March, 2016

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The Most Powerful Note on Authenticity I’ve Ever Received

Let's Grow Leaders

I was blown away by an email I received from a woman who recently read Winning Well. I was touched on so many levels… by her brave journey toward authenticity in the workplace, by her clear sense of confident humility, by her gratitude for accepting leaders and an inclusive workplace, and quite frankly by the fact that there are Winning Well CEOs out there looking for other Winning Well leaders who have the ability to value competence and confidence over all the other crap that gets i

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Saving, scrimping, and … splurging? New insights into consumer behavior

McKinsey

Our global survey of more than 22,000 consumers highlights recent shifts in buying behaviors, which have important implications for retailers and packaged-goods companies alike.

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What Gets You Up in the Morning?

Strategy+Business

Optimism and an eagerness to seize opportunities can be a far more useful source of executive inspiration than fear.

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How to look younger for your career

Penelope Trunk

Maybe you think I’m taking a cue from Cosmo here: Look Younger at Any Age! Before I lose you, let me just say that it’s pretty true that anyone, at any age, is better off being younger when they interview. Example? This is what the age problems looks like, at each age: Age 15-20. People hate entitled upstarts. I know because I was one. When I was 16 and working for my grandma at her bookstore , I staged an insurrection due to low pay.

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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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Could this simple trick make you more creative?

World Economic Forum

It's not as hard as you might think to be more creative.

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10 Things to Do When Your Team’s Not Listening

Let's Grow Leaders

Her call touched me deeply. She was trying so hard… to establish the right vision, to key in on the important behaviors, to scaffold and develop…and her team just wasn’t listening. Perhaps you’ve been there too. You’ve got vision. You care deeply. You teach. You repeat yourself. But no one seems to “get it”? Here are ten questions worth asking when you hit that wall– when your team is just not listening.

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Frontline Festival March 2016: Fresh Insights for Leaders

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival, in keeping with the seasonal turn toward spring, is all about fresh insights for leaders. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Our thanks as well to the Brainy Quote site for being a great source of quotations.

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5 Ways to Overcome Impostor Syndrome

Let's Grow Leaders

Throughout our new book, Winning Well (available now!), David and I talk consistently about the importance of confidence AND humility, results AND relationships. So many of the managers we work with tell us that the hardest part to master is confidence. Even those highly successful managers who appear to be Winning Well and making a difference will often take us aside and admit that they sometimes feel like a fake.

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The Secret To a Great Leap

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s been almost 5 years since that fireside chat. My friend “Joe” and I were one of the last few remaining at our campsite fireside on our annual church camping trip. The embers were glowing and yes, there was a bit of whisky involved. I distinctly remember Val emerging from her nearby tent in her pajamas and explaining that although our conversation was “indeed fascinating”, she was tired, and to please keep it down.

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Urban world: The global consumers to watch

McKinsey

Dramatic demographic shifts are transforming the world’s consumer landscape. Our new research finds just three groups of consumers are set to generate half of global urban consumption growth from 2015 to 2030.

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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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Staying one step ahead at Pixar: An interview with Ed Catmull

McKinsey

The cofounder of the company that created the world’s first computer-animated feature film lays out a management philosophy for keeping Pixar innovative.

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A reality check for renewable energy

McKinsey

Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are growing rapidly. Yet the world’s reliance on fossil fuels isn’t changing any time soon.

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Leading in the digital age

McKinsey

The automation of work and the digital disruption of business models place a premium on leaders who can create a vision of change and frame it positively.

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Online course: Write great blog posts that go viral

Penelope Trunk

This is really the course I’d like to teach every day of my life. But for now, I’m teaching it only four days: May 2 -5 each night for one hour, from 7pm to 8pm Eastern. All videos will be available on demand if you can’t come to the live session. The cost is $195, but if you sign up in the next three days, it’s $145. Sign up now. .

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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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A billion-dollar digital opportunity for oil companies

McKinsey

Making better use of existing technology can deliver serious returns—by increasing production, streamlining the supply chain, or reducing engineering time.

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Economic Conditions Snapshot, March 2016: McKinsey Global Survey results

McKinsey

Executives’ optimism wanes—suggesting concern about where the economy’s heading in 2016—while their company views hold steady. A common worry is slowing growth in China, which many cite as a threat to global growth.

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External Talent Needs Management, Too

Strategy+Business

In Agile Talent, Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood lay out a system for getting more from external talent.

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Why Leaders Who Listen Achieve Breakthroughs

Strategy+Business

True two-way conversation can break the cycle of ineffective communication.

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

Speaker: Speakers:

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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Discussions on digital: The new world of marketing

McKinsey

Silicon Valley leaders discuss the challenge on every marketer’s mind: how much to spend on digital marketing—and where to spend it.

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Lost in Translation? Marketing to Bilingual Consumers

Strategy+Business

The key to selling products to an ethnically diverse audience may not be as obvious as you think.

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Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions

Strategy+Business

Social entrepreneurs seek to sustainably change an unhappy but well-established equilibrium, transforming it into a more just or more equitable state. Nandan Nilekani's effort to provide a unique ID number to every person in India represent a novel and notable example, because of the sheer size of the problem. But across regions and in different contexts, a discernible pattern has emerged for projects that attempt equilibrium change at meaningful scale.

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Social Network Effects in Hiring

Strategy+Business

Adina Sterling, an assistant professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, talks to s+b about her research on social networks. She has found some clear benefits for both employees and companies, but also some dangers in relying on such networks too heavily.

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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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The Man Who Made the Computer Age Possible

Strategy+Business

Intel's Andy Grove pioneered high-stakes, high-speed, high-tech manufacturing -- and breathed life into Moore's Law.

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The Coming $1.5 Trillion Shift in Healthcare

Strategy+Business

A comprehensive model shows how far-reaching trends in the massive industry will influence the growth of profit pools -- and how payors and providers should respond.

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John Elkington's Required Reading

Strategy+Business

A leading light of the corporate responsibility movement calls out a reading list for building a sustainable economy.

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The 100-Mile Commute

Strategy+Business

How can a service economy function at its full potential if many service workers can't afford to live anywhere near their jobs?

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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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What Good User Experience Looks Like

Strategy+Business

Some examples, past and present, of how good design overcomes complexity.

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The Shareholder Value Triple Play

Strategy+Business

Mature food companies need to use aggressive cost reduction, portfolio simplification, and substantially new approaches to growth to deliver competitive returns.

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Moving Beyond Labels

Strategy+Business

To get the most out of employees and colleagues, leaders have to train themselves to go deeper than snap judgments and get to know people for who they are.

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The Work of the Future

Strategy+Business

If machines and robots are poised to displace humans in the office, why do so many people have jobs?

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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?