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“Women helping other women.” With Tyler Gallagher & Michelle Constant

Thrive Global

She has spoken at the National Homeland Security Conference, the International Association of Emergency Managers Conference, the National Preparedness Summit and more. Please share a story or example for each. She has provided expert consult to clients at all levels of government and the private sector on diseases and threats.

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How Google's 20% Project Can Spark an L&D Revolution

Linkedin Talent Blog

In the company’s IPO letter in 2004, Larry and Sergey wrote: “We encourage our employees, in addition to their regular projects, to spend 20% of their time working on what they think will most benefit Google. For example, LinkedIn has a program called InDays, which offers employees a day each month to invest in themselves.

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DOL Issues First Opinion Letters in 9 Years, Provides Clarity on FMLA and FLSA Matters

HR Daily Advisor

In the situation presented, the employees’ medical certifications required them to have an hourly break of at least 15 minutes. An example of a rest break that primarily benefits the employee would be an accommodation break needed to assist with an employee’s chronic back pain.). Before starting her career in publishing, Ms.

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7 Strategies to Increase Course Sales for Your Training Company

Training Orchestra

Is there new legislation coming in that will require regulated training and certification? Lectured in possibly every MBA-level strategy course, the introduction of Blue Ocean Strategy made waves among CEOs in 2004 for its unorthodox approach towards marketing strategy. What courses can you offer that other training companies aren’t?

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“Be authentic.” With Charlie Katz & Andrew Stanten

Thrive Global

Andrew Stanten founded Altitude Marketing in 2004 and serves as the B2B agency’s President. We were profitable six months after launching Altitude in 2004 — mainly because I was drawing a “salary” that was literally 1/5th of what I was earning when I left my previous employer. The owner offered to pay us in gift certificates.

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Lia Colabello of Planet+Purpose Solutions: “Trust Yourself?”

Thrive Global

LUSH is one of the best examples of an authentically sustainable company that embeds social and environmental values throughout their global operations. On more than one occasion all the facility’s conference rooms were booked up, and Valerie and I had to squeeze into a phone booth for client calls.

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This HR Executive of the Year is Transforming IBM

HRExecutive

Standing before a packed ballroom of attendees at the HR Tech Conference last month, opening keynoter Mike Rowe (of Dirty Jobs and Somebody’s Gotta Do It fame) decried the trend of companies requiring college degrees for so many jobs. “I CogniPay, for example, was the brainchild of several HR staffers at IBM’s India operation.