Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2025
Studies have shown that people dislike attempts to make AI convincingly human. But emphasizing the essential role of humans in AI tools can help reduce resistance to adoption.
Leadership Freak
JANUARY 7, 2025
When leading through change, competent leaders take one of three approaches: #1. Hug & Love #2. Push & Shove #3. Push & Love This post explains what "push and love" leadership looks like. BONUS: Don't miss the book giveaway on this post.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2025
HBS senior lecturer Hise Gibson discusses Coach Prime’s effectiveness.
Kellogg Insight
JANUARY 7, 2025
Chinese policymakers should allow for a more market-driven allocation of land, money, and labor.
Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton
Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2025
Confronting direct reports about performance issues can feel overwhelming, especially for first-time managers, who may worry that sharing critical feedback could damage their relationship with the employee. But performance conversations, especially where you need to give critical feedback, dont have to be scary. There are a few common mistakes to avoid when giving critical feedback.
Eric Jacobson
JANUARY 7, 2025
Having a sense of purpose has been scientifically proven to help people find happiness, longevity, and health. But lots of us are also worried about purposehaving purpose anxiety estimated to affect as much as 91% of people. That purpose anxiety is the fear of not knowing your purpose in life. Most people understand the term purpose but have no idea how to take action to discover what it means in their lives, says hospice medical director Jordan Grumet , author of the new book, The Purpose Code:
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Ascend
JANUARY 7, 2025
Learn the top three essential things you can do to transform your messy and unorganized sales database into a valuable asset for your company.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2025
Since the 1960s, there has been a quest to find ways to address the tidal wave of paper deluging organizations. The latest technology that is being applied is AI. A case study an effort at a healthcare insurer provides five lessons not just applicable in projects aimed at reducing paper but also for other AI initiatives as well: 1) The goal should not be automation; it should be to get the work done in a cost-effective manner. 2) A successful application of AI may not mean lower employment. 3)
Refresh
JANUARY 7, 2025
The job hunt can be stressful enough, but add in the complexity of applying internationally and things might… The post Dont Get Lost in Translation: How CVs (Resumes) Differ Around the World first appeared on The Express Blog.
Alison Green
JANUARY 7, 2025
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Ive been conducting a low-key job search for months without much movement, and suddenly within the last few weeks I have what seems like serious interest from two different companies. Im near the end of the interviewing process with both of them but, from what I can tell, one of them is moving much more quickly than the other.
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha
Lolly Daskal
JANUARY 7, 2025
The gap in your leadership style is costing your organization millions in lost talent and unrealized potential.Recent Deloitte analysis reveals 82% of senior executives overestimate their leadership capabilities, while only 34% of their direct reports rate them as highly effective. A recent report by McKinsey’s Leadership Index demonstrates organizations with self-aware leaders generate 41% higher shareholder returns.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 7, 2025
It was just another busy day at our warehouse, with forklifts beeping and packages sliding down conveyors. I was doing my usual rounds, holding my refreshing cup of coffee, when I overheard two coworkers chatting near the loading dock. Then one of them joked, 'If I ever become Employee of the Month, it’ll be because I made it through all these double shifts!
AIHR
JANUARY 7, 2025
Companies need targeted employee engagement initiatives to ensure favorable outcomes for both their employees and their business. Disengaged employees affect productivity, morale, and business results as theyre more likely to make mistakes and miss deadlines. Engaged staff, on the other hand, are more motivated, innovative, and productive, driving growth and elevating organizational reputation.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 7, 2025
If you're working on your employee engagement strategies, you also must focus on its benchmarks to measure and analyze its progress. Yes, employee engagement benchmarks are pivotal in understanding how well your engagement initiatives compare to industry standards. They also help you identify areas for improvement. Simply put, engagement benchmarks prevent stress from focusing on the wrong things and help you zero in on what truly matters.
Speaker: Jeremy York
2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.
Alison Green
JANUARY 7, 2025
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work in a small office of six people, and since we’ve all been here for 3+ years at least, we’re pretty close. We hold a gift exchange where basically everyone buys a gift for everyone else. I understand that’s probably a bit much, but it works for us.
Get Lighthouse
JANUARY 7, 2025
What are your goals for 2025? How do you want to grow as a leader? Im really glad this year we had Christmas and New Years fell on Wednesdays; its made for a very quiet, low stress 2 weeks. Its allowed me to pause, reflect, and plan. And Im so glad Ive been using the 12 Week Year to plan, because its meant I got to look back at 4 rounds of goal setting in 2024, and use that and more reflections to set new ones for Q1 of 2025.
Alison Green
JANUARY 7, 2025
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: I work at a small college, and part of my job involves working with new faculty. I have one new faculty member who is well on his way to becoming known as a vulture on campus. My events for new faculty often involve food in addition to programming, and this faculty member (well call him Bruno) will eat a hearty meal and then leave with a substantial to-go plate plus an unopened drink for later.
Chief Outsiders
JANUARY 7, 2025
In today's changing business environment, agility isn't just an advantageit's essential for survival. According to McKinsey's 2023 B2B Sales Pulse Survey, 71% of sales leaders say market unpredictability is their biggest challenge, and 65% report struggling to adapt their plans quickly enough to keep pace with change. Yet 65% of sales leaders report they can't adapt their plans fast enough to keep pace with rapid change.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Alison Green
JANUARY 7, 2025
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its five answers to five questions. Here we go 1. My manager constantly talks about her personal finances I am the only direct report to a manager who constantly talks about how much money she is spending in her personal life. Her spouse owns an international company, which allows her to have a pretty nice life, but she still manages to find things to complain about constantly.
Chris LoCutro
JANUARY 7, 2025
Welcome to The Chris LoCurto Show! As we kick off a new year, its tempting to focus on fresh goals and shiny new strategies. But what if, instead, we focused on resetting and recommitting to the foundational disciplines that truly drive success? In todays episode, Im sharing actionable steps to help you recalibrate your leadership approach, foster team alignment, and elevate your business in 2025.
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