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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Higher Ground : How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World by Alison Taylor Today's headlines teem with employee unrest over racial injustice, communities infuriated by corporate environmental impacts, staff anxiety over surveillance, public outrage over corruption in business, and discoveries of child labor in supply chains.

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How to Bridge Career Gaps in Your Resume

HR Digest

That can be either because you are laid off and have enough money saved up to afford it, or you quit a high-stress job that did not seem the right career choice going forward. Volunteered at Senegal Rehabilitation Non-Profit Organization, Sept 2018 to January 2019. Was an ESL teacher in Vietnam from January 2018 to Feb 2019.

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Helping Remote Workers Avoid Loneliness and Burnout

Harvard Business Review

The 2018 Future Workforce Report by Upwork claims 63% of U.S. They’re most successful when they have the everyday flexibility they need to meet the demands of their professional life and accomplish the things they identify as priorities outside of their career.” Alison Bukholtz. Loneliness.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business Review

But in the meantime, what can you do in an up-or-out environment to build your career without inflicting collateral damage? On January 21, 2018, the teams faced off against each other in their Conference Championship. It’s why companies like Colorcon and Deloitte are giving their performance management systems an overhaul.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

million new jobs to be created in the SME sector by 2018 will be created by woman-owned SMEs. Coca-Cola sees five thousand women entrepreneurs as part of its global supply chain by 2020. In countries like Kenya, so called "SMEs" (Small and Medium Enterprises) like this are responsible for 80% of all employment. And in the U.S.,

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INTERVIEW: Shannon Schuyler, Chief Purpose Officer at PwC, on CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion

HR Digest

CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, Atlanta Summit The HR Digest: Can you point to any single defining moment in your career? Shannon Schuyler: In 2007, I wrote a business case for why PwC US needed a corporate responsibility leader to pull together its global environmental and charitable efforts, and it changed the track of my career.