The United Auto Workers union's tentative agreement with General Motors edged toward the finishing line with around 54% approval from autoworkers after a knife-edge 24 hours that saw the deal hang in the balance. Hopes rose Wednesday, however, when workers at GM's Arlington plant in Texas voted by a clear majority to accept the agreement alongside near-unanimous approval from workers at a joint venture battery facility.
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Asynchronous video interview software is gaining traction, allowing HR professionals a glimpse of applicants before the in-person process begins. But the process isn't unstructured: Those applicants are asked a series of questions triggered by video software, with time limits on answers imposed.
A KFF survey of state Medicaid directors found that Medicaid enrollment is expected to drop by 8.6% in fiscal year 2024 as states continue the redetermination process, while the state share of Medicaid spending is projected to climb 17.2% with the expiration of federal matching funds by year-end. More than 10 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in 50 states and Washington, D.C., as of Nov. 8, KFF said.
Employers will be more successful with artificial intelligence not only by determining how tasks can get done with AI's help, but by building agile teams and emphasizing human skills, writes Kathleen Hogan, chief people officer at Microsoft. "This includes analytical judgment, flexibility, emotional intelligence, creative evaluation, intellectual curiosity, bias detection and handling, and the ability to delegate tasks," Hogan writes.
Keeping your emotions in check is easier when you're armed with resiliency, writes consultant and former undercover operative LaRae Quy, who explains a frustrating experience where she was tempted to lose her cool during an FBI operation. Quy recommends three ways to keep your emotions from sabotaging you, such as figuring out your triggers.
My friend Mark* recently went through a nasty argument with his lady friend Bertha*. Mark tried to talk with Bertha but she was angry and hurt and refused his calls and texts. I figured it would all blow over.
I was wrong.
Instead, she turned into an active human volcano, spewing emotional lava everywhere. She contacted his friends, family members and even an ex-girlfriend, to discuss the situation. She got into the iPad that he left at her house and read his Facebook messages.
But the worst was when she blasted him publicly, on a Facebook group for people who live in his area. She called him out by name and posted several photos of him with a long message, detailing their situation. (Incidentally, she posted all of this anonymously.) A few folks responded to the message and one friend sent him a screenshot of the post. Needless to say, Mark was mortified.
I was stunned also. I didn't know Bertha well, but when I met her, she came across as bright, friendly and mature. I knew she was a competent professional and dedicated mother. This type of overly emotional adolescent behavior seemed beneath her.
Such are the dangers of unchecked emotion, writes LaRae Quy in today’s HR Leader story. Left to itself, emotion can quickly spiral out of control and sabotage us. What we need to do is exercise awareness and resilience, she says.
“If we are self-aware, we can be in control because we now have the power to choose how we react to our emotions and the situation that created it. The key is to be aware of what we are feeling,” Quy writes. “We cannot change what we do not acknowledge. The tyranny of our emotions keeps us in constant upheaval, which is why resilient people know how to take control of their feelings.”
Resilient people control their response to emotion and circumstance. Weak people let emotion drive their choices and actions.
Steer clear of the latter.
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