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Thinking holistically about integrating ESG across the organization

Brimstone Consulting

An Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy is a cornerstone to accelerating impact and financial growth goals. A forward-looking ESG strategy deepens customer relationships and loyalty, improves the ability to attract and retain talent, reduces regulatory risk, increases the ability to attract capital, and results in increased resilience driven by a more nuanced understanding of stakeholder expectations. .

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What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs

Harvard Business

Many cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches.

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Book Recommendation: Four Thousand Weeks

Kai Davis

The best new book I read this year was Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: [link]. After I finished reading it (in March of 2022), I sent a text to a friend saying something like this: Four Thousand Weeks will probably be the best new book I read this year—six out of five stars. I wish everyone would read this book. After another nine months in the Year of our Lady Two Thousand and Twenty-Two, I stand by that assessment: Four Thousand Weeks is an excellent book, and you should read it.

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Choose Courage Over Confidence

Harvard Business

Self-doubt is a pervasive and often paralyzing concern, particularly for women. Here are three strategies to help you combat it.

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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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“You’re right”

Seth Godin Blog

If a customer, a colleague or a friend is generous enough to share their feelings, those feelings are what they are. We might disagree with the assumptions that led to those feelings. But acknowledging that the feelings are real is a great place to begin a conversation. “You feel this way” is not the same as “Everyone who experienced what you experienced would feel the same way.

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How to Expand Your Understanding & Expertise in the Application of Strengths

Leadership Vision Consulting

We connect daily with people who have received their CliftonStrengths report and love what they have learned about themselves. Yet, at the same time, they are hungry for a deeper understanding and application of strengths. This is why we created our “Seeing Strengths from a New Perspective” online course. This 6-part course is designed to help you understand the ideas and concepts of strengths and productively apply them in your life.

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What to Do When a Direct Report Is Bullying You

Harvard Business

How to protect your career — and your mental health.

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Eating an Elephant One Bite At a Time: Deliverables in Project Management

Epicflow

We all know how difficult it can be to approach a large new endeavor. For example, standing in the middle of a messy house may seem overwhelming, but if you tidy the rooms one by one, the cleaning up will turn out to be quite manageable. . The same is with project work – the final outcome should be divided into smaller pieces of work (deliverables), each of which will contribute to achieving the end project goal.

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The Best Project Management Tools for L&D

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development (L&D) professionals rarely handle projects entirely independently. Instead, it’s far more common to work as part of a larger L&D project team. As a result, having reliable tools to coordinate efforts, track deliverables, and streamline communication is typically essential. While there are plenty of project management software solutions that can work well for any industry, they may not include functionality that L&D teams may need to tackle projects.

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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