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JANUARY 23, 2025

Professional certifications are a powerful tool for career advancement. They validate your skills, making you more attractive to… The post Elevate Your Career in 2025 with Professional Certifications first appeared on The Express Blog.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

What his successes — and failures — have to teach other leaders.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 23, 2025

The pursuit of excellence insults those who likethings as they are. Short-term thinkers reject the pursuit of excellence. Stagnant organizations die because the pursuit of excellence hurts at first. Hierarchy dislikes the pursuit of excellence because it offends snobbery. Here are 4 alerts for leaders dedicated to the pursuit of excellence.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

Sponsor content from Intercom.

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Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

Michael McKinney

JANUARY 23, 2025

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. Coach Phil Jackson on compassion: Compassion for all beingsnot least of all oneselfis the key to breaking down barriers among people. Now, compassion is a word not often bandied about in locker rooms. But Ive found that a few kind, thoughtful words can have a strong transformative effect on relationships, even with the toughest men on the team.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

As climate-related lawsuits increase, companies must balance transparency and risk in their sustainability communications.

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Thought Leaders LLC

JANUARY 23, 2025

Our reader poll today asks: When evaluating a new supplier, what is your favorite resource available for assessing whether or not to use them? Text-based website 14.44% Video explanations of their offerings 6.96% Hardcopy catalogs and marketing materials 6.95% Third-party review sites 40.64% Something else 31.01% Pay attention to reviews. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Alison Green

JANUARY 23, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its four answers to four questions. Here we go 1. My partner is angry about how I handled harassment at work I’m a woman in finance. Six months ago, I was put into a team with an older male colleague who from day one decided to call me Legs.” When someone challenged him, he said, Well, look, she’s got legs up to here!

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AIHR

JANUARY 23, 2025

Change is fundamental to innovation and improvement in business, yet only 30% of change initiatives succeed. Even after social psychologist Kurt Lewin attempted to tackle this issue by developing his Force Field Analysis framework in the 1940s, the problem remains prevalent. This article discusses how to use force field analysis to drive successful change initiatives at your organization and features a free customizable template you can download to support your efforts.

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Alison Green

JANUARY 23, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. A reader recently sent me a cover letter that I want to share as a great example of explaining why you’re applying for a job in a different field and how your skills will carry over. First, though, the caveats Ive learned to give when sharing these: The writer has allowed me to share this as a favor to me and to readers.

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Speaker: Jeremy York

Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of the rapidly evolving HR landscape as we examine how technological innovation, regulatory changes, talent strategies, and evolving diversity approaches are reshaping the profession. This webinar will provide HR professionals with practical insights on leveraging AI and emerging technologies while maintaining compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

While backlash to DEI has challenged how many companies and practitioners approach creating more equitable workplaces, fewer have considered whether DEI work itself has room to improve. A new framework, built around the core outcomes of fairness, access, inclusion, and representation (FAIR) that DEI was supposed to achieve for all, offers a new direction.

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Alison Green

JANUARY 23, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. How do I manage a regular job with a parallel career as a musician? I asked about career advice for musicians a long time ago, and Ive waited a long time to have an update I felt like sending. Unfortunately, the last few years have just been really, really bad.

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