Providing employee presentation training offers a variety of benefits for businesses, including improving individual skills, achieving a cohesive internal and external voice and expanding the pool of available communicators, writes Justin Warren, a JWJackson Consulting principal. Warren suggests one-on-one training (in person when possible), videotaped playbacks and enlisting participants to define the desired outcomes.

Adaptive leaders are proactive and have the flexibility and agility to address complex problems such as uncertainty, change management and disruption, writes Naphtali Hoff, president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting. Hoff offers three scenarios and actions adaptive leaders can take to tackle each challenge.

It's no fun feeling dissatisfied and disgusted, but those powerful emotions can motivate change when used wisely, writes speaker and consultant Skip Prichard. That "requires a willingness to sit with discomfort and to honestly evaluate our current situations," Prichard writes, noting that asking good questions will uncover how to use those emotions to better yourself or your situation.

Resume writing continues to evolve, and the start of the year might be a good time to update the format. Gone are the need to include a physical address, but a link to a LinkedIn profile is essential. Also, include a mission statement describing your assets rather than your work history.

Supporting and helping young employees grow, especially their soft skills, is more complicated with remote work, but flexibility is essential, writes Bryan Otte, the chief human resources officer at MGAC. Noting an Albert Einstein quote -- "You cannot use an old map to explore a new world" -- Otte offers suggestions for adapting a mentor/mentee relationship, including making intentional matches that involve "mutual respect and compatibility."

Nurse practitioner tops the list of best jobs to have in 2024 in the US, followed by financial manager and software developer. High job growth is forecasted for information security analysts, data scientists and medical and health services managers, according to U.S. News' annual roundup.

If your boss leaves the organization, you might be confronted with a handful of questions about what the departure means for you. This article outlines 5 questions worth considering as you ponder your next move.

As part of a fundraising event for leukemia, an amateur cyclist completed the 2,116-mile course that was used for last year's Tour de France. The amateur completed the course, which featured 170,000 feet of elevation gain, in 191 hours (158 of which were spent actually cycling). How does that compare to the pros? The pro used for this study, who wasn't the winner, completed the race in 87 hours.