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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Work Addiction (February 2, 2022)

This week’s digest explores Culture Amp’s 2022 Workplace DEI Report, America’s “hustle” work addiction, celebrating rejection, developing company values, the return of the Redefining HR podcast, and much more.

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Harnessing Collective Intellect: The Power of Community in HR

As people practitioners, we are all struggling and facing similar challenges in our roles regardless of industry or company size. But, the community and connections in the Amplify community help bring us together to share stories, ideas, and solutions so each of us can find the support and camaraderie we so often lack in our own organizations.

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Knowledge Autonomy (January 5, 2022)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: A Case for Caring Less (December 15, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: The Great Polyonymous (December 8, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Big Click Energy (December 1, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Delta Force (November 17, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Accelerator Delta Cohort Flash Sale (one week only)

The Amplify Accelerator Cohorts are immersive learning programs unlike anything you’ve experienced. Become a more confident people leader, armed with a new global peer community and a toolkit full of actionable advice, resources, templates, and more.

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Graphic Resign (October 26, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Job Description 3.0 (Oct. 20, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Flex And The City (Oct. 13, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Susan Mendrala Susan Mendrala

Community: A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Individuals

I came across Lars Schmidt’s Redefining HR (Kogan Page), published last January when the title auto-populated as part of recommended reading while title-scrolling. As part of my master’s program in positive organizational development and change, I’d been devouring an unending list of thought leadership on human-centric organizational strategy and transformation.

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Remote Control (Oct. 6, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Amplify Digest: Hire Education (Sept. 29, 2021)

Each week I break down some of the top people news, trends, and stories that are worth your time (links to the articles I’ve discussed are below). You’ll also find curated jobs and high-value conversations from the Amplify Accelerator community (coming soon).

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Lars Schmidt Lars Schmidt

Community Over Everything

In the face of a humanity-shaping pandemic and the series of events that followed our ability to learn from each other, share resources and templates, and support each other through the emotional peaks and valleys was essential. Our access to communities and networks was a driving factor in our ability to weather all of the things that were thrown our way.

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