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9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2024 and Beyond

Harvard Business Review

In 2023, organizations continued to face significant challenges, from inflation to geopolitical turmoil to controversy over DEI and return-to-work policies — and 2024 promises more disruption. Gartner researchers have identified nine key trends, from new and creative employee benefits to the collapse of traditional career paths, that will impact work this year.

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How Successful Leaders Attract Top Talent with Their Secret Strategies

Lolly Daskal

In today’s fiercely competitive corporate arena attracting top talent is a top priority for organizations aiming to thrive and succeed. Successful leaders understand that their ability to attract and retain top-tier professionals is a direct reflection of their leadership prowess. Here are some secret strategies employed by accomplished leaders to consistently draw in the best talent: Building a Compelling Brand Story Successful leaders recognize that attracting top talent begins with a co

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Getting Machine Learning Projects from Idea to Execution

Harvard Business Review

Machine learning might be the world’s most important general-purpose technology, but it’s notoriously difficult to launch. Outside of Big Tech and a handful of other leading companies, machine learning initiatives routinely fail to deploy, never realizing value. What’s missing? A specialized business practice suitable for wide adoption. This article presents a six-step practice for ushering machine learning projects from conception to deployment.

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2024 Marketing Crystal Ball: Navigating Trends and Turbulence in the Digital Horizon

Chief Outsiders

Though the “Rise of the Machines” is well underway, there are trends other than Artificial Intelligence (AI) that are at the top of our minds at the start of 2024. The year ahead is fraught with challenges both analog and digital, from a pivotal presidential election to economic uncertainty. But it is the aforementioned digital revolution that has humans racing to determine how they can integrate AI into their marketing and business models.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

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

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Ten Questions to Keep You on Track This Year

Scott Elbin

This is the time of the year when I spend a day with my C-suite clients to give them some space to get up on the balcony to consider what success will look like 12 months from now and what they and their teams need to focus on to make those outcomes more likely. While the process varies and is customized for each executive, there are some core questions that I almost always pose.

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5 Reasons People Get Laid Off

Harvard Business Review

As companies continue to conduct layoffs, despite signs of economic recovery, it’s normal to feel powerless. Sometimes thwarting a layoff is impossible. For example, there’s not much you can do if your entire business unit is being cut because company goals have changed and your work is no longer relevant. But there are proactive measures you can take to assert some control over your professional destiny.

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ESG Risks Can Lurk in Supply Chains, Too

Kellogg Insight

Most companies know little of their suppliers’ ESG practices. But negative incidents can sway stock prices—and investors should take note.

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8 in 10 Struggle Holding People Accountable

Leadership Freak

82% struggle holding people accountable. Probably you do to. Here are 10 fundamental principles for holding people accountable. Do you know where accountability begins? The missing ingredient of accountability is #10 on the list.

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How To Calculate Your Organization’s Turnover Rate

15Five

Turnover is just part of doing business. Some employees aren’t a good fit, while others find new opportunities. While some turnover is normal, too much can damage your organization’s performance, lower morale, and even interrupt important projects. That’s why, as an HR professional, you need a simple way to calculate, analyze, and manage your turnover rates.

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Self-Awareness in Leadership: What The Research Says

Niagara Institute

Aristotle is famously quoted as saying, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom,” and nothing can be more accurate regarding leadership. Self-awareness is not only a tremendous personal trait, but it is also highly beneficial to leaders and the companies they work for. In this article, we took a deep dive into the research on self-awareness in leadership, looking at what it is, what makes it up, why it’s important, and the need to improve it.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

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.

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What is Preboarding? 7 Steps To Take for New Hires

AIHR

A robust preboarding process can improve new hire retention by up to 82%. As such, preboarding is an important yet often overlooked step towards happy and engaged employees. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at preboarding, how it differs from onboarding, why employee preboarding is so essential, and how HR teams can create an excellent preboarding process.

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What the New Freelance Economy Means for Your Talent Strategy

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with innovation experts John Winsor and Jin Paik on building a transformational workforce.

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Lighthouse Leadership Weekly #52: How to Change a Losing Culture, Novices vs. Experts, and more.

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Free Up Your Human Talent With Hyperautomation on AWS - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM AWS

Harvard Business Review

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

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.

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17 Best Apps to Help You Focus & Concentrate in 2024

BetterUp

Explore 17 apps to help you focus and discover how they can reshape your productivity and concentration in today’s fast-paced digital environment.

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The most expensive game cost over $1B, and how AI will transform it

Andrew Chen

Grand Theft Auto 6 and the future of AI If you happened to miss it, a few weeks back, here is the game trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s worth watching, and is amazing on multiple levels. But GTA 6 might be the peak of the open world category, untouched by the next wave of tech, particularly generative AI. Let’s start some facts: First, GTA has a reported budget of $1-2B, making it THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAME EVER Not only is this the most expensive game ever, but compare it to movies

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Shaping the future of work with purpose: Insights from Adam Grant and Alexi Robichaux

BetterUp

BetterUp CEO and co-founder Alexi Robichaux sat down with organizational psychologist, author, and BetterUp Science Board Member Adam Grant to discuss the role purpose plays in building a future-ready workplace.

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