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No business can grow without the honest, constructive feedback from its employees — but how can employers ensure they feel comfortable giving it? Forbes Coaches Council experts share their advice for putting your employees at ease. via 10 Ways To Make Your Employees Comfortable With Bringing Up Their Concerns — Forbes – Leadership

via 10 Ways To Make Your Employees Comfortable With Bringing Up Their Concerns — Forbes – Leadership — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a full committee hearing Wednesday to discuss ways to better help workers and families, including ideas for better paid family and medical leave policies. We all have an opportunity to share our stories and advocate for better paid family leave. via In The Fight For Paid Leave, Congress […]

via In The Fight For Paid Leave, Congress Is Making Progress This Week — Forbes – Leadership — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

There are problem coworkers in every office. Here’s how to deal with a problem coworker—whether she’s negative, doesn’t do her work, or is passive-aggressive. via 5 Types of Problem Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them — Career Contessa

via 5 Types of Problem Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them — Career Contessa — BCS Overland Park / Leawood Kansas

The best way to build persuasion is to use the related soft skills of awareness, empathy, kindness, and service.

via The One In-Demand Soft Skill That Many Leaders (Still) Get Wrong — Forbes Real Time

On Monday, more than 4,000 teachers in Denver went on strike for the first time in 25 years, after failing to reach a satisfactory pay deal with administrators. The average salary for a public school teacher nationwide was $59,850 during the 2016-2017 academic year, the most recent for which data is available. Here’s a look…

via Here’s how much money teachers make in every state — Business Insider

Hedge funds and asset managers scraping the web for investment purposes represented 5% of all Internet traffic in 2018, and is expected to increase rapidly. As investors look for new ways to beat the market, total spending on web scraping for investment purposes is expected to exceed $1.8 billion by 2020. Despite information pouring in…

via Hedge funds will spend $2 billion on web-scraping software to gain an edge, and it’s part of an investing gold rush — Business Insider