Lolly Daskal

APRIL 12, 2023

As a leader, gaining the respect of your employees is essential for building a positive and productive work environment. By spelling out the word respect, we can use this framework to guide our actions and behaviors as we work to earn the respect of our team. Here are seven authentic ways to earn the respect of your employees: R emember basic kindness : Small acts of kindness can go a long way in building trust and respect among your employees.

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Employee Engagement Leadership Development Manager 141

Thought Leaders LLC

APRIL 10, 2023

Learn ten best practices for creating a strategic growth plan for your organization. Today’s guest post is by Mike Fata, author of Grow: 12 Unconventional Lessons for Becoming an Unstoppable Entrepreneur (CLICK HERE to get your copy). A strategic growth plan is a crucial component of a company’s long-term success. It serves as a roadmap, guiding a business towards its goals by outlining objectives, strategies, and tactics.

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

Building students’ general knowledge can lead to dramatic long-term improvements in reading comprehension, a new study suggests—casting serious doubt on standard teaching approaches.

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David Grossman

APRIL 10, 2023

If you spend any time with managers these days, you’ll notice one theme quite quickly: the post-pandemic work world has them feeling overwhelmed. Many managers are unprepared to communicate about complex and sensitive topics, such as business uncertainty and changing customer needs, remote vs. in-office decisions, changes in strategy, restructures and layoffs, people and workplace culture issues, growing demands to do more with less, the need for greater speed and agility, and leading through ch

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Manager 107

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

Benefits

Lolly Daskal

APRIL 14, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed that some leaders struggle to connect with their employees and seem out of touch with their needs and concerns. This can lead to low morale, poor communication, and ultimately, a negative impact on the organization’s success. Here are six ways that some leaders are out of touch with their employees: Lack of presence: Leaders are out of touch with their employees because they are not accessible or available.

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Employee Engagement Leadership Development Manager 140

Thought Leaders LLC

APRIL 12, 2023

When your goals become irrelevant, it’s important to revise them and change your priorities accordingly. Markets can change quickly. Those changes can alter priorities. They can render some of your goals irrelevant. When that happens, change the goal. Do so quickly so the team can change its focus to higher priority objectives. It’s foolish to continue pursuing an irrelevant goal.

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Association Now Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

Recent reports suggest that efforts to diversify boards are wobbling. Addressing the issue requires intentionality—and a conversation about what intentionality means. Hope isn’t a strategy, as they say, but it can sometimes seem that way when it comes to board diversity. Recent reports have put the spotlight on how women and minorities aren’t gaining new seats on corporate boards ; a Heidrick & Struggles survey found that companies are favoring board members with past executive experience, w

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Lolly Daskal

APRIL 11, 2023

Showing appreciation is important to leaders, making it meaningful helps to create a positive and supportive work environment. When employees feel valued and recognized for their hard work, they are more likely to be motivated to perform at their best. As a result, they contribute to the success of the organization. Here are some ways that the best leaders show appreciation in meaningful ways: Appreciation aligned with core values: The best leaders understand that recognition should align with t

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Performance Review Manager Leadership Development 131

Niagara Institute

APRIL 13, 2023

There was a time when communication within a team or organization was a one-way street. A message was crafted by upper management and passed down through the many levels of the corporate hierarchy until it reached its target audience. Today though, things are different. Not only are organizations adopting remote/hybrid working models, experimenting with less traditional and hierarchical organizational structures , and encouraging cross-functional collaboration, but the expectations employees hav

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Manager 98

Forbes Leadership

APRIL 11, 2023

These ten powerful women are shaping our world as company leaders, biosecurity experts, policymakers, and philanthropists focused on charting a new course to a more sustainable, equitable, clean, and safe future.

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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.

Diversity

Chief Executive

APRIL 12, 2023

At any given time, the average business leader is worried about a million different things. Securing new funding, establishing a foothold in the market, attracting and retaining new employees, expanding the business, and reaching new customers are just a handful of those concerns. With so many high priority challenges to consider, it comes as little surprise that compliance isn’t always the first thing on their mind.

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Lolly Daskal

APRIL 10, 2023

Fear is a natural and common emotion, and it’s something that leaders experience. However, they must learn to deal with their fears in order to be effective and successful. Here are some very effective ways that the best leaders deal with their fears: Acknowledge and acceptance: When Leaders are dealing with their fears, it’s always best to acknowledge and accept it.

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Refresh

APRIL 10, 2023

Over the past few years, the workforce has changed drastically. While some embraced remote work and flexible hours, others have considered other options to remain competitive during a tight labor market. Recently, we asked our readers if they would support a four-day workweek, and the results are eye-opening! With 86% of the votes, the top answer to the monthly poll was overwhelmingly “Yes,” while only 14% said they wouldn’t support a shortened workweek.

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 8, 2023

The Guggenheim Fellows for 2023 were announced this week. This year’s winners include 171 scholars, artists, scientists and writers selected via a rigorous peer review process from more than 2,500 initial candidates. New York University and UCLA had the most fellows, with five piece.

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Education 104

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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Chief Executive

APRIL 11, 2023

Leaders are dealers in hope. They have an obligation to paint a picture of optimism because hope is what combats fear and despair, both of which are plentiful today. And the hope for progress, growth and something better is what helps businesses forge ahead. When the tech recession arrived, it brought with it this significant trend: layoffs of employees of all types, but in particular a high concentration of professionals focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Diversity Inclusion Marketing Manager 98

Lolly Daskal

APRIL 13, 2023

As a busy person, it can be challenging to find time to develop your leadership skills. But the good news is that with a little bit of effort and some smart strategies, you can improve your leadership abilities even with a busy schedule. Here are five tips for busy people who want to develop their leadership skills: Set aside dedicated time for learning and development: One of the keys to developing your leadership skills is making time for learning and development.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2023

Empowering frontline workers to take small actions, like waiving a fee or allowing a return outside of the window, can boost the loyalty of both customers and employees.

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Employee Engagement Performance Management Manager 99

Forbes Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

With quiet quitting on the minds of talent management teams the world over, it might be tempting to assume that there is more concern about employees tuning out rather than actually quitting.

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Manager 104

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Chief Executive

APRIL 13, 2023

As the first quarter of 2023 ended, there were various reports that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive cycle of interest rate hikes might be coming to an end. The Fed has projected that peak interest rates could reach between 5% to 5.25% this year. Some observers suggest interest rates could rise higher than that estimate. Rates currently sit in the 4.75%-5% range.

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Cash Flow Manager Banking Scaling 98

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 9, 2023

Former IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty led one of the most high-stakes corporate transformations in business history. Just as impressive was her personal transformation, having overcome childhood challenges to become one of the world’s most influential business leaders ( Fortune magazine’s #1 Most Powerful Woman three years in a row). The catalyst was a mindset she calls “ good power.

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Inclusion Manager 97

Vantage Circle

APRIL 11, 2023

Want a high-performing culture where people are motivated to walk the extra mile? Well, introducing an employee leaderboard might just do the trick! Employee leaderboards bring elements of gamification into the workplace, adding a little bit of fun to otherwise mundane workdays. As a bonus, you might get to see your employees being more productive and even going the extra mile.

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Sales Sales Metrics Project Management 95

Forbes Leadership

APRIL 9, 2023

Management professors publish hardly readable pieces. Yet, why should MBA applicants and students care? Research active faculty can provide them with cutting edge insights and empirically robust frameworks that will give them a competitive advantage.

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Manager Education 103

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.

Benefits

Chief Executive

APRIL 11, 2023

Julie Charlestein was never pressured to go into her family’s business, Premier Dental. If anything, she was encouraged to go out and explore other opportunities. “I worked outside the business and fields unrelated, and then for a period was unsure what I really wanted to do,” says Charlestein. “So I came to work at Premier kind of part-time just to see, do I like it?

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Banking Manager Succession Planning 98

Kellogg Insight

APRIL 10, 2023

One reason we think Twitter is such a polarized place: we’re bad at inferring how angry people are from their posts.

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Media 117

Thought Leaders LLC

APRIL 13, 2023

Our reader poll today asks: How comfortable are you making decisions in highly ambiguous situations? Extremely: I don’t mind ambiguity at all and it doesn’t slow me down 11.69% Very: I can deal with most ambiguity and make relatively quick decisions 50.94% Somewhat: I don’t like ambiguity and it can slow my decisions down 26.17% Not very: I dislike ambiguity and often wait to make decisions 9.34% Not at all: I wait for ambiguity to be resolved before making decisions 1.86% Some

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Forbes Leadership

APRIL 11, 2023

The problem of burnout in healthcare has a long history, but the issue came to the fore during the Covid pandemic. What lessons can the sector teach us about how burnout happens and how it can be tackled?

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Speaker: Hanh Nguyen

In today’s ever-changing world, HR professionals often find themselves juggling conflicting priorities - especially when external factors seem out of their control. As we traverse the unpredictable waters of the current political and economic landscape, we find ourselves at a crossroads. For HR leaders, understanding how these external forces shape our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is crucial.

Inclusion

Chief Executive

APRIL 11, 2023

CMOs were long the punching bags of the C-Suite. Woody Allen once said, “Humorists always sit at the children’s table.” And for many years, it seemed that marketers were seated right there beside them. Then came the pandemic. And suddenly, marketers were indispensable. They were the people providing insight to what consumers and employees were feeling and what they needed most.

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AIHR

APRIL 11, 2023

Employee interview feedback examples can be highly valuable, both from an HR perspective and useful for your candidates. The interview process can be nerve-wracking, soul-destroying, or downright intimidating for many candidates. Interview feedback examples can help candidates improve and get them the jobs they want. Luckily, constructive feedback examples can help candidates feel more empowered, knowledgeable, and confident for their next round of interviews.

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Benefits Manager Recruitment 96

Michael McKinney

APRIL 14, 2023

I T SHOULD go without saying that the health and well-being of employees have a direct impact on the success of an organization. Yet, it is unusual for an organization to put it on the high-priority list along with profitability and customer service. The solution is to build it into the culture of the organization. Willpower alone won’t do it. Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being at John Hopkins Medicine, Richard Safeer, provides six building blocks to do that in A Cure for t

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Accounts 92

Forbes Leadership

APRIL 10, 2023

Leadership is about more than simply efficiency, and machines can't replace them all. We need authentic, positive, empathetic leaders for employees to be at their peak morale and performance.

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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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