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EP 158: Michael Jr. on How Internal Curiosity Transforms Conflict
- Comedic thought leader, author, and actor Michael Jr. discusses the importance of internal curiosity in transforming conflict.
- Tension and conflict can lead to growth in relationships and missions.
- Leaders should be aware of their intentions in conversations - giving or getting.
- Internal curiosity helps leaders stay present and understand triggers in conflict situations.
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How to keep your startup’s end of year party safe and merry for all
- A survey by Male Allies UK has found that nearly 50% of women have considered not attending their workplace Christmas party due to safety, poor behaviour or harassment fears.
- While larger firms have resources to address negative issues arising from EOY parties, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) face similar obligations to ensure employee safety and well-being and the same legal and ethical considerations outside of work hours.
- Grapevine, a nonprofit advocating for safer workplaces, suggests measures to foster inclusivity, ensure leadership communicates expectations, and provide safe transport options beyond the event.
- Start-ups should prepare meticulous planning and clear communication about expectations and policies, and consider, food and beverage options for those with dietary requirements, and activities, they also need to enable key leaders to set the tone for the event.
- Create a clear and visible way for employees to report incidents of harassment, discrimination, or bullying using a QR code which can be displayed in event rooms and toilets and make sure everyone knows to find the information.
- During the event, providing a quiet space, in which quieter employees can recharge, is recommended.
- Post-event, check-in and show employees their feedback and experiences matter by sending a quick survey and act on any productive feedback; it also presents an opportunity to enhance future events or the culture of the workplace.
- This is the perfect time to improve your workplace culture with policies, practices, and a commitment to listening and action that will cultivate trust over time with the employees, who want to voice concerns and are confident you will take them seriously.
- In summary, the safer and more inclusive an event, the merrier the future for a start-up, the team and the business overall.
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Nicole Kidman Talks Tech, Family and Leadership
- Nicole Kidman, an award-winning actress, producer, and businesswoman, discusses her approach to leadership, technology, family, and empowering women.
- Kidman emphasizes the importance of prioritizing tasks and using automation and technology to increase productivity and avoid wasting resources on tedious tasks.
- She also shares her key successes with her team, motivates and inspires women in the workforce, and recognizes the work of her employees to prevent burnout.
- This webinar offers insights into Kidman's strategies for success in various aspects of her life and career.
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Askamanager
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updates: the damaged bookcase, showing armpit hair at work, and more
- An update from an Ask a Manager reader whose boss was reluctant to fire a student worker illustrates how poor pay rates and work conditions lead to a low-performing workforce.
- Another reader asked if hairy armpits were acceptable in a professional setting, but has since decided not to go sleeveless at work for both comfort and professional reasons.
- A reader whose bookcase was damaged by building maintenance decided not to escalate the damage from the already difficult situation.
- This final update was provided by a reader who worried their interviewer's focus on having accessible experience in the 'real world' was code for age discrimination.
- All these updates come from former Ask a Manager letters that Alison Green advice on.
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Applicant’s background check incorrectly reported a warrant for her arrest, lawsuit claims
- Sterling Infosystems, a consumer reporting agency, is being sued for falsely reporting a job candidate's criminal history and active warrant for arrest.
- The candidate had received a conditional job offer from Great Wolf Lodge but it was rescinded after Great Wolf received the inaccurate background check report.
- The candidate sued Sterling Infosystems for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to ensure maximum possible accuracy.
- The case highlights the importance of accurate background checks and the potential consequences for consumer reporting agencies that fail to conduct reasonable reviews of criminal history records.
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Outfox Hospitality faces $3.8M in labor penalties
- The Illinois Department of Labor is seeking more than $3.8 million in back wages for over 350 Illinois-based former employees of Outfox Hospitality.
- Outfox and its subsidiaries, Dom’s and Foxtrot, closed all stores and laid off their employees without sufficient notice, violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
- The Department of Labor is pursuing legal action against Outfox for non-compliance with the WARN Act and seeking civil penalties of up to $500 per day of the violation.
- Foxtrot is reopening under a new company helmed by its original founder, Mike LaVitola, while Outfox goes through bankruptcy proceedings.
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The Best Leadership Books of 2024
- Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg offers insights on identifying and leveraging the three layers that lurk beneath any conversation, practical, emotional, and social, to make meaningful connections.
- Possible by William Ury argues conflict is natural and we need more conflict, not less—if we are to grow, change, evolve and solve problems creatively.
- The Illusion of Innovation by Elliott Parker explains how big companies are too focused on efficiency, which leads them to engage in an illusion of innovation: activity that feels like innovation but leads to value destruction, not progress.
- Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick looks on how AI tools can transform our world and urges to engage with AI as co-worker, co-teacher, and coach.
- Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy shows that a growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential.
- Pattern Breakers by Mike Maples Jr and Peter Ziebelman explains why some start-ups change the future, by harnessing the developments others miss, or at first seem crazy.
- Habits of a Peacemaker by Steven T. Collis reveals practical habits that can help us navigate potential minefields of hard topics and leave us feeling thoughtful and productive.
- The Seven Frequencies of Communication by Erwin Raphael McManus shares the hidden language of human connection and how communication is the pathway to get to the future we want.
- The Upside of Disruption by Terence Mauri explains why many of us overestimate the risks of bold decisions while underestimating the downsides of standing still for too long in an increasingly complex and volatile world.
- How Leaders Learn by David Novak with Lari Bishop shares the wisdom and practical habits from Novak's life and from some of the most successful leaders in the world—CEOs from many industries, military and political leaders, sports greats, experts, and coaches—to be an effective learner and turn learning into action.
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Askamanager
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update: my employee keeps coming to work sick
- An employee who repeatedly ignored requests not to come to work when ill did ultimately respect his employer’s guidelines after being briefed privately following a vacation.
- The manager of the worker who insisted on coming in when ill wrote to Alison Green, an advice columnist for Ask a Manager, to express difficulties in balancing the worker’s right to medical privacy, replacing him for absent shifts, and protecting other staff.
- Green advised that the company make sure its rules on sickness were clearly stated and displayed, that staff be consulted on whether the rules were being followed, and the company reinforce its stance to the employee.
- The manager subsequently sought guidance from the HR assistant director, and also spoke to the employee, adding new guidelines that anyone coming to work when sick would be subject to “documented action”.
- Guidelines included terms that symptomatic workers cannot come to work until “symptoms completely subside,” returning to work after illness required full recovery, and if staff members are “exposed to someone with a contagious illness” to wear a mask.
- Workers were exhorted to “err on the side of caution” by masking up when symptoms appeared, and management stressed that failing to do so would constitute a breach of responsibility.
- Advice to library staff included carrying Clorox wipes to clean keyboards, phones, etc, and continuing good hygiene practices.
- Green revealed in a further column that she had received many inquiries about how to handle staff illness in the time of COVID-19, following a rush for advice when the pandemic first struck.
- Green noted that jobs with paid sick leave made it easier to stay off in these circumstances, and also that employers be clear about contagion protocols and offer remote working opportunities.
- Employers should also be mindful of costs, Green wrote, as covering absences and offering paid leave can be expensive, but noted that businesses should have funds set aside for crises.
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Avoid These Costly Data Mistakes in Cloud Management
- Data breaches caused by bad cloud data management can have serious financial consequences.
- 43% of small businesses experienced a data breach last year, mostly due to accidental mistakes.
- Issues such as incorrect access controls, unaddressed backups, and poorly set-up storage contribute to these breaches.
- Proper data management in the cloud is a CEO issue, not just an IT problem.
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Report: Business Travel Recovering From Inflation
- Slowing inflation is expected to lead to increased business travel in 2025.
- Younger travelers are showing a preference for blending business and pleasure in their trips.
- While generative AI is streamlining administrative tasks, travelers still prefer a hands-on approach to making travel decisions.
- Personalization and providing meaningful destination information are key considerations for improving the user experience in business travel.
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Askamanager
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how to survive your office holiday party
- Office holiday parties can be filled with etiquette landmines
- Decide whether to bring a date or go solo and consider the implications
- Know how long you should stay and who to socialize with
- Read New York Magazine's guide for more tips on surviving office holiday parties
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Hrdive
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Why Canva checks skills passports, not degrees, to grow talent
- Canva, headquartered in Australia, has always taken a skills-first approach but removed four-year degree requirements from job postings a few years ago
- At Canva, employees have skills passports they can use to chart their journey through the company, Head of People Experience Charlotte Anderson told HR Dive
- When hiring and promoting, the company focuses on the value and impact of a worker’s skills versus job titles or years of experience
- Canva uses what it calls its Pathways program, an internal mobility program, to help workers find other opportunities within the company
- For companies new to skills-based hiring, Anderson recommended starting small
- The skills-first approach has helped drive diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Anderson said
- The company received 300,000 applications for its open jobs this year and employs 5,000 people at offices around the world
- The skills passport is a conceptual term the company uses to help workers understand that the more skills they have and the more skills they develop and build, “the more that they will enable you to go on and have amazing experiences and growth experiences” at Canva
- Anderson worked in marketing before moving into a human resources role at Canva three years ago
- The company focuses on transferable skills rather than looking at where candidates went to school or what their previous company was
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Hrdive
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FTC orders a building services contractor to end no-hire agreement
- The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Guardian Service Industries, Inc., a building services contractor in New York, to stop enforcing its no-hire agreement that prohibits building owners and other service contractors from hiring its employees.
- Guardian includes no-hire agreements in its customer service agreements with residential building owners in New York and New Jersey.
- Under the FTC’s proposed consent order, Guardian must stop enforcing the no-hire agreement or telling any prospective or current customer that employees are subject to a no-hire agreement.
- The Department of Justice has previously ruled against no-poach agreements, including a 2022 case where a nursing services contractor was fined $134,000 for working with a competitor to allocate nurses, fix wages and eliminate competition.
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More than half of leaders haven’t trained in AI, survey shows
- 58% of vice presidents and directors in the U.S. and U.K. haven’t attended AI training.
- Only 42% are confident in using AI tools without compromising company data.
- 39% lack knowledge to make decisions when hiring AI vendors.
- Leaders need to upskill in understanding AI implications and establishing usage policies.
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Base pay has grown for restaurant workers, report finds
- Tips as a share of restaurant worker income are declining, according to an ADP report surveying the payment of roughly 100,000 full-service workers in tipped jobs for more than a year.
- Tips comprised 57.4% of the compensation of tipped restaurant workers in September, compared to 67% in August 2021. Base pay for tipped workers has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because of moves to eliminate the tip credit, according to ADP.
- Base wages have grown in absolute terms by 66% for tipped workers, while tips have increased 23% since January 2020. Full-service restaurant workers earn $23.88 an hour plus tips as of September, up 28% from January 2020.
- ADP’s report also found significant geographical disparities in compensation across 10 selected metro areas. Median wages for Chicago-area tipped workers grew by 49% over the past four years, for instance, while those of tipped workers in Minneapolis grew by 7%.
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