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Why Your Network Could Have Negative Consequences

The Horizons Tracker

New research by Vanderbilt University explores how the theories of social cost and social capital help us in life. “Knowing people in high and diverse positions should be a good thing and increase an individual’s life satisfaction if we go along with social capital theory.” ” A social cost.

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How Small Towns Can Support Aging In Place

The Horizons Tracker

It’s also about relationships with other people, social capital and the possibilities of community participation.” Census and Iowa Small Towns Project, which has been surveying residents from 99 small towns in Iowa every ten years since 1994. “It’s not just about services, like a nursing home or hospital.

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What Does Your Network Look Like?

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Recently, Jason texted me the title of a conference session he was sitting in—Social Capital: Using ONA to Unleash Potential Across an Organization. Image courtesy SMR Foundation. He added, “this is a good sign.”

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We Need More Than Education To Overcome Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers used the educational achievements of the parents as a proxy for their social status, before then looking at the earnings of their adult children as a proxy for their professional success. The researchers looked at data from the National Survey of College Graduates between 2010 and 2017. “Is it social capital?

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Mentoring Still Not Happening for Women in the Workplace

Great Leadership By Dan

Since the benefits of mentoring are well documented, this research took a closer look at the less explored side of the issue surveying 318 businesswomen from 19 different countries and 30 different industries. Given the number of women in the United States in senior-level positions, this survey size is statistically significant.

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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. This is a key moment for business leaders to respond promptly and with urgency. ACCELERATING UPSKILL.

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Givers give without expectation of immediate return.

Coaching Tip

This 'law of love' is identified in many different ways--for example, in Wayne Baker's bestseller, " Achieving Success Through Social Capital " (Jossey-Bass), this law of love in the workplace is described as the "law of reciprocity.". The law of reciprocity is not what can best be described as "transactional reciprocity." Grant Ph.D.: