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Can AI help us dress for success? (Shop) You betcha!
Between Siri, Google Assistant, Bixby and Alexa, we humans sure are accumulating a lot of friends with artificial intelligence. It’s safe to say we’ve embraced the idea of AI in some aspects of our life, especially when the payoff is convenience.
Catie McHugh
How to Deal With a Disgruntled Employee (A Complete Guide)
As much as we’d like to believe life is a perfect Instagram post/Kumbaya-singing drum circle, it’s unfortunately not. Look at 2020. There was a global pandemic, numerous iterations of social unrest, massive layoffs in some industries, and entire pivots in working style for some people. Sadly, it’s going to lead to some disgruntled employees.
Ted Bauer
How to Lead a Team (A Guide for New Leaders)
As a leader, you may feel like the weight of your team rests on your shoulders. Their failures and achievements feel like your own, and perhaps you wonder if you’re doing the best you can to nurture their growth and help them succeed.
Amy Rigby
How to be patient and keep your cool in stressful situations
The fast-paced world we live in doesn’t leave much room for patience—or so it would seem.
Michael Metcalf
The 5 characteristics of emotional intelligence in leadership
Have you ever known someone who was highly intelligent, yet struggled socially and seemed to get in their own way when it came to their career progression?
Tiffany Franklin
The post-COVID guide to self fulfillment
The dictionary definition is “the full use of one’s own abilities” or “the ability to make yourself happy and complete through your own efforts.”
Ted Bauer
How to find a life coach (that's perfect for you)
Let’s face it: Life can be hard. Really hard.
Kat Boogaard
Talent vs skill — which is more important?
Many people use the terms talent vs skills interchangeably. For example, you could hear someone say “she’s a really talented marketer” or "he’s a highly skilled accountant”. But there’s a massive difference between talent and skill.
Bev Campling
How to choose your co-founder
What makes a good co-founding team? How can you quantify the success of a business relationship? How do you transform a partnership that’s veering off course?
Vivienne Egan
What makes a team successful?
You can’t just assemble a team of superstars and expect them to make magic. (Just ask the numerous sports teams that wrongly thought they could bankroll their way to a trophy.)
Michael Metcalf
HR employee retention strategies: 14 tactics that work
Recruiting top talent is a huge accomplishment for any business leader. But unless you have a strategy for retaining those talents, your efforts are more or less pointless.
Ifeoma Ogbonnaya
Silicon Sydney: Largest startup hub in the southern hemisphere to open late 2017
The NSW Government in Australia has injected $35 million AUD into an all-new project to support the growing startup landscape in Sydney. Anticipated to create up to 6,500 new jobs across many burgeoning ventures, startup culture and the entrepreneurial spirit is set to thrive.
Catie McHugh
The truth about personality tests (according to a 20-year study)
The use of personality tests to identify character traits and predict human behaviors has grown exponentially since the early 1900s. The first mainstream test was probably the Rorschach test created by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach in 1921. It’s based on how a user identifies a series of inkblots. Analysis of the user’s perceptions is believed to give insight into their thought patterns.
Bev Campling
5 critical needs of high-performing teams
When Google spends two whole years studying the secrets of team effectiveness, there’s probably something we can all learn from the findings.
Jo Foster