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Do You Know the Value of Your Social Capital at Work?

ReImagine Work

The bottom line is, aside from your method of choice, how you say things is as important as what you say, particularly when it comes to building social capital. What is social capital and why is it important? If they scowl at your email, text or call, your social capital is low. What is social capital?

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The Importance Of Place For Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Location plays such a fundamental role because so much of our social capital is location specific. So-called regional social capital emerges from the repeated interactions we have via voluntary associations, such as professional associations. Social capital.

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

The Horizons Tracker

After a month had passed, they then completed a questionnaire that was designed to measure social capital development at work. The results suggest that after-hours connectivity can help to develop more social capital, and therefore improve the performance levels of employees, but this only works up to a point.

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Do We Prefer Our Colleagues To Be Friendly Than Competent?

The Horizons Tracker

There was a particular focus given to the signaling of human capital, which is concerned with their competence and ability to do tasks well, and also their social capital, which concerns itself with things like one’s trustworthiness and friendliness.

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

The Horizons Tracker

California-based organization JobTrain provides a range of on-site services, including affordable childcare and legal advice, which can be especially valuable for learners who have a criminal record. Social capital. Indeed, social capital is just as much of an asset as financial or human capital.

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What Does Your Network Look Like?

Talent Anarchy 1

Recently, Jason texted me the title of a conference session he was sitting in—Social Capital: Using ONA to Unleash Potential Across an Organization. It seems easier to understand how my network can be valuable to me than it is to understand how our networks can be valuable to our organization.

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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Active listening has become even more vital during the global pandemic, as many organizations work in a remote environment. The model is designed to help you figure out what you’ve learned from the past year – what worked, what didn’t, what’s worth keeping, and what the organization needs in the future.