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Clarity on Career Advancement: Transforming Optimism into Results

By Louise Underdahl, Ph.D. and Pamayla E. Darbyshire, DHA

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This white paper utilizes data from the University of Phoenix Career Institute® 2024 report to examine the factors affecting employees' career advancement. It discusses actionable strategies for employees, employers, and educators.

Overcoming Barriers: Helping Working Moms Overcome Obstacles

By TaMika Fuller, DBA

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This white paper draws upon data from the University of Phoenix Career Institute®2023 Mothers Overcome More™ or the M.O.M.™ report to explore the top stressors experienced by working mothers, the perceptions of mothers regarding their current jobs or careers, and strategies organizations can use to help working moms overcome obstacles.

Good Leader, Bad Decisions

By Lorraine Priest, Ph.D.

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Leaders make decisions for all types of commerce, including military as well as commercial commerce. All leaders make decisions based on personal experiences and some decisions are not always as successful causing incidents costing the United States and other countries lives and memories. Neuroscience has studied how a human brain reacts in the decision-making process affecting final decisions, such as during tragedies like Pearl Harbor and the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders and organizations may benefit from understanding how the brain reacts when a crisis arises, how training and knowledge may help to avoid making repeatedly bad decisions, and how to turn a bad decision into a successful decision-making process in the future.

Can Leaders’ Grit and Passion Spread Organizational Toxicity?

By Juana Lang, EdD, MEd, and Lucinda Hines, DHA, MBA

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The white paper leverages findings from the University of Phoenix Career Institute® 2024 Career Optimism Index® study and theoretical implications of leadrship passion and grit to better understand the state of organizational leadership, and offers guidelines for cultivating harmonious passion in leadership roles.

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Think Global, Act Local: The Impact of a Global Mindset to Awaken Local Career Opportunities

This white paper explores how adopting a global perspective can revitalize local career momentum.

Think Global, Act Local: The Impact of a Global Mindset to Awaken Local Career Opportunities

Empathetic Leadership: Transforming Workplaces with Compassion and Understanding

This white paper explores existing research that supports the positive impact of empathetic leadership on workplace perceptions and turnover, and proposes that the characteristic of empathy is not just a soft skill but a powerful tool.

Empathetic Leadership: Transforming Workplaces with Compassion and Understanding

Are Critical Access Hospitals in Critical Condition?

This white paper presents study findings based on insights from the Career Optimism Index® study as well as data for 20 critical access hospitals in Illinois as a sample to explore the concern about closure of rural hospitals.

Are Critical Access Hospitals in Critical Condition?

Recruiting and Retaining Millennials and Gen Zs in the Workplace

This white paper explores the traits of the two generations and highlights four areas of concern among Millennial and Gen Z employee respondents as well as providing insights to inform strategies for recruitment and retention of younger workforce members.

Recruiting and Retaining Millennials and Gen Zs in the Workplace

Invisible Labor: An Examination of the Perceptions of Moms in the Workplace

This white paper explores findings from the 2023 Mothers Overcome More™ or the M.O.M.™ report related to the invisible labor of working mothers and intersections with family resilience and employer support.

Invisible Labor: An Examination of the Perceptions of Moms in the Workplace

Recommendations to Support Workplace Wellness Using the EMPower CARE Scorecard

With a focus on workplace wellness, in this paper, the authors developed and introduce the EMPower Care Scorecard concept as a comprehensive framework to address these disparities and cultivate a positive work environment.

Recommendations to Support Workplace Wellness Using the EMPower CARE Scorecard

Advancing Careers through Inclusive Support and Collaboration

This paper examines shortcomings revealed by the 2023 Career Optimism Index® and challenges the notion of a one-size-fits-all approach to careers.

Advancing Careers through Inclusive Support and Collaboration

Betrayal: When Job or Career Leads to Disappointment

This whitepaper offers insight into the phenomenon depicted in the news and media during 2024 as "The Great Betrayal" as well as hope and advice to those experiencing the realities of job or career betrayal, as well as the potentials of career fullfillment.

Betrayal: When Job or Career Leads to Disappointment

APA Formatting: Promoting Integrity and Structure

While the use of APA as a means of formatting papers has been a standard in academia for quite some time, what has been the current engagement of this standard? Are there opportunities for faculty to enhance the process of teaching APA standards?

APA Formatting: Promoting Integrity and Structure

How Support Systems Contribute to Increased Retention in the Workplace

Employers could increase retention in the workplace by embracing support systems. Support systems include employer resource programs, networking, coaching, and mentoring.

How Support Systems Contribute to Increased Retention in the Workplace

Thought Leadership in Skills: Skill Sets, Graduate Employability, and Next Steps

Employers in evolving job markets seek demonstrated adaptability, willingness to learn, and growth mindset. Cognitive skills must be complemented by soft skills...

Thought Leadership in Skills: Skill Sets, Graduate Employability, and Next Steps

LGBTQ+ Employees and the Importance of Advocacy and Mentorship in the Workplace

While a growing number of organizations display signs of progress toward inclusive practices, investing in employees through mentorship and advocacy may help increase these attributes.