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Empathy Isn’t Just for a Crisis—It’s for Everyone, Every Day

Forbes Coaches Council | Why not give the gift of empathy at work? The thing about empathy is that those who tend to give it also tend to receive it. I’m not saying that we, as leaders, should require empathy from our employees. It’s our job to earn our employees' trust. It’s our job to make hard decisions. It’s our job to shoulder the burden that the livelihoods of our employees and the financial security of their families depend on the decisions we make.
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Life-Work Connections of the Past: A Model for Future Technology

Forbes HR Council | For most of our modern lives, we have understood work and life as distinctly different — work is between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and life is... the rest of the time. Covid-19 quickly proved how flawed this idea was. In the last six months, we've seen that life and work are inseparable.
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The Pandemic has Redefined Business Continuity and Put HR Center Stage

Forbes Tech Council | Business continuity has most often been defined by physical assets like facilities, IT networks and equipment, but Covid-19 has changed the game. Business continuity now depends on a company’s people at a time when those people are facing new challenges for which there is no existing playbook. This means that HR is more critical than ever to holistic business success.
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Millions of Jobs Have Been Lost, but Hiring is Booming at These Companies

Wall Street Journal | Some companies, like workplace software provider UKG Inc., froze hiring in March to hold down costs as the pandemic upended the economy, but have since returned to filling positions. UKG wants to add dozens of staffers in accounting, cloud operations, engineering, marketing, human resources and finance, said Aron Ain, the company’s chief executive.
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Did Someone Say Free Food? Companies are Getting Creative with WFH Perks

CNN | Another company, UKG, which offered its working parents a virtual summer camp for their kids, is now offering after-school help this fall. It's a win-win situation: kids are entertained, while parents get a break so they can be more productive at work.
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NJ TRANSIT Rides New Wave of Workforce Innovation with UKG Dimensions

LOWELL, Mass. and WESTON, Fla. | NJ TRANSIT, the largest statewide public transportation system in the U.S., will initiate a new era of workforce innovation with the revolutionary UKG Dimensions cloud suite from UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group).
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