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3 Practices from Great Workplaces that Bring Textbook Learning to Life

Great Place to Work

As a recent Psychology and Business Administration graduate from Sonoma State University, I was fortunate to attend the 2018 Great Place to Work For All Summit in San Francisco as one of their first-ever student ambassadors. At the Summit, I saw theory in action for the first time—from the greatest workplaces around the globe.

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Alexandra West of Art at Work: “My opinion changed so much after hearing everyone else’s input”

Thrive Global

It allows us to connect with humanity across time and without borders. As a part of our series about “How Diversity Can Increase a Company’s Bottom Line”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alexandra West. When not busy curating and coaching, Alex can be found eating cheese. All kinds of cheese. Thank you for having me!

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Soleil: “Focus on presence and progress, not perfection”

Thrive Global

Both of my parents worked a lot to provide my younger sister and I with a good life, so we spent a lot of time with babysitters, but they always supported us and showed up to our extracurricular activities?—?mine Because of that, there have been times in my life that I’ve tried to push music away when I was working corporate jobs.

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Erin Rowe On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work

Thrive Global

Erin Rowe (she, her) is the founder and CEO of Allspring, a platform that curates personalized career coach guidance and just-in-time learning. Thank you for making time to visit with us about the topic of our time. good grades in high school, attending a good college, and then securing a coveted job.

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5 Big Problems I See With Women’s Conferences

Thrive Global

But if there are so many amazing women’s conferences, why is gender diversity still such a massive issue in the corporate workplace? My podcast cohost and I recently drew up a list of all the things we’ve generally disliked about the over 25 women’s conferences we’ve collectively attended. Obviously, this is a complicated question.

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Eight Upcoming Talks You’d Be Crazy to Miss. Seriously.

WorkHuman

We all have limited time. And there are a LOT of things out there to read and see and attend. But how can we know which sessions and talks are worth our time and will get our minds and hearts racing—and which talks are going to be a snoozefest that leave us wanting our wasted time back? We’re all in the same boat.

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Corporate Training Programs for Employees

Mitrefinch

A 2015 ATD research study found that only 38% of managers believed that corporate training programs were truly responding to the needs of their workforce. Investing time in money in ineffective corporate training programs will not only drain the budget of HR departments but can also further disengage and discourage employees.