing good,” you need a good strategy.

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I Celebrated My Book Launch Alone: How Remote Work Can Leave Us Feeling Disconnected

Forbes Leadership

Monday was a big day for me. My new book was released. So, I went to work on May 1st in high spirits, ready to revel in the success of my latest publication. However, to my surprise, the place was nearly empty.

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Weak Ties, Well-Being and Work Today

Ed Batista

What types of interactions support well-being? Who helps us feel a sense of belonging and how? And what are the implications for our professional lives today? A body of research dating back half a century has explored the distinction between "strong ties" and "weak ties" among people, reflected in the amount of time spent together, the emotional intensity and intimacy of the relationship, and the degree of reciprocity.

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How The Home Depot Uses Nudges To Scale World-Class Leadership Development

Forbes Leadership

In 2019, The Home Depot ran into a fascinating challenge. Their high-potential leadership development program was a huge success. But, to achieve its success, the program relied on a high-touch, hard-to-scale approach.

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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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Building a Growth Engine with Effective, Efficient Marketing

Chief Outsiders

“ Efficient marketing requires a target , followed by a message that immediately resonates sufficiently to foster a conversation between two willing parties.” - David C. Baker When that pithy sentence from marketing guru David Baker hit my email box in February, it rang true.

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Why AI Will Never Fully Replace Humans In 19 Agency Service Areas

Forbes Leadership

It is important for leaders to consider the possible effects of AI replacing human efforts in specific focus areas in marketing, advertising and public relations.

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How To Be A Go-To Person At Work

Eric Jacobson

Bruce Tulgan ’s book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work is all about how to win influence, beat overcommitment, and get the right things done in your workplace. Tulgan says that what truly sets “go-to people” apart is how they think and what they do, including: They understand the peculiar mathematics of real influence – doing the right thing for the long term.

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Sharing Literary Stories With Yu & Me Bookstore Owner Lucy Yu

Forbes Leadership

Lucy Yu is the owner of Yu & Me books in Chinatown, New York and has been at the forefront of promoting Asian and Asian American immigrant stories and create a place where undiscovered stories are promoted and encouraged.

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Social Media Integral to Recruiting as Most Businesses Use It to Source, Research and Screen Candidates

Refresh

Social media could be a standard recruiting tool for U.S. companies as a majority of hiring managers report they currently use it to source, research and screen applicants. This is according to a recent survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals. Roughly 2 in 5 U.S. hiring managers (41%) feel social media sites are among the best places to source candidates, and 7 in 10 companies (70%) report they utilize them to research potential job candidates.

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3 Ways To Combat The Epidemic Of Loneliness Impacting Business

Forbes Leadership

The 2023 Surgeon General's Advisory revealed that one in two Americans feel isolated and disconnected, with consequences as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes daily. Many of these are your prospects. Jamie Shibley has some helpful advice for this challenge.

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How to Disagree Productively

Harvard Business Review

Three strategies.

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8 Strategies To Improve Hiring For On-Site Positions In A Remote-First World

Forbes Leadership

There are a range of new obstacles that human resources professionals must navigate to successfully recruit and retain top talent. Here are some practical strategies to help organizations thrive in a post-pandemic world.

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Current Unemployment Rate: Definition and Data

BetterUp

Jump to section How does the unemployment rate affect the economy? Who collects unemployment information and how? 2023 U.S.

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Why Do Legacy College Admissions Still Exist?

Forbes Leadership

Legacy preferences in college admissions are are often criticized. An analysis of admissions data shows the powerful incentives that keep this practice alive.