Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2025

By reverse engineering your team’s workflow, you can customize generic AI tools to fit your processes.

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David Grossman

APRIL 21, 2025

Put yourselves in the shoes of the average employee today. Chances are, theyve seen their share of company PowerPoints, heard the talking heads with leaders at town halls, and read lots of executive emails detailing company strategies. Its no wonder that employees are tuned out or disengaged, as many polls indicate. Much of whats communicated to employees is dry, procedural, and seemingly unconnected to the work they do every day.

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Michael McKinney

APRIL 21, 2025

A CHIEVING sustained success hinges on consistent and well-conceived preparation. If you fail to work hard and think hard during preparation, no amount of talent or performance under pressure is going to save you. This is something so simple and easy to understand, yet its a shortcoming I see over and over in sports, business, and life. I was the head coach of the University of Kentucky womens basketball team for 13 seasons.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 24, 2025

Emotional fatigue doesnt just drain your energyit steals your passion, clouds your judgment, and dulls your leadership edge. This post unpacks the warning signs and offers practical steps to restore clarity, energy, and effectiveness before burnout takes over.

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Speaker: Liz Charron

From evolving legislation to shifting workforce expectations, background screening is undergoing major transformation, and HR is in the driver’s seat. With new compliance requirements and growing scrutiny, today’s HR leaders must build programs that are not only audit-ready but outcome-driven. HR Management and Employee Relations Expert, Liz Charron, will delve into how HR teams can navigate the latest legal changes, connect screening to workforce ROI, and embed these practices into the very fab

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Alison Green

APRIL 24, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: The last time I was searching for jobs was pre-Covid, and while the job market and world have changed in many ways, one of the ways Im most concerned about in my current search is the rise of employee monitoring technologies. I work in a field that has been primarily remote since well before the pandemic and has not been subjected my recent waves of return-to-office for that reason.

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AIHR

APRIL 22, 2025

AI is revolutionizing performance management by making it more effective, objective, and actionable. Through automation and real-time feedback, AI can make performance management a truly valuable tool for growth. This is especially important for employees, who are 57% less likely than leaders to view performance management as successful. AI, however, can improve employee engagement initiatives through more efficient performance management programs.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 21, 2025

Busy managers say they dont have time to coachbut coaching is what employees want most. The good news? Coaching saves time when done right. Learn 3 time-saving strategies and 10 powerful contrasts between coaching and traditional managers. Stop doing more. Start doing what matters most.

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Alison Green

APRIL 23, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader shares this story: I recently received what I believe to be a scam job offer. It seemed too good to be true, and I should have realized it was a scam, especially since I dont remember applying for the position at the company that supposedly offered it to me. The most obvious red flag was that it seemed too good to be true, and the text in the email was clearly copied and pasted from a template.

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Human Resources Energy Recruitment Education 101

Scott Elbin

APRIL 23, 2025

A few weeks ago, I had breakfast with a friend who spent twenty years as a senior engineer at Intel. Ten years ago, Apple lured him away to build a new engineering team. Knowing Intel has lost roughly 67 % of its market cap in the last five yearswhile NVIDIA has sprinted aheadI asked him, What happened? He didnt hesitate. They wouldnt risk killing the x86 cash cow, so the world passed them by.

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Michael McKinney

APRIL 24, 2025

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Rosabeth Moss Kanter on developing winning streaks: Experiencing troubles is not all bad. Rather than interrupting the cycle of success, responding to adversity might accelerate it. New threats become less threatening when people have successfully solved previous problems.

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Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 22, 2025

Spontaneous impulses feel natural, but they often sabotage leadership. You interrupt, defend, or avoid without thinking, and the damage builds up. This post explores five spontaneous impulses that dilute your influence. Lead with intention, not impulse. Small shifts now prevent big regrets later.

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Leadership Development 243

Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I took over as the director of my former team about a year ago. I inherited an ongoing HR issue between one of my direct reports (Tammy) and her direct report (Beth). Beth hates Tammy. Beth had applied for the promotion to Tammys position when it was last open but my predecessor hired Tammy from the outside, and Beth had strong feelings about being passed over.

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Chief Outsiders

APRIL 22, 2025

This is Part 1 of the Revenue-Ready Marketing Playbook, a 4-part series for mid-market CEOs who want marketing to move the needle. Each chapter explores how to turn brand, positioning, operations, and customer experience into engines for measurable growth.

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Peter Winick

APRIL 21, 2025

Check out Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for the top 50 global thought leaders and influencers on marketing for 2025. Peter Winick is #6 on the leaderboard! The post Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Marketing 2025 appeared first on Thought Leadership Leverage.

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Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 25, 2025

People arent energized by warm milk. Add some chocolate syrup. People follow leaders who stand for something. Declare what you believe and see who follows. Stand out skillfully because, The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Here's how.

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Leadership Development 234

Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Through a bit of misfortune, I had to fall back on working at the company my parents own, in order to pay my bills. It is a challenging job market, to say the least, so I am grateful that I have this safety net I can fall back on. However, it isnt without its own league of challenges: my coworkers have taken to making complaints about me to my parents, who are the bosses, about issues that quite frankly seem p

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Niagara Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

The workplace is undergoing a profound transformation, and Gen Z is at the forefront of this change. Born between 1997 and 2012, this generation is now entering the workforce with distinct expectations about leadership that differ significantly from previous generations. Their unique perspective is challenging organizations to reconsider traditional leadership models and adapt to new ways of working.

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LSA Global

APRIL 21, 2025

Foundational Skills for New Sales Hires: Setting the Stage for Long-Term Success We know from sales leadership simulation assessment data that the pressure on new sales hires to ramp quickly and deliver measurable impact is higher than ever. Yet too often, organizations f ocus too narrowly on product training and neglect the foundational skills for new sales hires to be set up for success.

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Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 23, 2025

Stop trying to be interesting. Start being curious. Powerful questions arent simply heard, theyre felt. In a world of scripted answers, leaders who improvise create connection. This post shares jazzy questions that turn small talk into spark talkand make you unforgettable.

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Leadership Development 219

Thought Leaders LLC

APRIL 21, 2025

Leaders who empower their team members get better results. They make faster decisions, have the ability to act, and create dramatically better experiences for customers. Here’s how you can empower your teams. Today’s post is by Dianna Booher, author of What MORE Can I Say? Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, observed the Russian philosopher and novelist Leo Tolstoy.

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Alison Green

APRIL 22, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader asks: My small business has had a recurring discussion regarding taking meetings with job seekers when we dont have an open position. Someone will reach out, either by stopping by our office without an appointment or just sending an inquiry by email, and ask if they can meet with someone.

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SME Strategy

APRIL 22, 2025

The Future Of Work with AI: AI For Business Strategy and Leadership in 2025 with Kevin Surace

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Speaker: Jeremy York

Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of the rapidly evolving HR landscape as we examine how technological innovation, regulatory changes, talent strategies, and evolving diversity approaches are reshaping the profession. This webinar will provide HR professionals with practical insights on leveraging AI and emerging technologies while maintaining compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

Diversity

Vantage Circle

APRIL 22, 2025

Let's get honest for a second: When you hear the words " employee survey ," what's your gut reaction? Maybe you picture a mind-numbing questionnaire pushed out once a year, packed with vague questions and predictable results. Employees roll their eyes, managers half-heartedly nudge their teams to complete it, and then. nothing really changes.

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Kellogg Insight

APRIL 24, 2025

But theres little common ground in the research that Republicans and Democrats cite.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

Effective communication is the lifeblood of every healthy relationship, explain The Communication Code authors Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram , whether that relationship is at work or at home. And effective communication is essential for successful leadership. Fortunately, the authors' book provides a proven series of easy-to-implement skills, techniques and powerful strategies via what they call the Communication Code that anyone can use to make their communication, relationships deeper and

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AIHR

APRIL 24, 2025

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are high-stakes opportunities for business transformation, expansion, and long-term value creation. For HR professionals, they represent a real-time test of their ability to influence the future of the combined organization. At the heart of every M&A lies a collision of people, cultures, structures, and ways of working.

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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Mike Morrison

APRIL 22, 2025

Social Business - Incentivising Staff to Collaborate? In many organizations it is rapidly being recognised that using collaboration tools is the only way to sustain the change and growth required to keep up with , and in many cased beat the competiti. The post Social Business – Incentivising Staff to Collaborate? appeared first on RapidBI.

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BetterUp

APRIL 24, 2025

Learn how to build a personalized self-care plan to support your mental health, reduce stress, and boost well-being, one step at a time.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

Heres another must-read book to add to your list as you transition from manager to leader. Its The Leap to Leader , by Adam Bryant. As the creator of the iconic Corner Office column in the New York Times , Bryant has spoken with more than a thousand leaders over the years about the challenges and nuances of leadership. Many of his discussions are included in his interview series on LinkedIn.

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15Five

APRIL 25, 2025

Strategic HR is about so much more than managing paperwork or running processes. Its about empowering your HR team to drive real impact using people data to shape business objectives and weaving HR initiatives directly into the fabric of company goals. When your HR strategy aligns with broader business priorities, you create stronger, more resilient organizations.

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Benefits Employee Engagement Retention Administration 52

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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