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How to Communicate with Your Employees During Times Of Crisis

Lead from Within

The pandemic, its associated economic problems and political tension are all raging on with no end in sight, and now the coldest, darkest season of the year is fast approaching. We often ask people to reach beyond their usual role in times of crisis, and most employees are willing to go the extra mile. These are hard times.

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. ” Neither For nor Against Apathy Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. This was going nowhere fast.

Energy 52
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The Role Prediction Markets Play In Assessing Climate Risk

The Horizons Tracker

. “The institutional arrangements under which climate-risk information is currently provided mirrors the incentive problems and conflicts of interest that prevailed in the credit-rating industry prior to the 2007/8 financial crisis,” the researchers explain. ” Understanding climate risk. ” Risk assessment.

Marketing 106
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Healing Our Workplaces through Cultures of Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

“Given the profound consequences of loneliness and isolation [on individual and societal health], we have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make the same investments in addressing social connection that we have made in addressing tobacco use, obesity, and the addiction crisis.”

Policies 195
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The Precarious Nature Of Youth Employment

The Horizons Tracker

Since the 2008 financial crisis created ructions in the labor market, there has been prolonged focus on the nature of work. The group covered a cross section of skill levels and consisted equally of male and female participants. Do do they seek to operate within such a system rather than actively oppose it? A helpless situation.

Parcell 85
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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous.

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Don’t Let STEMM Leadership Be an Oxymoron

The Practical Leader

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. Many poorly rated participants are quite surprised — even shocked — by this feedback. This weakens the team’s crisis/problem-solving competence and confidence.