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Is There A Sweet Spot For Digital Connectivity To Work After Hours?

The Horizons Tracker

This isn’t a problem just at holiday time, of course, as digital technology allows work to creep into our personal lives all year round. After a month had passed, they then completed a questionnaire that was designed to measure social capital development at work.

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Wraparound Support Is Key To Ensuring An Equitable And Fair Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

What’s more, if these barriers aren’t overcome, it’s likely that this group will suffer most from any technological disruption. It shows that online courses cause inequalities between gifted and less gifted students to widen by 5%. Social capital. Providing support.

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

The best leaders build the ‘social capital’ of their organizations,” says Dr. Wayne Baker, author of " Achieving Success Through Social Capital" (Jossey-Bass, 2000). Find out more about social capital by clicking here. Effective social networks that are built on the "law of reciprocity" flourish.

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Well Connected People Get Results

Coaching Tip

Of course, before anyone will want to look at your content, they have to find it, which is why you should also identify widely searched keywords related to you and your niche and then use these keywords in your site''s content. How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal. . Relationships matter more than anything else.

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How Work Placements Can Improve Diversity In Engineering

The Horizons Tracker

That’s the finding of new research from the University of Technology Sydney, with the authors urging universities and industry to do more to provide access to such opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. ” Compulsory practice. ” A better approach.

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Saving Face – How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Leading with Trust

She emphasizes that face is a form of social currency. The more face you have, the easier it is to accomplish things at work, the smoother your relationships, and the more social capital you have at your disposal. And of course, the ability to interact effectively creates an environment where face is protected and strengthened.”

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How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts

Harvard Business Review

Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. And, of course, it looks cool — both inside the organization and to outsiders. They worked with little coordination and control from HQ.