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How the HR Executive of the Year rebooted Microsoft’s culture

HRExecutive

What she describes as Microsoft’s “fixed mindset” was preventing it from seeing trends, from finding creative solutions, from being inclusive. In short, the firm at the apogee of technology needed to become more human. They would have said, ‘I never can interview virtually; it’s important that I meet everybody in person and hire them.’

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What the path from tech to talent taught this UScellular CHRO

HRExecutive

Advertisement - Lowell started in 2003 as senior director of engineering and network operations and held a number of tech leadership positions, including, most recently, senior vice president of IT. Kevin Lowell, UScellular Lowell: The biggest mindset shift I’m making involves pivoting my focus from technology roadmaps to talent roadmaps.

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Learning from Experience: Jay Cross Discusses His "New Muse"

The Bamboo Project Blog

I'm intrigued by how and why people make the career transitions that they do, so I asked Jay to do a blog interview with me about his new direction. Can you give us some background on your career to date? Tried my hand in a medical software start-up, a wholesale financial service start-up, and a tracking software start-up.

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Veterans in Civilian Roles: A Business Challenge and Big L&D Opportunity

Degreed

Skills-based practices have a greater impact when they’re implemented across the whole talent journey, including in sourcing, hiring, and career development.” During my 10 years in the service, I led teams in daily state-side operations as well as combat operations in Iraq during the 2003 U.S.-led When I separated from the U.S.

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Ivan Gekht of Gehtsoft: “Action over reaction”

Thrive Global

We’d missed the moment when the changing technology demanded significant changes in user experience. A reactive approach couldn’t save us here because the client decided to depreciate the project and move to a new solution. Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series.

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Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: How to Create More Inclusive Careers

Paddle HR

In 2003, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Research Fellows Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan published a working paper , aptly titled “ Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? To be fair, 2003 was nearly two decades ago. The responses were alarming. Sadly, that’s not true.

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) in the Workplace: How to Create More Inclusive Careers

Paddle HR

In 2003, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Research Fellows Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan published a working paper , aptly titled “ Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? To be fair, 2003 was nearly two decades ago. The responses were alarming. Sadly, that’s not true.