July, 2017

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How to Motivate Yourself When You’re Exhausted

Let's Grow Leaders

You’ve been working long hours, fighting the political and logistical battles to do what’s right for the business– and just as you think everything’s on track, the landscape changes… a merger, a reorganization, reduced funding… and you feel like you’re starting all over again. Most of the time when people come to me feeling burned out and exhausted–or even feel like they’re “losing their soul” it’s not that they no longer ca

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The 6 Biggest Reasons Why Unhappy Employees Quit Their New Jobs

Career Advancement

“Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied. customers, which leads to profitability.” ~Anne M. Mulcahy, former CEO of Xerox~. Client Theresa asks: Over the past year, two great employees on my team quit their new job.

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The digital future of work: What skills will be needed?

McKinsey

Robots have long carried out routine physical activities, but increasingly machines can also take on more sophisticated tasks. Experts provide advice on the skills people will need going forward.

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Career Success and the Power of Perception

Eat Your Career

In the business world, it can be tempting to believe we’re all operating in the same objective reality. After all, we deal in things like facts and data. We forget sometimes that reality is actually quite subjective; it’s shaped by the observer. Different people can interpret the same facts and data in entirely different ways. In doing so, they can—in essence—create their own version of reality and shift the course of their future.

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How to Turn “Check-the-Box” Compliance Trainings Into Real Learning

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.

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Finance and HR: The Executive Partnership That Transformed a Company

Strategy+Business

The relationship between a chief financial officer (CFO) and chief human resources officer (CHRO) can turn a company around. Between them, they control the major sources of capital available to a company: human, financial, and often information technology. One such collaboration took place at McGraw-Hill Companies starting in 2011, between CHRO John Berisford and CFO Jack Callahan.

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I am so sick of my advice

Penelope Trunk

In the Mailbag section of my site I answered a question from a woman who is worried about becoming financially dependent on her spouse if she doesn’t work. If you’ve been reading my writing for even a short amount of time, you already know what I told her : All people who have children are dependent on their partner. Because being a single parent is a million times harder than being a team.

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3 Major Factors Affecting Employee Productivity and Overall Impact

Career Advancement

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. ~ Peter Drucker ~. Kevin had been hired to turn the company around. He arrived to find a sluggish, apathetic staff. Most were warry of the change and unwilling to stick their neck out for anything. Kevin moved immediately to work on the three things that would most affect your employee’s productivity.

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Culture for a digital age

McKinsey

Risk aversion, weak customer focus, and siloed mind-sets have long bedeviled organizations. In a digital world, solving these cultural problems is no longer optional.

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15 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job

Eat Your Career

As a career coach , I hear a lot of the same questions. While human beings are endlessly unique, they’re also surprisingly similar. Many people struggle with the same career and workplace challenges. One of the most common questions I hear is this: “How do I know when it’s time to quit?”. It’s a hard question to answer because there are so many considerations.

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Making Seamless E-Payments a Reality

Strategy+Business

Even at a time when e-commerce and digital currency are ubiquitous, retailers and banks are still struggling to design and adopt large-scale systems that allow seamless, frictionless electronic payments.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

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.

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Creating a Job that Doesn’t Exist with Aileen Bennett

Lateral Action

This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Aileen Bennett, Roving Creative Director and Idea Thinker Upper. In today’s interview, we tackle a question that many creative people struggle with – what do you do when you look at the jobs on offer, and none of them seem the right fit? Not even […]. The post Creating a Job that Doesn’t Exist with Aileen Bennett appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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Building Brand Awareness: July Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is about building brand awareness. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about team building. What’s your favorite team building experience? What are your best practices for building teams?

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Five ways to change negative perceptions at work

Career Advancement

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”. ~ C.G. Jung ~. Cassidy had overheard some snide comments. She knew people were making snap judgements, based on gossip , about her that just weren’t true. How could she change negative work perceptions and get her co-workers to think more positively about her?

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The CEO’s guide to competing through HR

McKinsey

Technological tools provide a new opportunity for the function to reach its potential and drive real business value.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

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

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How can creative industries benefit from blockchain?

World Economic Forum

The technology that enables Bitcoin could redefine how artists distribute and are paid for their work.

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A Strategist's Guide to the Digital Grocery

Strategy+Business

The shift to online shopping and in-store pickup for groceries -- led by Amazon and Walmart, heightened by Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods in 2017 -- represents an existential threat to many supermarkets and other food sellers. Most have responded by strengthening the periphery: prepared food, wine, artisanal cheese, locally baked bread, and organic produce.

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Freeing the Natural Voice with Kristin Linklater

Lateral Action

This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Kristin Linklater, the world-renowned teacher of voice work for actors and speakers, and the author of Freeing the Natural Voice and Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice. I recorded this interview at Kristin’s Linklater Voice Centre, in her native Orkney, at the end of a week-long course on […].

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Three Behaviors That Will Convince Your Boss You’re a Rock Star

Let's Grow Leaders

Yesterday “Doug,” a participant in one of our Winning Well workshops, asked, “Karin, if I were to walk into your office right now with the goal of convincing you I’m a rock star, what behaviors would get your attention?”. I’m always intrigued by what comes out of the other end of my microphone during spontaneous Q & A— the raw advice bubbling straight from my heart without the benefit of the backspace key.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

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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.

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Competing in a world of sectors without borders

McKinsey

Digitization is causing a radical reordering of traditional industry boundaries. What will it take to play offense and defense in tomorrow’s ecosystems?

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Five questions brands need to answer to be customer first in the digital age

McKinsey

Having a consistent brand voice in the digital age is not easy. Here’s how to think about the challenges and opportunities.

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The digital future of work: What will automation change?

McKinsey

Rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are making inroads in the workplace, with machines carrying out physical and cognitive activities. What will this mean for employment?

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Using people analytics to drive business performance: A case study

McKinsey

A quick-service restaurant chain with thousands of outlets around the world is using data to drive a successful turnaround, increase customer satisfaction, and grow revenues.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

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.

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Advanced social technologies and the future of collaboration

McKinsey

The next generation of social technologies is beginning to transform the way people communicate and work with each other, according to a new survey.

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Advanced analytics: Nine insights from the C-suite

McKinsey

Conversations with hundreds of business leaders reveal nine ways that they are—and are not—adapting to the analytics revolution.

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The rising advantage of public-private partnerships

McKinsey

In the United States, governments are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships (P3s) to implement public infrastructure works. Here’s why the benefits of P3 project delivery, not just financing, will continue to shift the market in this direction.

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Taking the pulse of enterprise IoT

McKinsey

A new survey suggests that the enterprise Internet of Things is poised for strong growth. Here are the trends companies need to understand.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

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!

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A CEO action plan for workplace automation

McKinsey

Senior executives need to understand the tactical as well as strategic opportunities, redesign their organizations, and commit to helping shape the debate about the future of work.

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The new age of engineering and construction technology

McKinsey

New technologies are transforming all stages of the engineering and construction process. Here’s what companies need to know about the evolving landscape.

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Improving construction productivity

McKinsey

McKinsey research finds seven levers can fix construction’s productivity problem, but they require a new approach from all players. We heard from industry leaders about which barriers to change are most likely to fall first.

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IT’s future value proposition

McKinsey

Many executives expect IT will play a growing role in driving business results, according to a new survey. For that to happen, CIOs must broaden their profiles and prove IT’s effectiveness in areas such as digital and innovation.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

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?