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DorothyDalton

@dorothydalton.bsky.social
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Founder @3PlusIn Global Talent Strategist. Executive Search & Inclusive Recruitment. Certified Coach (CBC, Ikigai, Trauma Informed Coaching) Gender Balance, D & I, Champion, Anti-Bullying & Harassment, Psychosocial Safety ISO 450, BS Buster. Contraria

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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Does LinkedIn treat women differently to men? This was a question asked in May 2025 which sent me down an agorithmic rabbit hole . I've pulled together the different informal experiments and published my conclusions. Read more - dorothydalton.substack.com/p/does-linke...
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Does LinkedIn Treat Women Differently To Men?
A question in a workshop in May 2025 turned into a much bigger story than any of us expected.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is one phrase in job ads which makes me cringe, and we need to lose in today's hiring process ASAP. "An ability to hit the ground running" But read about teachability which is far more important. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/teachabili...
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Teachability: The Power Skill That Beats Ageism
In an AI enabled workplace teachability is the next important power skill
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Quiet cracking and tend and befriend are two stress responses that cause people to stay in their jobs - but something we don't talk about enough or even at all. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/quiet-crac... #PsychosocialSafety
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Quiet Cracking: An Unexamined Stress Response
Just because people stay in their jobs doesn’t mean they are happy.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today's job market is punishing women twice - find out how and what can be done about it. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/how-the-20...
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How The 2026 Job Market Is Punishing Women Twice
A double whammy: women are getting laid off faster reducing access to a key job search bonus
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When AI meets DEI: what could possibly go wrong? We can’t bolt technology onto our flawed workplaces and expect it to do something powerful and inclusive on its own. What AI can get right and where it can go wrong. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/10-areas-w...
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10 Areas Where AI and DEI Collide
What can go right and where it can go wrong
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Discover 20 examples of non-inclusive behaviours in AI-enabled workplaces and how employers can prevent bias, discrimination and exclusion. 3plusinternational.com/20-examples-...
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Non-Inclusive workplace behaviours with AI
Discover 20 examples of non-inclusive behaviours in AI-enabled workplaces and how employers can prevent bias, discrimination and exclusion.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
How often have we been told to develop some executive presence, lean -in, raise our visibility. This " it's not us.. it's you" is corporate gaslighting at it's peak and a perfect way of deflecting responsibility and trasnferring it to the employee. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/corporate-...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I got pushback for using the term coercive control to describe a workplace relationship. I am stickng with it - find out why dorothydalton.substack.com/p/coercive-c...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
As AI enters our workplaces those involved in workplace investigations and respond to employee grievances require a more sophisticated set of skills. They must learn to distinguish between the quality of the writing and the credibility of the evidence. 3plusinternational.com/the-impact-o...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Read why setting up wellbeing initiatives without a psychsocial safety framework in place is like organising yoga classes on a sinking ship. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/engagement...
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Engagement Isn't a Perk Problem, It's a Safety Problem
Why cultiviating a culture of safety matters more than a new wellness dashboard
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What do you know about digital harassment? (TFGBV) Harassment has changed - has your organisation? Targets report signifcant psychological damage caused by new forms of AI and digital abuse. 3plusinternational.com/what-do-you-...
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Digital Harassment (TFGBV) Explained
Workplace harassment focuses on what happens in person. Today HR and DEI specialists need to be aware of digital harassment (TFGBV)
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Candidate fraud is on the increase - how to spot and stop second screen interviews in AI assisted interviews. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/hiring-hoa...
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Hiring Hoaxes - Spot (And Stop) Second Screen Interviews
What Recruiters Need to Know About AI-Assisted Interviewing
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Imagine your career as a burning building. What trasnferable skill would you rescue to start over in a big career pivot especially after burnout or workplace trauma? 3plusinternational.com/never-forget...
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Never Forget Your Transferable Skills
Changing careers doesn’t mean discarding your identity but carrying forward your transferable skills while leaving behind what no longer serves you.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You outsourced the process but sadly didn't outsource the lawsuit. New post: When You Outsource the Process, But Not the Risk dorothydalton.substack.com/p/when-you-o...
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When You Outsource The Process But Not The Risk
Why TA should care that the next headline lawsuit could have their company’s name on it
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Think you're being a lazy sloth hitting snooze? No need to feel guilty any longer - read more about hypnagogia! This is potentially your most productive time. 3plusinternational.com/hypnagogia-i...
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Hypnagogia: In defence of Snoozing
Why the twilight state between sleep and waking might be a creative time, and the neuroscience around thinking in bed instead of bouncing up at 5am.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Working through workplace trauma with ikigai. And no - it's not the Venn diagram . dorothydalton.substack.com/p/working-th... #ikigai #workplacetrauma
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Working Through Workplace Trauma with Ikigai
A trauma-informed guide to rebuilding identity after job loss, toxic leadership, or workplace abuse, using the real ikigai framework
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Some insights into how women can thrive in the age of AI Women Aren't Failing to Adopt AI. AI Is Failing Women. Using Maslow's hierarhcy of needs as a bechmark - we have a long way to go. from the @PWN Global Conference in Lisbon. 3plusinternational.com/women-arent-...
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Gender Bias in AI - why AI is failing women
“The gender gap in AI is structural. New data on algorithmic bias, job displacement and the competence penalty shows why, and what to do about it.”
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hot takes on LinkedIn between job seekers, recruiters and hiring managers aren't fixing the job market. They're just adding noise to an already factured system. With more layoff coming the pressure is going to get worse. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/the-hiring...
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The Hiring Trifecta: The Disconnet Which Damages Everyone
The structural cracks behind every LinkedIn rant about job searching
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
How AI can support job search- NOT by writing yout CV! 3plusinternational.com/how-ai-can-s... #jobsearch
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How AI Can Support Job Seekers
AI can support job seekers well, but it can also present myths, outdated advice and outright nonsense as well as legitimate guidance.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
CHAIO - A New Dimension To The Second Shift - Chief Household AI Officer  the outsourcing paradox when women use AI at home. Another layer of invisible work 3plusinternational.com/chaio-a-new-...
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CHAIO and the Second Shift
AI is supposed to save women from the drudgery of home management. But becoming Chief Household AI Officer is another layer of invisible work
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Taking on the HR bashers dorothydalton.substack.com/p/hr-bashing...
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HR Bashing. Fresh Air, Hot Air or Smoke for Mirrors
Everyone's firing HR. Nobody's asking what happens next.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Why I react strongly to career pundits calling job seekers desperate when they are simply dysregulated because of their natural survival response to job loss which for huge numbers is traumatic. Read the research to support that and what happens dorothydalton.substack.com/p/dysregulat...
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Dysregulation Not Desperation: Inside Job Loss Trauma
What the research tells us about unemployment, rejection, and how the job seach process can feel like a survival threat.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Prolonged exposure to fear can cause trauma. 3plusinternational.com/fear-based-a...
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Fear-Based Anticipatory Trauma Explained.
We think of trauma as being a result of direct action or a catastrophe but research is showing that fear based anticipatory trauma is real and as damaging.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
There has been an uptick in HR Bashing - but there are a lot of issues being glossed over or missed out completely. How much is valid -and how much is this leaders looking to be less acountable than they already are. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/hr-bashing...
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HR Bashing. Fresh Air, Hot Air or Smoke for Mirrors
Everyone's firing HR. Nobody's asking what happens next.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
How workforce planning is going badly wrong and the mismanagement of 4 key trends which will result in a pension Armageddon in 2040. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/how-workfo...
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How Workforce Decisions Are Building A Pension Crisis
The pension crisis, the birthrate collapse, parents leaving the workplace and AI are not four problems. They are more connected than people realise.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
All the infographics on gender violence are focused on legal penalties and leave out oen key element. The traumatic impact of the fear of what MIGHT happen. Read why this is so important 3plusinternational.com/fear-based-a...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Netflix dropped a new mive this weekend Ladies First where a misogynist hits his head and lives ina world run by women before becomes an ally. But leaves unanswered - for how long? Male allyship - under pressure. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/allies-unt...
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Allies Until It Costs Something
Real allyship always costs something. Many organisations are quietly deciding not to pay.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The career sector loves a good statistic, which they can turn into a meme so it becomes a sector "truism". What it really is .. is a stat trap. Read why we are getting bent out of shape ocer the wrong data. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/we-spent-y... #jobsearch #recruitment #aibias
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We Spent Years Worrying About the Wrong Algorithm
The 75% ATS myth got debunked, but the problems shifting under the surface are more troubling
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
What happens in 360 performance reviews when teams have not had unconscious bias training. 3plusinternational.com/when-360-per...
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When 360 Performance Reviews Backfire
When the people giving that feedback haven’t been trained in unconscious bias, 360 reviews don’t democratise evaluation. They industrialise it.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why organisations underestimate the operational, emotional and strategic skills mothers bring back into the workplace and why that makes outdated leadership cultures uncomfortable. 3plusinternational.com/why-ceos-are...
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Mothers Returning To Work Scare CEOs
Corporate culture constantly claims to value a whole range of elite business skills but still are nervous about mothers returning to work
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What happens when a candidate uses AI to write a CV but it’s not the same platform as the ATS? Find out.. 3plusinternational.com/self-prefere... #recruitment
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Self-preferencing when AI evaluates CVs
New research in AI in the hiring process says that self -preferencing within AI interactions means that each LLM model prefers its own content.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
3Plus is exploring gender differences in career strategy to see what changes if any have happened over the years and particularly post-pandemic. Please complete our survey - it only takes 2 minutes and PLEASE SHARE with your friends and network. Thank you! #career
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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propersolutions.bsky.social @propersolutions.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Dreading networking? Dorothy Dalton shows us that the best opportunities often come from genuine conversations and consistent follow-up. A simple reminder: reach out, stay in touch, and be intentional. #Networking #CareerGrowth
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some of the hidden dangers in 360 performance review when employees haven't had unconsious bias training. 3plusinternational.com/when-360-per...
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When 360 Performance Reviews Backfire
When the people giving that feedback haven’t been trained in unconscious bias, 360 reviews don’t democratise evaluation. They industrialise it.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Networking is sold as a great equaliser for job search -but it doesn't work for everyone equally. Read more: dorothydalton.substack.com/p/networking...
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Networking's Best Kept Secret. It's Not Equal
How networking doesn't work the same for everyone
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Trump’s approval numbers in Europe are absolutely brutal. Negative in nearly every country — and catastrophic in many. America’s global reputation has taken a terrible hit. It will take many years for our country to recover from the harm that Trump has done.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Today's job market is wild. It's freeze and frenzy sometimes in sequence or even simultaneously. Hard to know what to do. Check this out for some solid tips to survive the upheaval. 3plusinternational.com/freeze-and-f...
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Freez & Frenzy. Job market Survival Tips
The job market is crazy at the moment going from freeze to frenzy - here are some solid survival tips to help you understand it.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's clear from everything going on around us today emotional regulation is a critical leadership super power. We need a lot more of it in key places. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/emotional-...
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Emotional Regulation: Today's Leadership Super Power
Why the future belongs to regulated, resilient leaders
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I am regularly askde by I haven't verified my LinkedIn profile. Here is a short video outlining the reasons. youtu.be/TSASLyHav8U?...
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Verify your LinkedIn Profile?
YouTube video by Dorothy Dalton
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I just came across the term "creep shots" when a LinkedIn connection found a man photographing her legs with a phone. What if he had been wearing meta glasses and she hadn't noticed? Suggestions for dealing with this intrusion welcome dorothydalton.substack.com/p/cool-tech-...
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Cool Tech: The Next Privacy Frontier
AI glasses can see more than you think, and it’s worrying more people than the fashion police.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Learn about the value of daily gratitude and how appreciation contributes to our wellbeing 3plusinternational.com/the-value-of...
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The Value Of Daily Gratitude
Daily gratitude is an important booster. Read why we all need to show more of it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day iandunt.substack.com/p/orban-defe...
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Orban defeated: Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day
All of a sudden, after months of total darkness, there is hope.
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Unconscious bias training isn't faiming. organisations are failing to do it properly and follow-up effectively. 3plusinternational.com/8-traps-demo...
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Demonizing Unconsicous Bias Training
Demonizing unconscious bias training has become commonpalce ratehr than looking at the lack of systemic change which it needs to make it work
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Silence is golden - or so they say, until it isn't. Read about the damaging impact of us all talking less to each other on our mental health, relationships, workplaces and even our democracies. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
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We Need To Talk
When silence isn't golden but damaaging
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Can Ai support trauma informed workplaces. They can - but with caution. 3plusinternational.com/he-role-of-a...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What happens when employees are forced to stay in their jobs but resent the fact that they have to. 79% of employees are disengaged from their jobs to create a phenomenon known as resenteeism - or staying while seething. open.substack.com/pub/dorothyd...
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Why Resenteeism Is Rotting Organisations From Within
"Staying while seething", how disengagement curdles into something far more damaging,
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Training Journal @trainingjournal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The skills crisis is a funding crisis Jeni Burckart argues the skills crisis is not motivation but money: workers expect massive skill shifts by 2030, yet many pay out of pocket or skip training entirely. She explains
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The skills crisis is a funding crisis - Training Journal
Jeni Burckart argues the skills crisis is not motivation but money: workers expect massive skill shifts by 2030, yet many pay out of pocket or skip training entirely. She explains why ‘figure it out...
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DorothyDalton @dorothydalton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Why women tend to be less optimistic and why it matters. It's based on trust. dorothydalton.substack.com/p/why-women-...
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Why Women Tend to Be Less Optimistic Than Men and Why That Matters
Less about attitude, more about lived reality
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