5 Leadership Lessons That Don’t Sound Obvious, But Work

Most leadership advice sounds like something you have heard before, such as build a strong team, communicate clearly and stay two steps ahead. It all totally makes sense, yet much of it feels surface level. The real test of leadership is not whether you know these...

Research: Remote Work — Not AI — Has Sidelined Recent College Graduates

The buzz on college campuses is that AI is disrupting the job market for young college graduates. But new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that the culprit may be something else: remote work. An analysis of federal employment data, paired with...

NY Fed: Rise In Remote Work May Be Related To Youth Unemployment

Research shows that a rise in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic is connected to a rise in unemployment among younger employees, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday. In a blog post, the research authors said they estimate about 64% of the rise in...

The Future Of Work: When Everyone Becomes A Manager

Traditionally, the workplace hierarchy was organized in the shape of a pyramid. A select group of executives was at the top, managers responsible for coordinating teams were in the middle and individual contributors who executed tasks made up the base of the...
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A UK Mentoring Programme To Make Connections

Progression in the legal profession requires a mix of formal training and learning as you go. You can build a strong technical foundation through education, but much of what really shapes a career develops over time. Confidence, judgement and professional...

Gig Economy Needs New Payroll Tools

Modern companies can hire talent from almost anywhere in the world. Paying that talent is still far harder than it should be. For decades, payroll was designed for a simpler model of work: full-time employees, fixed pay cycles, one country, one currency and one bank...

Say Hello To The New Class Of AI Jobs

The next time you're at a networking event, don't be thrown if you spot new job titles on people's name tags. AI companies aren't just changing the way people work. They're changing the kinds of roles being hired, including within their own companies. The wider jobs...

The Execution Gap In Workplace Technology

Workplace technology failures are rarely due to inadequate tools. More often, they result from poor implementation or a lack of supporting processes. Gartner puts the failure rate for digital transformation at 70%, a figure barely shifted despite trillions in global...

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