Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 12, 2021
Strategic partnerships with human resources professional can be game-changers. Your human resources professionals can be wonderful strategic partners and collaborate with you to achieve amazing results—but it takes trust and a solid relationship to get there. Too many leaders miss out on the huge strategic potential of their human resources partnerships.
Career Advancement
APRIL 5, 2021
“Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.” – Ben Stein. Getting to know the key executives in your company will propel your career forward. Those influential leaders need to know who you are, what you do, and the value you bring. When they understand how much you contribute and truly like and believe in you, they will want to see you succeed.
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McKinsey
APRIL 26, 2021
It’s time to bring advanced analytics into the strategy room—here’s why.
Marla Gottschalk
APRIL 6, 2021
Kenan Reed @unsplash. I felt it was time to speak about burnout. Considering the year that we have all muddled through, it can come as no surprise that many of us are feeling exhausted. For unknown reasons, I never thought to share my developing burnout saga. First let me say, the dynamic was hastened by the pressures of the pandemic — yet it is possible that the roots may have been established.
Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group
Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance trainings aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, relevant, and maybe even enjoyable! Join expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training programs. You’ll discover creative strategies to turn traditionally dry topics into meaningful learning experiences that resonate and drive real change.
Darius Foroux
APRIL 23, 2021
Growing up, I often heard stuff like, “You can be anything you want!
Vantage Circle
APRIL 22, 2021
Since early last year, many companies have found HR technology to be crucial for running effective businesses when staff are in remote locations. This technology has also been essential for helping teams to provide virtual benefits. Sharing information with remote employees is easier with the proper tools and resources. That’s why more businesses are focusing on implementing different technologies that can help them stay compliant, monitor time efficiently, manage payrolls, and drive engagement.
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Penelope Trunk
APRIL 26, 2021
I’ve been hiding so much that the only way I could sort it out was with a list; a list of things I thought were too awful to write. 1. College applications were hell. Like many delusional parents, it took my kid applying to Harvard early decision to make me realize he wouldn’t be going there. He didn’t want to leave the Boston area, and I didn’t want him to go into debt.
McKinsey
APRIL 8, 2021
Our new survey shows that a rise in consumer interest and purchasing power presents opportunities across markets, especially as consumer spending rebounds.
CoCaptain
APRIL 12, 2021
The expansion of technology has been one of the key factors in accelerating the business coaching industry: paving the way for making business coaching more accessible, expanding its reaches across the globe, and increasing the public’s awareness of coaching. This growth, however positive, has come with its fair share of pitfalls that every business coach and client must learn to navigate.
Darius Foroux
APRIL 16, 2021
I took a few days off last week because I wanted to rest. It’s something I learned from Dale Carnegie.
Advertiser: Paycor
Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.
Vantage Circle
APRIL 5, 2021
The past year hasn’t been easy on anybody. Even more so for the employees. In addition to worrying about the pandemic and the isolation bought on by it, people with jobs had additional concerns about their job insecurity. Do you know the one thing that is worse than losing your job? It’s losing your job during a pandemic. With many businesses around the globe being forced to lay off the majority of their workers, such fears of being laid off are understandable.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 5, 2021
Delegate the Right Decisions to Save Time and Reduce Anxiety for Everyone. You want to empower your team to make the right decisions. But delegating can be scary. After all, some decisions are not up to them. Heck, some are not even up to you. So, how do you delegate the right decisions and ensure your team understands the decision-making parameters?
CMOE
APRIL 28, 2021
In a recent survey, 97% of 10,000 senior leaders surveyed said that being strategic was the leadership behavior most important to their organization’s success—but another study indicated that fully 96% of leaders say they lack the time for strategic thinking.*. Leadership today is about more than being operationally effective, solving existing problems, and guiding people through the work that needs to be done each day.
McKinsey
APRIL 15, 2021
Although banks face intense pressure from new entrants in financial services, they have an edge in resources they can use to rapidly launch their own digital businesses.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
ChaiOne
APRIL 6, 2021
What is digital transformation? Digital transformation is tough to define because it looks so very different for every industry. Yet, in general terms, it is explained as incorporating digital technology into all business areas. The result is a fundamental change in how businesses function and interact with customers. It is a radical rethinking of how an organization uses technology in conjunction with processes and people to change business performance.
Darius Foroux
APRIL 15, 2021
One of the good things about the pandemic was that we quickly got used to being on our own. It was a forced exercise in self-reliance.
Vantage Circle
APRIL 9, 2021
Soft skills, also known as "interpersonal" or "people skills," are essential for day-to-day interactions both inside and outside the workplace, and they complement technological or hard skills. Soft skills refer to how people connect, listen, participate in conversations, provide input, work as part of a team, solve problems, and resolve disputes.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 19, 2021
This technique will get your team talking about hopes and fears. You want to get your team talking about their concerns, but if they’re like so many of the employees in our courageous cultures research , they are likely holding back. In fact, 40% of the employees in our research said they lacked the confidence to share their ideas that would improve the business.
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Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.
CMOE
APRIL 20, 2021
In today’s flat, lean organizations, many individual contributors assume that they don’t need to be led or managed. We sometimes think that people can work alone, motivate themselves, and figure out every problem without input from others. So why is management still relevant? Because individual contributors are working so hard on their own tasks, they might not be able to see the big picture like a manager would.
McKinsey
APRIL 8, 2021
With careful design and implementation, remote capability building provides an effective lifeline for organizations adapting to entirely new ways of working.
Big Rocks Engineering
APRIL 16, 2021
Every product or service has a purpose. One of the reasons why customers buy a product or service is because of its benefits. Either it solves their problem or meet their needs. Features can also be a valuable factor but only if it can provide benefits. By highlighting your product benefits and features, you can […]. The post How Customer’s Needs Impact Your New Product Success appeared first on Big Rocks Engineering.
ReNew Business
APRIL 29, 2021
One of the "most effective" ways to hold us and others back is comparison. There has always been things to compare just by looking around. An omnipresent temptation that has increased its power thanks to social media (the use of social media). “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” ?
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
Vantage Circle
APRIL 14, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has forced many employers to make complex business and political decisions to comply with government-imposed constraints (e.g., physical separation measures) while still preserving their profits and business growth. It has necessitated them temporarily closing their doors and reducing their workforces through layoffs and, in many cases, terminations.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 28, 2021
Practical Ideas For Becoming a Better Middle Manager. “Middle managers are like the middle child of an organization; often neglected by senior managers and blamed by their reports. However, they’re still expected to be as charming as the youngest and simultaneously as responsible as the oldest. We end up with middle child syndrome, enshrouded in conflict, wanting more of a say, and not sure how they fit in.” .
CMOE
APRIL 27, 2021
Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. 1. Decisiveness. 2. Alignment of Values. 3. Trust. 4. Drive. 5. Confidence. 6. Learning. 7. Diversity & Inclusion. 8. Celebrating Achievements. 9. Team Mentality. 10. Conflict Management. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years.
McKinsey
APRIL 2, 2021
As they look beyond the pandemic, airlines need to grapple with five new realities—and devise strategies to adapt.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Big Rocks Engineering
APRIL 30, 2021
As a business owner, you should know the importance of growing your business. Growth is absolutely essential for any company because without it, operations will stagnate. Your brand should also be able to keep up with the ever-changing demands of consumers. Aside from this, you need to be on par or exceed whatever your competitors […]. The post How Rapidly Do You Want Your Business To Grow?
ChaiOne
APRIL 29, 2021
In the first part of this three-part series, we discussed classifying business problems according to their complexity and the obvious and complicated domains. In this second part, we’ll discuss the realms of complex and chaotic issues. The following table displays the five problem types, their respective domains, and examples. Problem Type. Domain. Example.
Vantage Circle
APRIL 26, 2021
Managers have to carry a lot of responsibilities. From being a mentor to being an everyday problem-solver. It really is a job that screams “all or nothing”. But bearing those hefty responsibilities comes at a price. That price is high levels of manager burnout. As a leader, how often did you think about a manager being burned out? If not, then it’s high time you understand the seriousness of it.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 22, 2021
Support Your Team with Career Development Even When You’re Busy. You want to help your team with career development, but time is limited. How do you support your team? Today, on Asking For a Friend , I talk with Julie Winkle Giulioni , author of Help them Grow or Watch Them Go about how managers can support development when there is pitifully little time.
Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk
In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?
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