Only leaders practicing empathetic, transparent and curious leadership will solve the talent crisis and reduce turnover, writes Kate Wolff, founder and CEO of Lupine Creative. "Empathy grows within agency culture when we teach people to understand the gap between perceptions and intentions, and the importance of treating both sides of any interaction with an equal ear," Wolff writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Marketing (1/13)
Tips for taking control of your career Acting as your own career coach can help you progress in the field, and this process starts with a heightened sense of self-awareness. Think about how you want to be perceived in different work scenarios, and ask yourself questions to gain insight. Full Story: Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (1/13)
The late basketball coach John Wooden talked about vision as looking with one eye through a microscope and the other eye through a telescope, showing that leaders need to be able to execute on the details while pursuing long-term goals. "This focus on the small is not to say we become micro-managers -- that can be a hinderance to progress in its own way," writes Ken Downer. Full Story: Rapid Start Leadership (1/12)
Supreme Court blocks vaccine requirement for businesses The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for businesses with at least 100 workers but allowed a similar requirement for health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding to stand. President Joe Biden criticized the court's decision to overturn OSHA's vaccine mandate and called on employers to proceed with their own requirements "to protect their workers, customers and communities." Full Story: The Associated Press (1/14),The New York Times (1/13),The Hill (1/13)
Medieval artwork and modern media depictions of the Middle Ages often show warriors riding large horses, but a new study suggests reality was somewhat different. Actual medieval warhorses were more the size of modern ponies than today's steeds, according to the findings in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Zooarchaeologists examined and measured nearly 2,000 bones from the time period and found that many of the warhorses were diminutive in stature. However, they were still considered big for their time. Full Story: Gizmodo (1/12)
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