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Leading in an uncertain world: How business executives can adapt
As business leaders, we need to consider the best ways to navigate the constantly changing business landscape and support our employees while growing our companies. Here are five ways to do so.
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Supporting healthier minds through learning and development
L&D teams have helped to alleviate some of the stress and anxieties people are feeling as their organizations grapple with pandemic-related changes and challenges.
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Preparing for what we can’t predict: Using scenario planning to support L&D investment decisions
Uncertainty can’t mean “we do nothing until we know.” Using a tool such as scenario planning, L&D leaders can anticipate and consider what we would do if X or Y came to pass, and what enablers or capabilities would be required to mitigate the worst and optimize the best of that situation.
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Shining a light on workforce mental health and wellness
Due to the extreme challenges brought on by the pandemic, many organizational leaders are resolute in adopting new measures aimed at supporting mental health and wellness in the workplace.
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Video: The power of leading with vulnerability and compassion
The stress, anxiety and uncertainty over the past year have steered workplaces away from wanting strict, aggressive and “traditional” forms of leadership. In 2021, people desire leaders with compassion who are unafraid of showing vulnerability.
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Skill data: the secret to your 2021 L&D strategy
Person-centricity is often the key to a smart learning strategy. L&D is, after all, deeply personal. Leveraging your skill data can help you personalize your learning to all workers.
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How leaders can reframe failure in a post-pandemic world
The key to building a culture in which failure is seen as a learning experience and strategic risk-taking is both encouraged and rewarded is to remain consistent in your approach.
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Old habits die hard, but good leaders can change
In a way, habits are like shortcuts, and that can make them very efficient. The problem is, when everything else is changing around you, there’s a good chance old habits no longer apply.