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Connecting Work And Education More Effectively

The Horizons Tracker

Human capital development. The competition awards $100,000 to social entrepreneurs to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds embark on promising careers. The analysis revealed a tenuous connection between education and employment, which is undermining social mobility.

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Those Trained Through Alternative Routes Lag Behind Degree-Educated Peers

The Horizons Tracker

Although university attendance has risen considerably in much of the developed world, there remain obvious advantages to providing viable alternatives that afford students a good career. Unfortunately, research from Harvard highlights how unsatisfactory the careers of those educated via alternative routes often are.

Education 120
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Lateral Career Moves Are Not All Bad

The Horizons Tracker

When we think of career moves, often the only acceptable path is upwards, with a lateral career move at best viewed as a somewhat pointless endeavor. Research from Cornell finds, however, that this should not always be the case, and that lateral moves can improve our career prospects just as much as vertical ones.

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Ola Snow on Building a Thriving Workforce

HR Digest

This is why my team and I have developed a comprehensive listening strategy to understand where our employees are in their lives and work journeys. As a result, we continue to develop global initiatives within our company designed to reduce stigma and increase access to mental health resources for all employees.

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Every Coach Needs a Coach Too

Lead Change Blog

I believe that, as leaders, we ourselves are instruments for facilitating the growth, development, and health of our organizations and the people we touch. If we do not develop our own instruments, we cannot develop others. Human Capital Developer – Build the Next Generation. Are you following the metaphor?

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Skills-Based Employment Can Help To Find Invisible Workers

The Horizons Tracker

A skills-based approach In their latest Human Capital Trends report, consulting firm Deloitte argues that a skills-based approach would help to fill that gap. Research from Berkeley demonstrates just how important a goal this is, as Asian and white men tend to do considerably better than Black men and women without a college education.

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July 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! It also challenges us to rethink our own approach to leveling up in our career. The Institute for Corporate Productivity and ROI Institute have released the results of a new research study, which looks at positive trends and the state of human capital analytics.