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You’ve likely heard about “quiet quitting,” when a worker puts in the absolute minimum amount of effort required to keep their job. In his new book, THE EMPLOYEE ADVANTAGE, Stephan Meier notes that only about a third of employees in the U.S. are engaged at work — a number that has remained relatively stable for the past 20 years. How do you get this large segment of the workforce engaged again? ?? Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UaDlCV #employeecentric #culture

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to authors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson! From the Royal Academy: “They have helped us understand differences in prosperity between nations.” Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f1ZbRk #laureates #NobelPrize #economicsciences

?? Do you know what it takes to launch a successful start-up? ?? Click the article to learn the three main lessons from two men who invested in companies like Twitter, Twitch, Okta, and Outreach. In their latest book, PATTERN BREAKERS, Mike Maples and Peter Ziebelman show that pattern-breaking success demands a different mindset and actions to harness developments others miss or that may, at first, seem crazy. PATTERN BREAKERS in bookstores today.

??Is your business getting the consumer attention it needs? Can you successfully leverage a raise? Do emotional ploys drive purchases??? In 2022, the average American saw between 4,000 and 10,000 ads per day. That same year, brands worldwide spent $173 billion on social media ads. How can you get your products or business to stand out amidst this shocking number? Award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker, and behavioral expert Leslie Zane shows you exactly that. Click the article to read Zane's top tips on how you can leverage tapping into the subconscious mind of others to make a successful pitch, earn that raise, and win new customers. Also check out Zane's new book THE POWER OF INSTINCT to learn more. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Rw0b70

?? ARE YOU LEADERSHIP MATERIAL? ?? The quickly growing "leadership industrial complex" proclaims that anyone and everyone can be a leader -- and offers a lofty price tag to help individuals get there. However, Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, a psychiatry professor, researcher, and author at Stanford University argues the proliferation of leadership courses has helped reduce leadership to a commodity, but leadership cannot be taught or bought. Click to the link below to discover the five key insights of Aboujaoude's new book A LEADER'S DESTINY and learn what pitfalls to watch out for in the leadership industry.

Fed up with corporations greenwashing their environmental harm and putting the costs of their successes on society? Christopher Marquis, the Sinyi Professor at the University of Cambridge Judge School of Business and author of THE PROFITEERS discusses these issues and potential solutions with Nick Romeo, author of THE ALTERNATIVE and writer for The New Yorker and professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Click here to read more about the importance of externalities, alternative ways of thinking about social costs, and why ideas like “personal carbon footprint” are misguided.

?? ATTENTION GRADS! ?? Are you looking for a job, a career, or a calling? To help guide you, we’ve recruited two experts in the field. The first is Christopher Wong Michaelson, a PhD, business ethicist, and philosopher with 25 years of experience advising business leaders pursuing meaning and providing work with a purpose. The second is Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, another PhD, Wharton grad, and Professor of Management at Babson College. From their new book, IS YOUR WORK WORTH IT?, we’ve pulled three tips to help recent grads — or anyone, for that matter — become more intentional about how they approach work. If you're grappling with questions like, “Should I work for love or money? When and how much should I work? What makes a life worth living outside of my 9-5?” then click below to learn how to find your dream job ?? #gethired #jobseekers