As the U.S. nears a record-long expansion in July, the conversation is increasingly turning to when it will all end.

Recessions are inherently hard to spot. The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, a panel whose determinations of when expansions begin and end are accepted as official, generally waits about a year to make a call. By the time a sustained downturn is evident in data like payrolls or gross domestic product, a contraction may have already begun….

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-15/tips-for-spotting-a-u-s-recession-before-it-becomes-official

“This is the tightest labor market I can remember. Unemployment is at a 50-year low and wage growth is at 3.2%,” said Jed Kolko, chief economist for Indeed.com, during the fifth-annual Indeed Interactive conference, held last month in Austin, Texas.

Over 1,800 recruiters and HR professionals attended the event, eager to hear from Indeed.com executives and guest speakers about the best ways job seekers can get noticed in today’s competitive recruiting environment.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/06/04/ways-to-make-the-most-of-the-hot-job-market/#5eaa7d6a7c75

The benefits of employee satisfaction are well-established, so HR professionals and leaders across all industries spend a great deal of time focused on maximizing those benefits for organizational outcomes. There’s no shortage of approaches in the pursuit of results, so when it comes to employee satisfaction, the focus should be on meeting their needs in a practical order. Consider an out-of-the-box approach to spark your creativity.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2019/06/05/back-to-basics-meeting-employees-needs-to-improve-organizational-performance/#48b935d972c0

Recently, the folks at Google published their findings from a two-year study they conducted on remote work. The company is certainly in a good position to study this, as a full 30% of the meetings held there involve at least two time zones. The report published, “Working Together When We’re Not Together,” had some interesting insights that both remote workers and employers considering a remote arrangement for their teams should know about.  

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/abdullahimuhammed/2019/05/18/5-important-takeaways-from-googles-two-year-study-of-remote-work/#1a7bd8be7439

A survey published in Harvard Business Review says that over two-thirds of managers (69%) are uncomfortable communicating with employees for any reason. People shy away from straight talk, according to the report, because of fear. Fear of making mistakes, or making someone upset, or making more tension in the workplace.

But what about making a difference? I guess brave leaders are the only ones who will speak up for that.
Here are the top communications challenges, according to the Harris Poll:

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Seeing any project through to completion requires a potent combination of team talent and wise management. If you wonder whether your own management style is conducive to success, consider the following eight leadership principles and then ask yourself how well you embody them.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamcraig/2019/05/07/8-team-leadership-principles-for-project-success/#27c6ef1d5ae1