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Being a leader is understandably a complex job that requires a complex set of skills. Other than technical knowledge, there are other skills needed to manage not only themselves but also others. Emotional intelligence is described as one of the top skills needed for leaders. But what is emotional intelligence, and why is it important?

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More countries and companies began to take the step to regulate paternity leave. This regulation represents the move towards shared parental responsibilities that fully supported by both the government and the workplace. However, reports stated that less male workers make use of this policy. What about in Indonesia? And do fathers truly need paternity leave?

In this #BridgeIt episode, we discussed why fewer people are taking paternity leave and how it can benefit both families and companies.

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The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its way to the HR area. The use of AI, for example, has now been applied to recruitment process in various stages, even as early as sourcing candidates. Why is the use of AI becoming more common?

In this #BridgeIt episode, we are going to discuss more the benefit and the downside of using AI in recruitment and what it means for human recruiters.

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The devastating news of COVID-19 brought great attention to world leaders, especially on how they are dealing with the information and crisis caused by the virus. Handling crisis and changes is not a skill that only relevant to world leaders. It is a communication skill that every leader should have, including leaders in business settings. Communication is a crucial step to inform individuals in the company that directly affected by crisis or change.

In this #BridgeIt episode we discussed more about the importance and the steps of communicating in time of crisis and change.

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Commuting is an issue that almost every worker can relate. Traffics, unexpected delays, and recently, floods are making journey to work exhausting and stressful. Long duration of commuting found to have negative effects on various aspect, including health and productivity. But what can we do to make our commuting experience better? In this episode, we will discuss the effects on long commuting and how to reduce its disadvantageous effects. Let’s listen to #feelthebridge!

Hiring people. This aspect become an important part of business continuation. When companies make right selections of candidates, hopefully it will become important parts for companies in the future. Hiring people also cannot be separated by checking CVs that come when hiring session is opened. In this podcast, we will talk about what things should be checked In a CV. This session not only addressed for recruiter but also for those of you that looking forward in recruiting aspect. Let’s listen to #FeeltheBridge !

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When we talk about happiness, it may also come for business environment. It means many different aspect need to come together to create good office atmosphere, including employer happiness. In this podcast, SVB take collaboration opportunity with Mba Ivena, HR practitioner from IT Consultant and Mas Gatot from Manufacture to enrich our discussion, we will discuss more about how happiness feeling could give significant impact for company.

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World Health Organization (WHO) recently categorized burnout as an official health condition. Institution emphasizes that burnout is specifically work-related and characterized by 1.A Sense of exhaustion or depletion 2. Mental distance from or negativity or cynicism about work 3. Decreased effectiveness work.

In a systematic review of studies, burnout was found to be a significant predictor of numerous health problems including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatigue. According to gallop study, employees that suffers from burnout are 2.6 times more actively seeking new job and 63% are more likely to take sick day.

In this topic, we will discuss more about causes of workplace burnout and how we should overcome it in better ways.

In November 2019, Microsoft Japan has tested new working-hour in environment called “Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019”. Reportedly, the company has implemented 4-days work-per-week in August and surprisingly has risen work productivity until 39,9%. In early January 2020, Finland’s Prime Minister, Sanna Marin has proposed to implement four-day week in the future. Comparing with Indonesia’s policy regarding work-hour “Undang-Undang No.13 Tahun 2003 “, simply emphasized about 40 hours for work a week. Those includes 7 hours to work in a day for 6 day and 8 hours to work in a day for 5 days.

In this topic, we will discuss about is there any correlation between productivity efficiency with length of work hours and explore more perspective related this issue from fresh graduate and experienced interviewees.