December, 2022

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What Do ADHD, Long Covid And Ehler’s Danlos Have In Common? Meet The Mast Cell.

Forbes Leadership

For International Disabled Person’s Day, read below for an overview of Mast Cell Disease, how it is disabling and how to get help. It contributes to continued, low levels of sickness that can plague productivity, career growth and labor market participation.

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Top 5 Emerging Trends That Leaders Need to Know

Lolly Daskal

The world of work is changing rapidly, and leaders need to be aware of the latest trends in order to stay competitive and effective. This is especially true in today’s fast-paced, constantly-changing business environment, where new developments and innovations can quickly disrupt traditional ways of doing things. By staying on top of new trends, leaders can identify opportunities for growth and development.

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4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity

Nir Eyal

Productivity has many enemies: too many meetings, external triggers like interruptions from coworkers, whether virtual or in person, and multitasking the wrong way, to name a few. But more often than not, it’s mental traps that trip us up. The post 4 Mental Traps That Kill Productivity appeared first on Nir and Far.

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Work-Life Integration: What It Is And 5 Ways to Develop It

BetterUp

Work and life have integrated more than ever before. With employees working from kitchen tables and living room couches, it’s impossible to spot the difference between home and work.

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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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a truly hilarious company holiday party story, told in bullet points

Alison Green

This post, a truly hilarious company holiday party story, told in bullet points , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This is one of my favorite holiday stories of all time, which was relayed last week by a reader who is a pure angel for sharing it with us: I love me some bullet points, so here goes my holiday nightmare. Picture this: * I was in my early twenties, with my first grown-up job, coinciding with my first house (rental, but it counted). * I learned the gazillio

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The Failure of the DEI-Industrial Complex

Harvard Business Review

How organizations can hold themselves — and the practitioners they work with — accountable for measurably improving outcomes for marginalized populations.

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Why Putting Profit Over People is Always Bad for Your Company

Lolly Daskal

There’s a single point I make throughout my work in executive coaching, speaking, and writing: people are the most important asset of any business. Most people agree, at least on the surface. But too few are willing to carry out that principle in policies and day-to-day management. I recently conducted a study of my clients with for-profit businesses and found that most understand the importance of people but still put profits first.

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Leading with Heart: Heart First Leadership is Key to Making an Impact in Business Today

David Grossman

“How do I be a better leader now ?”. As I sit in discussions with leaders these days, I inevitably get some version of this question. We may be meeting about communication, discussing how to navigate change, or working to define a new strategy, and inevitably the conversation evolves to this critical point. Leaders want to know how to lead such that employees feel compelled to follow.

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How to Deal With Rejection: 7 Tips

BetterUp

Jump to section. Why it hurts to be rejected. What are the 5 stages of rejection? How to deal with rejection. You have work to do.

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[Free Download] Employee Exit Checklist & Guide 

AIHR

How an employee leaves a business can be as valuable as how they are recruited and hired. Remember, if they are a talented employee, they probably have a wealth of knowledge that you’d like to stay in the business. By maintaining a good relationship, you also leave the door open for them to return in the future or to become your brand ambassador in the market.

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Building Rapport: The First Step to Being a Great Manager

Get Lighthouse

"Why isn't my team responding to me?!?". A friend of mine recently started leading a new team for a project he had kicked off a few months ago. He had a compelling mission, a team of people willing to help, and worked hard to not micromanage everyone's tasks. He even had a formalized agreement with some of the key team members to share the upside. And yet, with all that, he was struggling with his team; they didn't seem to have the same sense of urgency as he had and weren't always responsive to

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How Does Deforestation Lead To Human Diseases?

Forbes Leadership

Colombian disease ecologist Juliana Hoyos is part of a multidisciplinary team studying the links between deforestation and diseases like Chagas disease and American cutaneous leishmaniasis.

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Year-End Checklist for Leaders: Achieving Success in the New Year

Lolly Daskal

At the end of each year, leaders can use a checklist to reflect on their leadership style, assess their team’s performance, set goals, and make changes to continue developing and growing. By taking the time to reflect and plan, leaders can position themselves and their team for ongoing success. Here are some things to include in your year-end checklist: Assess leadership style: Reflect on your own leadership style and approach, and identify areas for personal growth and development.

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Research: Men Speak More Abstractly Than Women

Harvard Business Review

Abstract language tends to be associated with leadership, meaning that how women are socialized to communicate can make them less likely to be seen as leaders.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For December 2nd, 2022

High Scalability

Never fear, HighScalability is here! 1958: An engineer wiring an early IBM computer 2021: An engineer wiring an early IBM quantum computer. @enclanglement. My Stuff: I'm proud to announce a completely updated and expanded version of Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 ! This version adds 2x more coverage, with special coverage of AWS, Azure, GCP, and K8s.

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How To Develop Winning Learning and Development Strategies

AIHR

Learning and Development (L&D) strategies impact an organization’s business decisions by highlighting the development of the specific skills required to expand to new markets or remain competitive within your industry. Training can be costly for the business and takes away time from employees doing their daily tasks. As such, it is essential to align your L&D strategy with your organization’s overall strategy for maximum ROI.

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Faisal Hoque on Transformational Leadership: Expert Interview

Mind Tools Leadership

The pandemic shook up our lives and prompted a rethink for many of us. For author and entrepreneur Faisal Hoque, it led to a new book: “LIFT: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change. ”. Hoque realized that the disruption caused by COVID-19 was one of four huge changes we’re experiencing at the moment, the others being climate change, technological advances, and misinformation.

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Three Resolutions That Can Help Leaders Better Align With Their Team In The New Year

Forbes Leadership

By establishing a cadence for dialogues, asking specific questions, seeking honest answers and reversing mentoring relationships, leaders can build trust, transparency and connections that can endure well beyond the new year.

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How the Best Leaders Get Themselves Back on Track

Lolly Daskal

Every leader, whether their title is boss, manager, supervisor, or coach, has a lot going on. And even the most skilled leaders sometimes find they’ve gone off the rails—sometimes in small ways, sometimes disastrously. It’s important to have a plan for what to do when things start to fall apart. Here’s what I tell the leaders I coach about getting back on track: Acknowledge what’s happening.

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How to Create Compelling Career Paths for Employees

Zenefits

Employee retention is important but also complex. It takes a lot to keep employees actively engaged in their work, from mentorship to development opportunities and much in between. In an effort to retain the talent that keeps your business going, you can throw all of the development opportunities at them that you want. But if those development and progression opportunities don’t ladder up to career paths that people actually want, it’s all for nothing.

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When Someone Asks Your Opinion, Give It

Harvard Business Review

We often withhold our preferences in an attempt to be more likable — but research shows that this approach can often backfire.

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Could Your HR Job Be Automated in the Next 10 Years?

AIHR

What does the future hold for HR jobs? Rapid adoption of tech is redefining the workplace and HRs role within it. This is further accelerated by implementation of remote work models across organizations, which has pushed HR to the forefront of the tech revolution. As automation becomes ubiquitous and companies continue to face market uncertainties and cost pressures, a new question emerges: Are HR jobs at risk of becoming automated?

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History of Coaching – A True Insight into Coaching

Mike Morrison

Coaching is everywhere. It is the hot topic of management, leadership and people development. This article explores the history of coaching through the ages. There are as many forms of coaching methodologies are there are coaches, so is there a “right” way? Or is the term “coaching” a generic word for one-to-one guidance, help or support? The post History of Coaching – A True Insight into Coaching appeared first on RapidBI.

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Shrinking Airline Seats Could Be Unsafe For Older Travelers, But FAA Study Excludes Them

Forbes Leadership

Comfort and flying have become oxymorons. Smaller airline seats and tighter rows may be more than a comfort issue for older consumers. They could be a safety issue, too.

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Biofeedback for Stress: How It Can Improve Your Health

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is stress, and what does it do to your body? What is biofeedback? What biofeedback procedures are available? What can you learn from biofeedback? Using biofeedback to lead a healthier life. Biofeedback: Success stories of stress management. The benefits of using biofeedback. Finding new ways to relax.

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Handling Sexual Harassment Allegations with Remote Teams

Zenefits

Even before the pandemic swept the globe, 17% of US employees worked in a fully remote location. During COVID-19, this percentage grew by 27% as workplaces explored remote or hybrid work to alleviate health and childcare concerns. As it would turn out, working remotely significantly increased job satisfaction and production among employees from every sector.

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Toward Fairer Data-Driven Performance Management

Harvard Business Review

Companies are awash in people analytics — but that data rarely translates into trustworthy markers of performance.

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How to Design an Online Course in 2023: Learn from the Experts!

Clarity Consultants

When you’re responsible for training or presenting information, it can be tempting to wing the presentation, mainly if you are working on a familiar topic. The most effective training is conducted when the instructional design is incorporated. Simply put, instructional design is a strategy or framework to deliver training content. It considers learning styles, the material’s complexity, and the efficacy of different delivery methods in learning acquisition and retention. .

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Deck the Halls: Lessons from Classic Holiday Movies

Refresh

‘Tis the season to be merry—and even more, to enjoy merriment through one of our favorite pastimes: watching holiday movies. From cult classics like A Christmas Story to heart-string-pulling prose like It’s A Wonderful Life to laughter-inducing irreverence like Christmas Vacation , enjoying holiday movies with kith and kin can not only be a wholesome experience but can also be a great excuse to learn some leadership lessons from your favorite holiday movie characters.

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The Billionaires Who Died In 2022

Forbes Leadership

A total of 26 billionaires died in the past year, including tycoons who made their fortunes in everything from real estate and hedge funds to orange juice and Red Bull.

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The Gift of Gratitude

UVA Darden

The Gift of Gratitude. burtonc. Mon, 12/19/2022 - 08:48. 16 December 2022. Leadership & Management. Modern Global Leadership. Katherine Bowers. If you’re looking to create a warm and welcoming season of cheer, show those around you genuine expressions of gratitude, even if it’s not specifically to them. Doing so can go a long way to creating stronger bonds within the whole group, according to research from Darden Professor Ayana Younge.

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Are Training Evaluation Forms the Best Vehicle for Thorough Employee Feedback?

Zenefits

It’s the end of a long day of training. Employees are excited to go home or maybe head to happy hour. However, before letting them go, you need to place a final piece of the puzzle to wrap up a great training: feedback. While it might not be the most popular part of the day, it’s a critical one. Should you have employees fill out training evaluation forms at the end of their training?

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5 Ways to Acquire New Skills Without Going Back to School

Harvard Business Review

Fifty percent of jobs will require new skill sets in the next five years, according to the World Economic Forum.

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Employee Feedback Strategy: 5 Approaches to Consider

AIHR

Employee feedback has become an essential part of any employee experience strategy. Especially in hybrid working conditions, continuous dialogue between employees, leaders, and the organization is important to drive social connection and a culture of inclusivity and performance. Research by CIPD shows that organizations with effective feedback strategies build more trust with employees, are more innovative, achieve higher productivity levels, and improve employee retention.

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Maintaining Focus During the Holidays

Refresh

The holiday season is a time of family, friends, generosity, and thankfulness. The yuletide offers a chance for us to be full of cheer and embrace the magic of the season. But for so many, this time of year coincides with a Santa-sized mixed bag full of everything from year-end deadlines to project commitments and half-filled offices to extra workload.

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Harvard University’s Next President Is A Black Woman

Forbes Leadership

The oldest institution of higher education in the United States announced Thursday that Claudine Gay has been selected as its 30th president. When her term begins next July, Gay will be the first Black person to serve in Harvard’s top leadership role since its founding in 1636.

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