Empathy Underrated? Soft Skills Offer Solid Value

By Isabelle St-Jean In contrast to the ongoing conversation about technological advancement, the topic of empathy is turning up everywhere these days—in best-selling books, in...

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Got Meaning? The World Wide Power of Story

By Lorie Corcuera “Let me tell you a story…” is a phrase that still makes my eyes open wide and  ears perk up. I still...

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Bad Science Threatens HR

By David Creelman Consultants have learned that it’s a good idea to say that whatever they are selling is based on neuroscience, is evidence-based, and...

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Disruption: HR for Challenging Times

By Nancy Painter Change surrounds us. The world has changed in every conceivable—and previously inconceivable—way within a generation. Some changes we take in stride:  the weather...

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Conversational Intelligence: On the Thresholds of the Discomfort Zone

By Isabelle St-Jean We like to believe we have control of our emotions 100 per cent of the time, but this is rarely the case....

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The Science of Emotion (and Why We Need to Take it to Heart)

By Jennifer Gerves-Keen Social connectivity is one of the most important survival tools of humans. It also has far-reaching consequences on our capacity for personal...

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Neuroscience Reveals Necessity of HR Leadership

By Jennifer Gerves-Keen In their 17th Annual Global CEO Survey, PriceWaterhouse Coopers interviewed 1,344 CEOs in 68 countries during the fall of 2013. Sixty-three per...

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Conference Insider: HR ‘Brainiac’ Dr. David Rock

By Erin Engstrom "If people are being paid to think, isn't it time the business world found out what the thing doing the work, the...

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