Leadership presence during a presentation or speech requires a combination of demonstrating your expertise, confidence and humanity simultaneously, writes Gary Genard. "We need you not only to convey, but to contextualize the data ... and most important, to tell us why it matters to us," Genard writes.
Courage is about recognizing your fear, taking control of what you can and identifying where your emotional courage is especially needed, writes LaRae Quy. Creating a pros-and-cons list about a decision or project can be one way to assess a situation, shine light on fears and address them.
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Target's employee turnover rate this year fell below pre-pandemic levels and rival Walmart hired about 200,000 new employees during the third quarter. Both retailers say they've been able to recruit and retain employees in a tight labor market with higher wages and such perks as flexible scheduling and bonuses at Target and tuition coverage at Walmart.
A law going into effect on May 7, 2022, makes New York the third state to require private employers to notify employees of phone, email and internet usage monitoring. Connecticut and Delaware have similar laws in place, with penalties, notification requirements and coverage differing by state.
Business leaders should institute policies that support women of color and improve retention efforts, as well as equitable hiring and promotion, while promoting mentorship, equal pay and initiatives that root out racism, writes Billie Jean King, former tennis player and founder of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative. If leaders don't act, "we will be missing out on an opportunity to create and maintain a workplace that is fair, reflective of society and profitable," King writes.
When the pandemic led to depression, writer Brie Wolfson developed a tracking system to identify reactive and proactive emotions and another system of "cheat codes" she used to give herself emotional boosts. Wolfson outlines the process she used while acknowledging that depression is a lurker, a personal and elusive thing.
Sprouting seeds have been observed in a pinecone that's been encased in amber for roughly 40 million years. Precocious germination is extremely rare in pinecones and researchers were surprised to see it on a fossilized specimen, as stated in Historical Biology.
