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What Is Happiness?
Everybody wants to be happy. Books on happiness sell. CEOs want happy workers (or so they say). Consultants peddle happiness. Scientists research happiness. Academic papers on happiness get published. Governments are starting to use happiness assumpt…
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Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Cultural Competence
Welcome to Diversity Executive magazine’s Cultural Competency blog, where we will provide cutting-edge ideas, strategies and practices that will enhance your ability to transform your organization to a culturally competent one. As a community, we wil…
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Lincoln Learned to Lead
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 148 years ago, yet millions of Americans honor his memory by visiting his memorial in Washington, D.C., every year. For many, Lincoln, our 16th president, remains an icon of leadership, a leadership that has been cont…
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How to Prepare for a Crisis at the Top
Emergency succession complements long-term plans by ensuring immediate leadership readiness in times of crisis. What is the CHRO’s role?
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The Week That Was
While preparing for that big President’s Day party this weekend, catch up with these top five stories from Talentmgt.com for the week of Feb. 11. 1. Ignore Employee Recognition and You’ll Be Sorry: Employee recognition isn’t a fluffy concept. Here…
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Why Is Black History Month Necessary?
I’ve heard the reasons why it’s not fair that African-Americans get their own month. Everything from the claim that the practice is exclusionary and promotes separatist thinking to questioning why this group of people thinks they’re so special. I …
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Preparing an ERG Executive Briefing That Gets Results
Many books and articles have been written about the types of metrics you can use to present the progress and accomplishments of your ERG to your company executives. This post will focus instead on describing a simple formula that ERG leaders can use …
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Make Time Management a Strategic Endeavor
Wasted time is especially costly for top executives, and author Peter Bregman has some advice for more strategic time management.












