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Stop Training Your Employees To Not Try

Joseph Lalonde

When employees step out of their comfort zone and try something new, magical things happen. Google allows its employees to spend 20% of their time working on pet projects. These pet projects are things the employee sees that could benefit Google. Most organizations are not like Google. They are unwilling to give their employees time to try new things, even when the organization would benefit.

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7 High-Paying Jobs You Can Land with a Business Degree

Women on Business

Brought to you by Marymount University: Is your high school graduation around the corner? It’s the time when most students get bombarded with career-related questions. From relatives and friends to siblings, everyone keeps asking what’s next? While most students know where they want to go for college, they aren’t sure if they ‘ve opted for […].

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5 Tips to Become an Expert in Your Field

Joseph Lalonde

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies. Pexels – CCO Licence. If you want to be a respected leader, it helps if you are regarded as an expert in your field; someone who really knows what they are doing. When you are an expert, you gain respect, and when you are respected it is much easier to get people to follow you.

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3 Ways to Choose Happiness

Leadership Freak

Bobby McFerrin sang, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” You’re a better leader when you choose happiness and break the glum-leader syndrome. Should you pursue happiness? No.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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7 High-Paying Jobs You Can Land with a Business Degree

Women on Business

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The Dark Side Of Empowering Workers

The Horizons Tracker

It’s generally considered a good thing when workers are empowered, with various studies highlighting how autonomy and empowerment can make people happier and more engaged at work. Research from North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management reminds us, however, that empowering employees might not be enough on its own, and indeed, it could even backfire and produce negative results. “We wanted to know if there were circumstances where empowered employees would use

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Is The Golden Era Of Tech Clusters On The Wane?

The Horizons Tracker

The rise of the information technology industry has seen the emergence of a number of key tech hubs across the United States. A recent paper from Harvard Business School identifies six major tech centers: San Diego, Denver, Seattle, Boston, Austin, and, of course, San Francisco. These hubs bring considerable benefits to these regions, but they can also siphon off talent from other parts of the country, including some of the biggest cities in the country.

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How frequently does your organization reassess and renew its strategic plan?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How frequently does your organization reassess and renew its strategic plan? More than once a year 15.45% Once per year 40.16% Once every 2-3 years 17.37% Once every 4+ years 13.51% What’s a strategic plan? 13.51% What’s the right frequency? Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Charting The Flow Of Knowledge Between Regions

The Horizons Tracker

Sir Isaac Newton famously popularized the notion of standing on the shoulders of all those who went before him when making his groundbreaking discoveries. This notion of knowledge and innovation being a fluid process whereby ideas are combined and built upon is now widely understood. Research from the University of Illinois explores how knowledge can flow between sectors and regions, underpinning innovation and creativity as it goes, as well as the economic growth that flows from that knowledge.

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A Holistic Approach to Employee Experience: Sonia Cargan

HR Digest

As one of the largest organizations globally, American Express has carved an employer brand as strong as its name in the financial world. Sonia Cargan, Senior Vice President, Chief Colleague Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Talent Officer at American Express, talks exclusively to The HR Digest about how people-focused strategies have been the key to the giant’s success.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Designing Training for Behavior Change is Like Fine Dining

The Center For Leadership Studies

The post Designing Training for Behavior Change is Like Fine Dining appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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Setting a New Global DE&I Record: Wanda Hope

HR Digest

“What truly informs and drives DE&I at Johnson & Johnson is our enterprise-wide, evidence-based strategy,” says Wanda Hope, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office at Johnson & Johnson. In an exclusive interview with The HR Digest, Hope calls for a commitment to flexible working, diverse recruiting, and leadership in creating cultures of diversity, equity and inclusion.

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What Makes Innovation Partnerships Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Collaborations often start with high hopes — then break down. Here’s how to actually make them work.

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DE&I From Every Angle: Kiera Fernandez

HR Digest

Kiera Fernandez, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and Senior Vice President of Talent & Change, Target, is already hard at work to neutralize our biases and unleash untapped talent. In recent years, Fernandez has advocated increasing the number of initiatives for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the corporate world – and has gotten results.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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How Fair Is Your Workplace?

Harvard Business Review

To shape a more equitable employee experience, leaders should ask themselves these four questions.

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Putting Employees First to Drive Better Business Result: Kavitha Prabhakar

HR Digest

As a prominent influencer of diversity, the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader at Deloitte US has made a magnificent contribution to paving the way to a culture fit for the industry’s most driven workers. The HR Digest had the opportunity to interview Kavitha Prabhakar who provided some illuminating insights on how Deloitte US is equipped to drive change in its workforce, and what lessons have been reinforced over the past year to help the innovation engine become future ready.

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How to Build Confidence About Showing Vulnerability

Harvard Business Review

The best leaders inspire trust by sharing their mistakes.

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The Best Leadership Secret I Know.

Rich Gee Group

No time to read? Listen here: I'm excited to tell you about my best leadership technique. What is an easy motivator you can provide at work? Money? Promotion? What can you deliver that will exponentially grow the performance of a member of your team? A single phone call. Call them at home. Yes - that's right - a single phone call. Acknowledgment by a superior has been shown to motivate better individuals than money, promotions, gifts, bonuses, etc.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Creating Strategic Roadmaps for the Future: Dawn Jones

HR Digest

Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel, is not short on ambition. In recent years, Jones has raised the bar for DE&I leadership across the globe for a number of talent initiatives for groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM. In an interview with The HR Digest , Jones explains the crucial importance of DE&I in the workplace.