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3 Overlooked Reasons Why Gender Equality Is Being Held Back

Women’s Equality Day celebrates the 19th Amendment, but we still have a long way to go to achieve a true balance.

Women’s Equality Day celebrates the 19th Amendment, but we still have a long way to go to achieve a true balance.

Ninety-six years ago today, the United States adopted the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. In 1972, August 26 was declared “Women’s Equality Day” in order to mark that anniversary.

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5 Curveball Interview Questions To Ask Final-Round Job Candidates

As you narrow down your top candidates, it’s likely to come down to temperament over hard skills.

As you narrow down your top candidates, it’s likely to come down to temperament over hard skills.

The best job applicants have qualifications that are more than skills-deep, but it isn’t always easy uncovering them. As hiring managers identify their top candidates, the challenge becomes finding out the less-obvious qualities that may put one ahead.

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From To-Do List Hacks To Overconfidence’s Upsides: This Week’s Top Leadership Stories

This week’s top stories may help you reprioritize your work and avoid overestimating your abilities like you’re prone to do.

This week’s top stories may help you reprioritize your work and avoid overestimating your abilities like you’re prone to do.

This week we picked up some old-timey productivity methods that still pack a punch, and learned why the brain may be hardwired to make us overconfident.

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You Might Be Undermining Your Diversity Efforts Without Even Knowing It

Are you sending mixed signals to diverse job candidates? Here are the pitfalls to avoid.

Are you sending mixed signals to diverse job candidates? Here are the pitfalls to avoid.

Whether the goal is to be more representative of the population at large, or to acknowledge the increasing body of evidence that diverse companies outperform those that are homogeneous, diversity is a hot topic at many companies. But the issue of diversity is complex—as layered as the business case to support it—and the time, effort, and resources being poured into diversity initiatives can be undermined by oversights or missteps.

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How Moderating Focus Groups Has Made Me A Better Manager

Focus-group moderators patiently draw out respondents’ attitudes, feelings, beliefs, and reactions. Managers should, too.

Focus-group moderators patiently draw out respondents’ attitudes, feelings, beliefs, and reactions. Managers should, too.

I recently dusted off my focus-group–moderator shoes in order to run a few sessions on behalf of a big client. As I was preparing, I found myself jotting down a quick script with ground rules to help things go smoothly—things like:

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Where Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Stand On Immigration

Immigration may well be the issue that defines this election, so we’re breaking down the extreme contrasts in the candidates’ positions.

Immigration may well be the issue that defines this election, so we’re breaking down the extreme contrasts in the candidates’ positions.

At this point, after over 14 months of relentless campaign coverage, what is left to say about Donald Trump’s immigration platform, arguably the cornerstone of his campaign? Plenty, actually, judging by the candidate’s multiple stances on the issue this week and the criticism of his views by Hillary Clinton.

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