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June 29, 2018
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Newsrooms ramp up security after 5 die in shooting
Newsrooms ramp up security after 5 die in shooting
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Major newsrooms are adding security after a gunman has killed five people at a Maryland newspaper. Some are concerned attacks on newsrooms and journalists will increase.
USA Today (6/29),  BuzzFeed (6/28) 
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Recruiting & Retention
Learn a candidate's emotional intelligence with 3 questions
An easy-to-overlook but arguably paramount factor when hiring is a job candidate's emotional intelligence, which measures motivation, social skills and other qualities. Kellie Brown of Humantelligence recommends three questions to ask, including one focusing on reactions to conflict at work.
ERE Media (6/27) 
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Leadership & Development
Benefits & Compensation
Starbucks expands insurance coverage for trans employees
Starbucks has broadened health insurance coverage for transgender employees. The company's insurance, which has covered sex reassignment surgery since 2012, now also covers procedures including skin grafts, hair transplants and facial surgery.
Quartz (6/28) 
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The HR Leader
The mindset of workplace bullies
The thing to learn about bullies is that they have a honed set of tactics designed to maximize their gains at the expense of others, writes Alaina Love. These people have no problem taking all the credit for successful projects and deflecting all the blame when they fail, she writes.
SmartBrief/Leadership (6/25) 
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Workplace Chatter
United flight attendant receives kidney from co-worker
After Jair Ripoll, a United Airlines flight attendant, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and learned he needed a new kidney to live, his fellow flight attendant Steven Lepine stepped up to volunteer his own.
ABC News/Good Morning America (6/28) 
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All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.
Mitch Albom,
journalist and broadcaster
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