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How to Create a Positive Work Environments in 5 Steps
While many see the work week as being 40 hours, the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates the average person in the U.S. actually spends closer to...
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3 Reasons Kindness Makes You a Better Leader
World Kindness Day may have come and gone. However, kindness offers a fantastic return on investment every day of the year, leading to better leadership, more...
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Nationwide Cutting 1,100 Jobs Amid Digitalization
Nationwide insurance will be eliminating the jobs of approximately 1,100 of its employees across the country in a 3.6 percent reduction of its workforce due to...
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Starbucks Grinds Corporate Workforce by 5%
Despite a record-breaking quarter, Starbucks announced Tuesday it will lay off about 350 corporate employees amid an ongoing effort to restructure global operations, trim the fat...
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5 Ways L&D Professionals Can Be Strategic Visionaries
Amid rapid technological growth and increasing automation, many professions, including learning and development (L&D), are starting to face substantial challenges to stay relevant. Across the board,...
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6 HR Skills That Guide Organizational Success
Much of what human resources (HR) does to secure organizational goals is inherently behind the scenes. However, despite differences between companies and their respective goals, these...
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Top 3 Methods of Resolving Workplace Conflict
A Myers-Briggs Company workplace conflict study found that the majority of employees deal with conflict. In fact, 85 percent of employees deal with conflict to some degree. As...
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4 Critical Factors of Building High-Performance Teams
It’s a fact that high-performance teams are winning teams. Indeed, if you have your top teams working with a common purpose, your business is 1.9 times...
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Nonprofit Reimagines Veteran Career Development
FourBlock is innovating and reshaping the veteran career development landscape by helping our service men and women readjust to civilian life and leverage their military skills...
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5 Signs It’s Time for an Organizational Change
With 2019 fast approaching, individuals naturally begin to reflect on what has come to pass and start thinking about changes they want to implement in their...
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Top 6 Job Skills AI Can’t Replace
As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning continues rapidly evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly technological world, many are questioning what these developments mean...