Wed.Jun 09, 2021

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Qualities Of A Good Employee: What To Look For

Tanveer Naseer

Finding a Good Employee can be difficult. In a sea of potential employees, how can you find the right one for your business? Most recruiters and HR managers know that finding great employees is difficult because you can’t always measure how successful they’ll be from the skills and duties listed. Click to continue reading.

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Remain Visible And Relevant In A Remote Work Environment

Lead Change Blog

How do you remain visible and relevant in a remote work environment? Since the pandemic, the workplace looks vastly different. Remote work has become a more standardized practice for how businesses run. Because of this, individuals need to adjust their current strategies in order to stay visible and relevant in the workplace and ask how best to advance their careers.

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Navigating Ethical Complexity

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton Developing ethical leaders and building ethical cultures have become critical business priorities. As if that weren't already challenging enough, managing ethics well also requires systems thinking and a broad understanding of ethical responsibilities. Why is ethics such a challenge for organizations? It has many dimensions, and while we are sorting them all out, expectations for how well we handle day-to-day challenges are increasing.

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Lying Leaders Are More Common than you Think

Leadership Freak

Men who say they love ties are liars, just like women with deformed toes love red-soled high heels. If clothes make the man, he’s pitiful. If clothes make the woman, she’s self-deceived.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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New Study Suggests A UBI Increases Employability

The Horizons Tracker

Universal basic income schemes have been tested in numerous places around the world, without ever graduating from those pilot studies into anything more meaningful. Nonetheless, they remain central to the ideas of many for how we can build a degree of buffer in these most turbulent of times to help people adapt to changes in the labor market. Critics of UBI fear that it will inevitably lead to fecklessness as people stop striving and settle into a life of relative luxury.

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7 Key Steps for a Successful Career Change

Strategy Driven

No matter the branch of career you work in, there may come a time in your working life that you decide you’re not as satisfied with your job as you used to be. When that happens, it’s a good idea to take a closer look at the different aspects of this revelation and try to find out whether a career change is a good option for you moving forward. Here, we discuss why people may want to change their career paths, what benefits it has, and how you, too, can successfully change your career path using

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Even The Staunchest Defenders Of Equality Will Discriminate Against Older Workers

The Horizons Tracker

With the Age Discrimination in Employment Act coming into force back in 1967, the notion of age discrimination has a long history. Unfortunately, it’s an issue that we still grapple with today, and whereas it’s easy to assume it’s only a problem for those in and around retirement age, a survey from Senior Living suggests it can kick in as early as our 40s.

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4 Tips for Starting Up a Tech-enabled Accounting Company in 2021

Strategy Driven

Starting up a company in 2021 will be a challenging journey as there’s never been more competition in most markets than now. In order to stand out, you need to create a solid business model that does have the potential of delivering quality service to customers. To open a financial service provider business of this magnitude, you’ll need to have some experience and qualifications behind your team.

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Who Should Watch Over AI?

The Horizons Tracker

As AI has become more potent, there have been understandable concerns about how the technology can be policed so that it works for the benefit of all society rather than certain sections of it. A new paper from Lancaster University explores how AI can be effectively policed, and indeed who should do the policing. The authors argue that it isn’t necessary for the public to understand how AI works in order for them to trust it, but they do need to know that someone with the knowledge to exa

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Top Tips For Construction Project Managers

Strategy Driven

Construction projects are famously difficult to manage, and this is because there are often so many moving parts. A small issue that can arise in construction can end up having huge consequences, and this is why so many projects often end up over budget and/or past the deadline. So, what can you do if you are managing a construction project and you want it completed on time and within the pre-agreed budget?

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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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5 Harsh Realities of Leading Change

Ron Edmondson

Leading change is a part of leadership. You can’t lead without change, but it can be hard. Along the way of leading change – or attempting to – I’ve discovered some harsh realities. If you are amid some “heavy-lifting” change leadership, see if some of these apply to you. And you may not know some of them are happening, but likely they are at some level.

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Mistakes To Avoid When Scaling Your Business In 2021

Strategy Driven

Growth is a primary goal for almost every business, but if you don’t practice the appropriate strategy for scaling your business, you risk collapsing the venture. Scaling involves planning, funding, a working system, and technology, as well as partners. Successful scaling means the plans put in place will overcome unpredictable obstacles. The digitization of most businesses today warrants big thinking and mulling to scale up successfully.

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Emotions at Work: How Soft Skills Produce Hard Results

The Practical Leader

Emotions are the heart of life and leadership. Health, happiness, and high performance are highly dependent on emotions. In their seminal book, Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee explain the book title by pointing to emotional impact as being at the very core of leadership.

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Why A Bad Manager Thinks They’re Great

Niagara Institute

Throughout your career, you’ve likely worked for or come across a manager who was underperforming but thought they were outstanding. Conversely, you may have worked for a manager you thought was great, but they continually questioned their leadership abilities.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever. Here’s How Employers Can Help.

Harvard Business Review

Five ways to help your team build quality relationships.

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2021 Corporate Events – A Historic Opportunity

Decker Communication

“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and to know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot. T.S. Eliot wrote this line in 1943, but it aptly applies to our post-pandemic work world. So many things that were viewed as mundane and routine before the pandemic will be seen with new eyes. In a relative sense, months without in-person interaction have wiped the slate of work-related expectations somewhat clean.

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Old Habits and New Rituals (with Mike Norton)

Harvard Business Review

Youngme and Felix invite their friend and renowned author, professor Mike Norton, to discuss the old habits and new rituals we have formed during the pandemic.

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2021 Corporate Events – A Historic Opportunity

Decker Communication

“And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and to know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot. T.S. Eliot wrote this line in 1943, but it aptly applies to our post-pandemic work world. So many things that were viewed as mundane and routine before the pandemic will be seen with new eyes. In a relative sense, months without in-person interaction have wiped the slate of work-related expectations somewhat clean.

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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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Private Equity’s Mid-Life Crisis

Harvard Business Review

As the 50-year-old industry matures, investment returns are falling. Here’s why — and where to go from here.

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Top 3 Reasons to Consider Nursing as a Career

Strategy Driven

If you’re wondering which path to choose for your studies, or considering a career change, perhaps nursing could be right for you. There are several benefits to being a nurse. You’ll get the chance to help people every single day making it a very rewarding role, and you’ll develop many useful skills. A career in nursing can also offer varied opportunities and you can specialize in a range of different areas.

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The Coming AI Hackers

Harvard Business Review

What happens to hacking when it’s done by an AI, and do we have the tools to protect ourselves?

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Grammy-Winning Musician Keyon Harrold: Racism and Work

Harvard Business Review

The jazz trumpeter shares how a racist attack has affected his career.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.

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Research: How Cultural Differences Can Impact Global Teams

Harvard Business Review

And what managers can do to help their international teams succeed.

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How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid

Harvard Business Review

Seven lessons for innovators everywhere.