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It’s Time to Do Away with “Dry Promotions”

Harvard Business Review

Instead of providing solid career opportunities, all too often companies resort to filling vacancies from outside. And when they do promote people, many employers give them “dry promotions” — more responsibility without more money. This article makes the case for revamping career development. Employers should provide more opportunities — both promotions that offer more pay and lateral moves.

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Do you let your clients turn your thought leadership into click bait?

Peter Winick

Transcript Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s the idea that I’d like to share with you today, and that’s this: how often is it, as a thought leader, as an adviser, as a consultant, that in your work, in your relationship with a client, you’re engaging in these wonderful conversations and they really want to engage you at scale to serve them, to fix an issue that your work fixes?

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Research: People Still Want to Work. They Just Want Control Over Their Time.

Harvard Business Review

To better understand the role that control over one’s time plays in job and life satisfaction, the authors analyzed survey data from a nationally representative sample. They found: 1) People who had greater control over their time had the highest job satisfaction and overall satisfaction with their lives, 2) Those who felt a sense of time scarcity had less satisfaction with their jobs and were less satisfied with their lives, 3) The number of hours people worked was not related to how satisfied

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How To Keep Your Work Culture Strong and Healthy

Lolly Daskal

A strong and healthy work culture is not just an asset; it’s a necessity for any thriving organization. As an executive leadership coach, I guide leaders through the process of cultivating such environments. According to a study by Deloitte, 94% of executives and 88% of employees believe a distinct workplace culture is important to business success.

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How to Leverage AI in EX & HR Service Delivery

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

Learn how leading companies leverage AI to transform the employee experience, at scale. We'll debunk myths and showcase practical tools to help you confidently integrate AI into your EX strategy. Learn to personalize experiences, automate tasks, and streamline processes for a holistic approach. Leave energized and ready to champion AI as the key to a thriving workforce.

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When Cyberattacks Are Inevitable, Focus on Cyber Resilience

Harvard Business Review

Cybersecurity experts and the companies that employ need to let go of their prevention mindset and adopt one focused on resilience. A prevention mindset means doing all you can to keep the bad guys out. A resilience mindset adds a layer: while you do all you can to prevent an attack, you also work with the expectation that they still might break through your defenses and invest heavily preparing to respond and recover when the worst happens.

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should I interview for a job where the salary I want is technically possible but not likely?

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader writes: Recently I have been looking for a new position because my current project was canceled due to a product decision. I heard of a company from a friend of a friend. She said it was a great place to work. I looked it up and there were positions available with my skillset and in my expected salary range.

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manager thanked my husband for letting me work with them, how much exaggeration is too much on LinkedIn, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. A manager thanked my husband for letting me work with them A department I work with organized a social dinner at a restaurant after work one evening. People brought their families and so I brought my husband. A manager I work with came by, so I introduced them to each other.

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How do you spend the majority of your weekends?

Thought Leaders LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How do you spend the majority of your weekends? Relaxing with family/friends 34.64% Pursuing individual activities 25.91% Resting and catching your breath 18.98% Working and catching up 13.25% Some other activity 7.22% Most are relaxing on weekends. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Video Quick Take: Unisys’ Peter Altabef on Empowering Businesses Through AI and Quantum Computing - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM UNISYS

Harvard Business Review

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Decision-Making Traps for Teams to Avoid

LSA Global

Decision-Making Traps for Teams to Avoid Decision-making traps can be viewed as unexplored biases. While decision-making biases cannot be eliminated, effective leaders and high performing teams can anticipate and mitigate preconceptions if they know what to look and listen for. And the higher the stakes or your vested interest in the decision, the more likely these decision-making traps for teams to avoid will emerge.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Snark, Not Sarcasm (On Leader Communication)

Ed Batista

An occasional theme in my work with leaders on communication is the verbal or written comment that was intended by the leader to be witty but instead falls flat, creates distance, or even leaves people feeling offended or hurt. One reason for this gap between intent and impact [1] is that the leader was perceived as going beyond what we might call snark and crossing a line into sarcasm.

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updates: the insecure coworker, an exciting cocktail, and more

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Training a fragile, insecure coworker has become Too Much I really appreciated the advice, both from you and the commenters (and the permission to drop the rope that part of me was undoubtedly after). I realized after my letter was published that I’d left out a lot of context about what management looks like where I work.

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Leading Thoughts for July 18, 2024

Michael McKinney

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Tom Asacker on leading with people: “Those skilled at motivating people to cross a new bridge to change their beliefs and behavior, are not trying to cajole or manipulate them against their will. Rather, they seek to guide them to a new destination, a transformed way of feeling, thinking and acting that's aligned with their personal desires and values.

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let’s discuss napping at work

Alison Green

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. We saw a surprising number of stories about covert napping in last month’s thread about interns — which reminded me that we’ve had many stories about napping at work over the years, both covert and not-so-covert. There was the summer associate who put on pajamas and napped on of her desk. the intern who tied his hands to the undercarriage of a truck so it looked like he was working on it while he was actually napping … a

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Unlock Hidden Talents: The SBO Blueprint For Success

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, understanding SBO is critical. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in upskilling. You'll leave with a comprehensive understanding of Skills-Based Organization (SBO), tailored insights into your organization's current capabilities, and a toolkit of effective strategies.

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HR Value Proposition: Examples & 8 Steps To Develop It

AIHR

Organizations must effectively attract, develop, and retain top talent if they want to achieve their strategic goals. An HR value proposition serves as a critical tool in this task, providing a clear and compelling narrative about the unique value that the HR function brings to both employees and the organization. Let’s take a detailed look at how you can create your HR value proposition.

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Revolutionizing Corporate Training | Jason Lavender

Peter Winick

Leveraging Expertise and AI to Transform Corporate Training. A conversation with Jason Lavender about his journey into corporate training and how his company Electives is making training easier, engaging, and more accessible. In this episode of Thought Leadership Leverage, host Peter Winick sits down with Jason Lavender, the co-founder and CEO of Electives.