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Talking Talent
Both Are Better: The Differences Between Training and Coaching
At Talking Talent, we have long prided ourselves on our coaching-led approach. We feel it’s one of the (several) things that sets us apart in the world of building more connected, engaged and productive workplaces. That’s not to say, however, that we don’t see value…
Connection
Stop Looking the Other Way: Advice For Managers Supporting Menopausal Employees
Depending on which scientist you ask, and how particular they are in their answer, modern humans have been around for more than 300,000 years. So, by extension, we can pretty confidently state that women have been experiencing menopause for at least 300,000 years. You can…
Accelerating Leaders
5 Ways to Show Up for Your People During Challenging Times This Year
As we enter this new year, our working world continues to face elevated levels of uncertainty, including around the unofficial recession that seems to want to make itself official. Whether it’s the impact of second-hand trauma from a steady stream of unsettling news reports or…
Working Parents & Carers
5 Ways Organizations Can Better Care for Their Caregivers
Being a caregiver is a labor of love…and it can also be a very taxing job. Adding work and other family responsibilities to that can make things even more challenging. According to a recent study, 73% of employees (3 out of 4) report having some…
Jay-Z's Former Lawyer Talks about Women in Business
“We need to hire each other and give each other advice and lift each other up and buy each other's products and all of that…that is the path to building the matriarchal system and a system that works for us and anyone who is an…
Supporting Employee Caregivers
“Today over 70% of our workforce today is an active caregiver either part-time or full time in capacity. But that perception gap is real. Most C suite executives today only think that their workforce is about 20 to 25% caregivers so that's a huge gap…
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