Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

Corporate executives often use war metaphors like declaring war on the competition to project strength and confidence in their strategies. Research reveals that these aggressive metaphors may provoke negative reactions from a critical audience: financial analysts. After analyzing nearly 1,000 acquisition announcements, the authors find that war-related language tends to trigger negative reactions from analysts, who see it as a sign of excessive risk.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 3, 2025

Feed me! Feed me! Feed me! Bad habits scream for attention like hungry babies. When you break a bad habit, you wrestle to quiet self-defeating comforts. Unhealthy practices are bondage-makers. The longer you do them, the easier they become. Bad habits aren't defeated. Here's what to do instead.

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Leadership Development 90

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

A new study suggests that employers overestimate how informed employees feel when they agree to policies, contracts, and even extra tasks at work — which can result in disengagement and turnover.

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Recruitment Manager 98

Alison Green

JANUARY 3, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion youd like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts.

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Manager 83

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

The future of HR is here, and it's all about collaboration, innovation, and impact. Join us for a forward-thinking session where seasoned experts Miriam and Carolyn will share insights and practical strategies to help you stay ahead of evolving HR trends. Discover how to build strong partnerships with internal teams to craft a transparent, authentic, and connected workforce experience.

Diversity

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2025

Don’t get blamed for their unreliability.

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Manager 93

Refresh

JANUARY 3, 2025

When youre ready to level up your skills, finding or becoming a mentor can be the key to… The post Mentorship Offers a Path to SuccessNational Mentoring Month first appeared on The Express Blog.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 3, 2025

When Everyone Leads , by Ed OMalley and Julia Fabris McBride , presents a revolutionary approach to leadership; not based on position or authority, but an activity that anybody can undertake by learning to spot opportunities for improvement and taking the initiative to engage others. It can be unfamiliar and uncomfortable, but in a culture where everyone leads, organizations start to make progress on their most difficult problems, explain the authors.

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Benefits Leadership Development Nonprofit Diversity 52

Alison Green

JANUARY 3, 2025

This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Its the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to take your questions to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, pleasedo not repost it here, as it may be in my queue to answer.

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Manager 69