2022

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New Research Shows That Reparation Payments Could Increase Life Expectancy Of Black Americans

Forbes Leadership

Researchers in a new study have found that reparation payments of $828,055 per household would eliminate the wealth gap, thus increasing the life span of Black adults. This article explores the need for reparations and highlights how reparation payments would positively impact Black Americans.

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10 Effective Ways To Encourage Your Employees To Speak Up

Lolly Daskal

A recent study showed that only 1 percent of employees feel comfortable voicing concerns in their workplace. But knowledgeable team members who feel empowered to speak freely are one of the best sources of feedback you can find. Here are some of the things I tell my executive coaching clients about building an open, honest exchange with their team: Start with an outsider.

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Leader as Shock Absorber

Ed Batista

One of a leader's most important functions is serving as a shock absorber , soaking up forces generated by one part of the organization (or from outside the organization) and distributing them elsewhere, and doing so in such a way that the entire system operates more effectively. This is a simple metaphor, but it has some implications that are worth making explicit: A shock absorber cushions the blow--it doesn't prevent the flow of force.

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Books for Harnessing the Power of Community

Brett Koehler

One misguided, although altruistic, idea is that everyone should be trying to save the world from problems such as racism and global warming. People agonize over their inability to fix the issues that continue to cause harm. One person, try as they might, will find it difficult to make a dent in these behemoth problems. However, the power for real change could be right next door.

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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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8 Benefits of Shadow Work and How to Start Practicing It

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is your inner shadow? How your inner shadow affects you. What is shadow work? What is the goal of shadow work? 8 benefits of shadow work. Is shadow work right for you? How to start shadow work. 5 tips for starting shadow work. 27 shadow work prompts to kickstart your healing journey.

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3 Times Employee Communication Is Essential

David Grossman

Communication is more than a “feel good” part of any organization. The business world, the real world, employees’ worlds—all are continuing to change at an accelerated pace, leaving communicators and leaders with the daunting challenge of keeping employees focused, committed and engaged. Knowing When to Communicate. Establishing a strong system of communication with employees is crucial on several levels, ranging from major company shifts to day-to-day interaction.

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What’s in Store for Talent Acquisition in 2023?

SHRM Organizational Development

The last few years have been a wild ride when thinking about how, when, and even why we work. As we look to 2023, we are offering predictions on how the workplace will evolve. We’re moving from work-life balance to work-life integration. The concept of work-life balance has long been a goal for millions of professionals. But the last few years of remote work have made it even more difficult to tune out the daily demands of the job when off the clock.

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How You Can Become a Listening STAR

Thought Leaders LLC

Today’s guest post is written by Brian Ahearn. Brian’s one of the most knowledgeable guys I know on the subject of influencing people (which is why he’s been a guest here before). Brian’s blog, Influence PEOPLE, is followed by people in more than 180 countries. You can learn more about Brian at the end of this post. Enjoy! My wife Jane is an excellent golfer, a poster child for hard work and practice.

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You Don’t Need a Mentor. You Need a Buddy.

Nir Eyal

When you’re struggling to achieve your personal or professional goals, do you ever wish you could speak with a famous mentor? If only you could connect with a super successful business leader like Jeff Bezos or Meg Whitman, then you’d have the answers you’re looking for. Surely they’d point you in the right direction, right? The post You Don’t Need a Mentor.

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Your Team Doesn’t Need You To Be the Hero

Kellogg Insight

Too many leaders instinctively try to fix a crisis themselves. A U.S. Army colonel explains how to curb this tendency in yourself and allow your teams to flourish.

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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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How To Lead More Effective Meetings and Get Better Results

Lolly Daskal

Many of my executive clients complain that they spend all day in meetings, often with little to nothing to show for it. We’ve all been there, suffering from unproductive meetings that waste our time and energy. You may not be able to control other people’s meetings, but you can make sure that the ones you lead are worth attending. This five-step plan will help you make your meetings more effective and more likely to yield better results.

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Whether or Not to Fix a Broken Relationship

Ed Batista

A theme in my practice is the leader who's struggling to repair a damaged working relationship with an employee. In most cases we start with the assumption that a better relationship is possible and that even a long-running conflict can be resolved. This usually entails the following steps in some form: Having both parties engage in an ongoing dialogue about the relationship.

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Overcoming Leadership Fatigue

Kevin Eikenberry

Leading is hard enough in “normal” times. But the times in which we are living and leading are far from normal. Supply chains, viruses, economic changes, and changes in expectations, needs, and demands can all create exhaustion. Sure, a big challenge can create a spike in engagement and focus, but we can’t survive on adrenaline […]. The post Overcoming Leadership Fatigue appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Mental Health Stigma: 10 Tips to Fight Discrimination

BetterUp

Jump to section. What is stigma? The cost of mental health stigma. Why is mental health stigmatized? 6 types of stigma. How mental health stigmas impact individuals. Ways to cope with mental health stigma. What can I do about stigma?

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Drive Business Results with Communication Planning

David Grossman

When the pandemic began, organizational leaders were forced to communicate in new ways, focusing on what was essential. Now, as we move to new realities, it continues to be important to stay focused and thoughtfully plan communications. Planning communications is often the key to employees having the information and context they need to help an organization or team achieve its vision and goals.

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9 HR Steps to Create an Impactful Employee Development Plan

AIHR

Businesses are finding that the traditional emphasis on education alone has not resulted in a pool of applicants who possess the required skills. These skills gaps impact organizations on several levels, including hobbling the ability to innovate and increasing costs associated with workers. This highlights the need for HR to develop effective employee development plans.

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OKR vs KPI: What Are They and Why Do You Need Both? (With Examples)

Rhythm Systems Growth

As a training and on-boarding expert at Rhythm Systems, I know a lot about KPIs. Recently, I’ve also learned a lot about OKRs. Many of my newer clients have come to us for a systematic way to implement their OKRs. As I help these clients map their goals into our Rhythm strategy execution software , I’ve been thinking a lot about whether the KPIs I know and love have a place in this world of Objectives and Key Results.

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13 Strategies to Address Mental Health in the Workplace

SHRM Organizational Development

As an HR leader, elaborate on one strategy your company is applying to address mental health in the workplace? To help you address mental health in the workplace, we asked HR Leaders and CEOs this question for their best strategies. From partnering with the Nation Council for Mental Wellbeing to hiring internal coaches to support employees, there are several strategies that you can adopt to address and support mental health initiatives in.

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Dehumanization Is a Feature of Gig Work, Not a Bug

Harvard Business Review

The 40 million Americans who’ve rented out their services to platforms like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash may be canaries in the coal mine of the new world of work.

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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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Gary Vaynerchuk’s VeeFriends Announces VeeCon 2023 In Indianapolis

Forbes Leadership

Gary Vaynerchuk announced that VeeCon 2023 will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana from May 18th to May 20th 2023, bringing together iconic leaders from business, web3, and pop culture. Access to the event is restricted to VeeFriends Series 1 token holders.

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12 Powerful Ways Leaders Can Help Their Team Be More Successful

Lolly Daskal

Great leaders know they have the power to influence their team’s success. They understand that truly great leadership is about building people up, trusting and empowering them to give their best for a shared goal. Here are 12 of the most powerful ways leaders can create dynamic teams: Create direction. Providing direction is literally the charge of a leader, so know where your team is headed.

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The Problem with Fighting Fires

Ed Batista

The problem isn't that you're too busy. You are too busy, but that's not the problem. If you view being busy as the problem, there is no solution. You will always be too busy, and that will never change. As Andy Grove once noted: "A manager's work is never done. There is always more to be done, more that should be done, always more than can be done.".

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Ethical Decisions, Character and Your Personal Vision

UVA Darden

Ethical Decisions, Character and Your Personal Vision. burtonc. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 11:16. 5 October 2022. Business, Ethics & Society. Leadership & Management. Modern Global Leadership. Business Ethics. What is the role of character in ethical decision-making? Through making and executing managerial decisions, your choices and decisions help establish who you are as a leader and what kind of organization you work for.

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Not Getting Enough Connection? You’re Not Alone. Here’s What To Do.

BetterUp

Jump to section. Lack of connection hurts all workers. Your career needs you to connect more, too. Workplace connectedness: What’s your type? What to do to boost your connectedness. If spending hours seeing colleagues’ faces over video isn’t making up for the feeling you used to get after a good day in the office, you’re not alone. Though we now know a lot more than we did before about things like Zoom fatigue that zap us of energy in new and complex ways, there’s another piece to the puzzle.

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Equipping Leaders and Employees to Manage Polarizing Issues in the Workplace

David Grossman

Companies and their leaders are facing increasing pressure today to speak out on political and societal issues. Where once a clear boundary may have existed between our professional and personal lives, as the two blend together and trust in key institutions such as government, media and NGOs continues to erode, business leaders are compelled to demonstrate accountability and take a stance.

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CEOs Ask Other Leaders to Commit to Prioritizing Employee Mental Health

Association Now Workplace

The pandemic and its related uncertainties have put employees under a great amount of stress. With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, a group of association CEOs is urging other leaders to take five steps to provide mental health support to their staff. The stresses of the pandemic, the changing workplace, and racial and political unrest have taken a toll on employee mental health.

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Anatomy Group Reveals Discipline’s Unethical Past to Achieve a More Inclusive Future

Association Now Leadership

Hiding secrets from the past is not uncommon. Confronting those secrets on a very public stage is. In its journal, the American Association for Anatomy unflinchingly exposes its discipline’s painful past to build a more inclusive future. The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) reckons with a complex, distressing, and sometimes unethical history in the anatomy discipline with a groundbreaking special issue of its journal, The Anatomical Record.

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15 Ways to Become a Better Manager and Leader

SHRM Organizational Development

How can leaders become better people managers? To help you adopt the best ways to manage people as a great leader, we asked CHROs and experienced people managers for their best insights. From showing genuine care for your employees as people to inspiring curiosity in your team, there are several things leaders can consciously do to develop themselves and their people management skills to become better managers of their workforce.

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Stop Making the Business Case for Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Eighty percent of Fortune 500 companies justify their interest in diversity with some form of a business case — but a new study suggests that can seriously backfire.

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Why Did So Many Ukrainians Die in the Soviet Great Famine?

Kellogg Insight

They perished at a much higher rate than ethnic Russians during what’s known as Holodomor. A new study suggests this was a deliberate policy decision.

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Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador Is A Human Rights Disaster

Forbes Leadership

Reporters Without Borders ranks Mexico as the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. The NGO Global Witness currently ranks Mexico as the most dangerous country in the world for environmental activists.

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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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How to Deliver Bad News

Ed Batista

The unpleasant task of delivering bad news is a common challenge for my clients: the CEO with bad news for their Board, the executive with bad news for their CEO, the investor with bad news for their LPs, the leader at any level with bad news for their employees. No one enjoys this onerous task, but over the years I've seen leaders make a bad situation worse by trying to avoid or delay the inevitable discomfort.

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What Are Putin’s ‘Filtration Camps’ And Why Are They Concerning?

Forbes Leadership

Ten months of Putin’s war in Ukraine have seen a litany of atrocities including summary executions, unlawful confinement, torture, ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, forced displacement of people, removal of children, and illegal adoptions, among others.

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