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11 Ways To Make Leadership Skills Contagious
In a new book, The Power of the Learning Mindset, authors Lilian Ajayi-Ore and Marshall Goldsmith identify 11 habits leaders should focus on to cultivate this environment. They call the concept leadership prowess—the mindset and practices that shape how leaders think,...
Trump Administration Expands Push To Hire Early-Career Federal Employees
The Trump administration is expanding its pitch to recruit early-career job seekers, now attempting to connect agencies with much-needed talent in job fields beyond the tech sector. The Office of Personnel Management on Monday launched a new “early-career talent...
Why Human Judgment Is Paramount In The AI Age
The central point of the AI-powered era is not that machines are becoming more capable. Rather, it’s that human judgment is becoming more important than ever. Generative AI models are trained on massive amounts of knowledge. They surface patterns, draw correlations...
Bridging the Gap: Navigating the AI Revolution and Workforce Evolution
We sat down with Sandra Bachert, Director of Economic and Workforce Development, to discuss how Oakland Community College (OCC) is adapting to AI-driven change, the importance of hands-on learning, and why "career readiness" is just as vital as technical skill....
Is Leadership Dead? 7 Ways To Revive Its Branding In Your Organization
Is leadership dead? Perhaps not, but its branding is definitely on life support. Younger professionals are not chasing titles for prestige or salary alone. In fact, many are actively opting out of traditional leadership tracks because the trade‑offs...
7 Signs Of A Toxic Workplace You Can Spot On Your Very First Day
A toxic job should be avoided at all costs because the longer you are stuck in a stressful, backstabbing or exploitative work culture, the harder it is to escape it. “Once you start working for a toxic culture, people are reluctant to leave because they think, ‘Well...
Survey: US Workers Losing Faith In The Job Market
America is becoming a nation of pessimistic workers. For the first time in Gallup's tracking, more workers have a negative view of their prospects. Even as many measures show that the economy is relatively robust, more workers report struggling than thriving,...
Report: Black Women Are The Fastest Group of Entrepreneurs
Black women have a long history as workers in the United States – from the early horrors of their traumatic, involuntary arrival as forced slave laborers to their present-day reality where they must navigate persistent gender and racial norms and expectations about...
