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How to build a mentorship program that actually works

Brimstone Consulting

7 Elements of an Effective Mentorship Program. Developing a mentorship program. Given that more than five decades of research show that mentoring can transform lives and careers while bolstering retention and maximizing employee potential, it is unsurprising that mentoring programs have become popular corporate initiatives. More than 70% of Fortune 500 companies have put in place some form of mentorship program , and about a quarter of smaller companies have done the same.

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ESG’s Impact on Professional Services

Prudent Pedal

Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) “marketing” is the season’s latest trend. If you haven’t noticed, it might be a good time to start paying strategic attention because it will be impacting your firm in a significant way shortly. Why is ESG important to Professional Services? One might not think that protecting the environment, looking out for employee well-being, and ensuring financial transparency would be rife with complexity and strategic choices.

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Toxicity Is Not Okay

Makarios Consulting

Company offices can readily turn into interpersonal battlegrounds. Verbal grenades explode one after the other – undercutting, demeaning, belittling, attacking, insulting, and destroying team members. In consequence, work does not get done and forward progress stalls, damaging the business. How does this happen? Particularly when the people involved are capable, competent individuals?

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Recruiting ideas

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: I’m looking at recruitment for a new book. 19 recruiting metrics you should know. The post Recruiting ideas appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Toxicity Is Not Okay

Makarios Consulting

Company offices can readily turn into interpersonal battlegrounds. Verbal grenades explode one after the other – undercutting, demeaning, belittling, attacking, insulting, and destroying team members. In consequence, work does not get done and forward progress stalls, damaging the business. How does this happen? Particularly when the people involved are capable, competent individuals?

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Breaking Free from a “9 to 5” Culture

Harvard Business

Seven strategies to smooth the transition to asynchronous work.

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Problem Framing Is More Consequential Than You Might Think.

Markovitz Consulting

In 1971, President Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” In 2017, President Trump declared a “public health emergency” to battle the opioid crisis. These two declarations were essentially about the same thing: dealing with the financial, emotional, and social scourge of drug abuse that was destroying individuals and communities. But the framing of the problem—a “war” versus a “health emergency” makes a huge difference in the countermeasures that citizens, politicians, and communities are ready to con

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The Delta Variant: How Companies Should Respond

Harvard Business

Thinking through policies on vaccinations, masks, reopening offices, and more.

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What Emergency Responders Can Learn from the Business World

Harvard Business

Hurricanes, wildfires, the pandemic, and other recent crises have exposed systemic shortcomings in managing disasters.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Building Successful Hybrid Teams

Harvard Business

A conversation with HBS professor Tsedal Neeley about leading people effectively in a mix of remote and on-site work.

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Mixing Sports and Money: Adidas and the Commercialization of the Olympics

Harvard Business

The untold story of how the Olympics were monetized.

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5 Traits of a Successful Hybrid Work Environment

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Webex.

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