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Why Empathy Constitutes The Ultimate Leadership Skill

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:32pm

When asked what traits constitute a good leader, you may be tempted to list traditional qualities such as rationality, cool-headedness, and overall, an ability to detach oneself from one’s emotions. However, research has shown that the ability to feel empathy toward one’s colleagues is in fact the most critical leadership skills, and much-overlooked.

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Revitalizing Main Street: Biden’s Small Business Strategy

Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:28pm

In a significant move to bolster small businesses, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced a series of new federal initiatives. The moves promise critical support to small enterprises across the United States.

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Paid Sick Leave Initiative Gaining Traction

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 5:00am

As the 2024 elections approach, several ballot initiatives are gaining momentum in Nebraska, with one particular initiative standing out: Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans. This initiative, if passed by the majority of Nebraska voters in November 2024, would significantly affect employers across the state.

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4 Business Lessons From The Boston Tea Party

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 3:00am

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Nebraska State Employees Union Renews Demands To Bargain For Remote Work

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/12/2023 - 5:00am

More than 100 state employees joined for a noon-hour news conference of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees in the Nebraska State Capitol Dec. 7, 2023, in Lincoln.
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LINCOLN — The state employees union is renewing demands that the state bargain around remote work as the governor calls for state employees to return to in-person offices by Jan. 2.

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Solid US Hiring Lowers Unemployment Rate In Latest Sign Of A Still-Sturdy Job Market

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 12/12/2023 - 3:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses and other employers added a healthy 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive "soft landing," in which inflation would return to the Federal Reserve's 2% target without causing a steep recession.

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How A Maine Businessman Made The AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 12/05/2023 - 5:00am

Outside Healy Chapel on the campus of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, the American flag swayed at half-staff. Inside, candles flickered, and the dying autumn light filtered softly through stained glass. A nursing student sobbed as a small group of mourners read aloud the names of the 18 people slaughtered with an assault-style rifle in late October at a bowling alley and a restaurant up the road in Lewiston.

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Beyond Lessons: Tutors Can Help Teachers Build Relationships with Students

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 12/05/2023 - 4:00am

I’m a math guy. I love math, and I teach it to my preschooler every day. At a recent parent-teacher conference, his teachers told me he didn’t recognize numbers and was having a hard time counting. I pointed to the number 20, and he said, “That’s 20.” I pointed at the number 7, and he said, “That’s seven.” Then I pointed to the number 9, and he said, “That’s nine, but if you flip it upside down it could be a six.”

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Solutions To The Pay Gap For Native American Women Could Be Found In Their Tribes

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 12/05/2023 - 2:00am

For Native American women, the gender pay gap reflects the systems that have oppressed them for centuries. The colonization that stripped them of power, the violence now plaguing them and the economic institutions that have left them behind — those factors have helped form a gap in income and wages that is among the widest of any group of women.

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Smashing The ‘Concrete Ceiling’: Black Women Are Still Missing From Corporate Leadership

Published by josie@omahadail... on Tue, 11/28/2023 - 5:00am

While white women may speak of breaking through the “glass ceiling,” for many Black women, it’s more like a “concrete ceiling.” Black women experience unique and formidable barriers in the workforce that are not only difficult to break, but also obscure their view of career advancement opportunities.