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High School Educated Black Men Earn Half Their White Equivalents

The Horizons Tracker

Workers with less education can often face a lifetime of challenges, but not all are disadvantaged in the same way. Research from Berkeley shows that, in the US, Asian and white men tend to do better than Black men and women without a college education. It’s a group in which Black and LatinX people tend to be over-represented.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

The battle of the world against the pandemic shook up the workplace, requiring swift accommodation and responses to skills gaps and skill shifts. Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. The Skills Dilemma. And what skills will matter to you and your organization in the future? . “If

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3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning

Lead Change Blog

We need to continue learning long after we’ve tossed our caps into the air and received our diplomas, especially in a world where the speed of innovation has us adopting new technologies, standards, and best practices at breakneck speeds. Our company serves a wide variety of customers in higher education, technology and more.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. They often don’t possess the skill sets to add value to the initiatives they want to control.

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Guest Post: 10 Secrets of Effective Leaders

Lead on Purpose

Grow your skills. In fact, by keeping your skills fresh you’ll be able to engage more effectively with your employees who are out in the field. Take classes, attend seminars and join discussion groups to make sure your skills stay up to par. Be innovative. Be true to yourself and present your own ideas confidently.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you find that you lack skill sets and competencies in certain areas seek out mentors and coaches to shore-up your weaknesses, and more importantly, use your professional advisors to assist you in leveraging your strengths. Great leaders possess great interpersonal skills. Section VI: Persuasiveness. Section VII: Likeability.

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Older Workers Are Just As Keen On Learning As Younger Workers

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, a few years ago, research from VU University Amsterdam showed that we tend to have an unconscious bias towards viewing innovation and creativity as a young person’s game. In 2009, which was the final year of the program, there were around 320,000 workers enrolled, or roughly 8% of the population in this age group.