USA head coach Cheryl Reeve talks to Kelsey Plum during the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
Female basketball head coaches Janice Washington and Cheryl Reeve talk about how communication, trust and building relationships are the keys to effective leadership and the importance of mentoring. "The goal for us is to constantly be able to provide good, positive, effective leadership for the people that we want to see be successful," Washington says. Full Story: The New York Times (2/13)
Incorporating learning into daily work Learning in the workplace is often seen as a structured, formal process, but companies should also strive to incorporate learning into daily activities, write Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis of Amazing If. "Feedback is a powerful way people can learn at work, but all too often, formality, time, and process become blockers," they note. Full Story: Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (2/15)
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Experts: Autism awareness can lead to amazing hires Hiring people who have autism can bring unexpected benefits, such as intense focus and a drive to complete tasks. Hiring and autism experts and a successful entrepreneur with autism offer insight into such applicants and offer tips for connecting and supporting them. Full Story: IndustryWeek (2/15)
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Why HR must educate employees about NDAs HR professionals have an important role to play in safeguarding trade secrets by making appropriate use of nondisclosure agreements, implementing adequate IT security protocols and educating employees about their duty of confidentiality. Andrew Crane, an attorney with Fisher Phillips in Irvine, Calif., says employees can do damage to the reputation of a company and harm its bottom line if secrets are unwittingly shared. Full Story: Society for Human Resource Management (tiered subscription model) (2/13)
Employers offer child care to keep their staffs For some N.C. businesses, providing child care is a new cost of having employees. Because the state's daycare facilities face rising labor costs, strong demand and the end of subsidies, industries are stepping in to ensure their employees can avoid the waiting lines and expense of day care. Full Story: WRAL-TV (Raleigh, N.C.) (2/12)
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Can sabbaticals work for founders or their employees? Sabbaticals almost always reinvigorate workers or empower them to make radical career changes, according to a study led by DJ DiDonna after a six-week break allowed him to "process the possibility that the time at the company I had started could be finished, and that could be OK." DiDonna, an entrepreneur and lecturer at Harvard Business School, recommends several years of planning and saving money for a sabbatical and notes that when employers offer such breaks as perks, returning workers are more creative and autonomous. Full Story: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (2/14)
Experts say the thousands of hours fighter pilots spend processing incredible amounts of sensory information while flying fast at altered gravity levels can increase connectivity in the frontal lobe of their brains. Not only do the findings fly in the face of Hollywood's depiction of brash fighter pilots, but the research might also be used to one day support astronauts as their brains experience off-Earth activities. Full Story: Space (2/15)
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POLL QUESTION: When will Halley's Comet, which we last saw in 1986, fly by again? Check your answer here.
