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Stretch Goals: How to Motivate and Challenge Your Team

Let's Grow Leaders

It’s that time of year. All around the world teams are being handed stretch goals that feel more like a delusion than a challenge. If this is happening to you, and you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, don’t give up […]. The post Stretch Goals: How to Motivate and Challenge Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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16 New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Your Work Performance.

Career Advancement

“Celebrate what you want to see more of.”. ~Tom Peters. Simon wanted to have an extremely productive upcoming year. He reached out for executive coaching so he could take the necessary steps to help him improve his work performance. With advanced planning, he knew he would be prepared to start the New Year with a significant advantage. This is the plan that I completed with Simon and other clients over the years.

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Why You Need to Cultivate Your Inner Life (as a Leader)

Creativity at Work

Why You Need to Cultivate Your Inner Life (as a Leader)When it comes to leadership it’s not just about what we do in the world, it’s also about who we are In our quest to succeed, we tend to focus on doing, rather than on being. If you neglect your inner life, you put your emotional and physical well-being at risk, and this will have [.].

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4 Interview Tips to Help You Get the Job

On The Job

If you want to be successful in finding a job after you graduate from college, be prepared to do some homework. What? You thought your homework days were over? Not so, say hiring managers and other experts. First, you need to make sure that you craft your resume and cover letter for each job so that you're highlighting as many of the skills as possible that the employer is seeking.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Professional Development and Training

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ - transforming video engagement with two-way interactivity. With Qvio viewers can ask questions and get instant answers from the content owner's Author-Controlled AI™️.

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China consumer report 2020: The many faces of the Chinese consumer

McKinsey

Five trends emerged in the latest research from our Chinese Consumer Survey, offering insight into what over 5,000 consumers in the region think about spending, brands, health, and more.

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Here’s why there are no women over 40 in your office

Penelope Trunk

The US is one of the only countries in which working extremely long hours is extremely rewarding. Other countries tax very high income to the point that it’s not worth earning. In those countries, it’s possible to take care of children and have an interesting job. Because even if a job is really interesting, people don’t work very long hours.

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How to Build an Enterprise Leadership Team

CMOE

Many things must come together to create and sustain the growth of an organization including a good business concept and value proposition, adequate capital and investment, reliable suppliers and partners, a strong sales and marketing operation, an efficient production and delivery platform to get your service or product to market, and a talented workforce made up of people who are committed and determined to execute on the vision and strategy.

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Rethinking manufacturing and distribution networks in medtech

McKinsey

Changes in the medtech market have left many companies struggling with their operational footprints. A network redesign can help them save costs, increase flexibility, and create a competitive edge.

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Importance Of Employer Employee Relationship In Companies

Vantage Circle

When an employer hires, he is not just adding a new member to the organization, he is also forming an employee and employer link. Employers and employees who successfully grow a steady relationship are more likely to be happy and loyal to each other. The degree of closeness in these relationships depends on both the employer and the employee. When some employers choose to follow the line of hierarchy, others opt to create a friendly bond.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Read this if you think you don’t have Aspergers

Penelope Trunk

Recently I wrote about how most women over 40 working full-time in an office have Aspergers. One of the comments on that post was from Marcy. She wrote: You left out one or two categories of women still working: those who have ADHD/are easily bored (me), and those who have much older spouses on Medicare so must work for benefits for herself and the kiddos (also me).

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Leaders Share the Best Leadership Insights of 2019: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their Best leadership insights of 2019 which we’ve loosely organized in our Winning Well principles of confidence, humility, results, and relationships. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx […]. The post Leaders Share the Best Leadership Insights of 2019: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The value of design in global public health

McKinsey

Targeted and thoughtful application of design in global public health can not only improve projects, programs, and organizations but also save lives.

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4 Practices To Boost Employee Performance

Vantage Circle

The ladder to organizational success is in employee performance. Highly motivated and skilled employees largely contribute to the growth and success of the organization. After the hiring process, one of the critical jobs for managers is to delegate tasks to employees, make them understand the company goals and objectives. This idea follows up with training and development programs to hone the skills of the employees if necessary.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The five lessons B2B sales leaders should learn to make analytics work

McKinsey

Data-driven growth comes from much more than just being good at data.

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US consumers in 2019 are ready to spend—but wisely

McKinsey

New research from our US Sentiment Survey shows that consumer confidence is near an all-time high. Consumers don’t plan to cut back on spending—but they look to spend wisely.

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Jumpstart a better way to do strategy

McKinsey

Eight practical shifts that can help management teams overcome the social games and corporate politics that doom so many bold plans to failure.

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The insurance switch: Technology will reshape operations

McKinsey

As insurance companies allocate more resources to technology functions, operations will need to reshape to make the most of their new tools.

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eWOW 2023 Virtual Summit #OwnYourGrowth

At eWOW, we are all about holistic growth – personal and professional. Growth that goes beyond a job title and paycheck. This year, eWOW 2023 virtual summit focuses on owning your growth – an action plan that will help you chart your path to success that is unique to you.

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The future of mobility is at our doorstep

McKinsey

What mattered in the automotive and mobility markets in 2019, and what will dominate the space in 2020? We look closer at the autonomous, connected, electrified, and shared trends that matter.

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How e-commerce and the gig economy is transforming Southeast Asia

McKinsey

Reuben Lai, senior managing director of Grab Financial, discusses the impact of the ridesharing industry, gig economy, and mega demographic trends on the economies of Southeast Asia.

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Driving the next wave of innovation in CAR T-cell therapies

McKinsey

Unlocking the full potential of CAR T-cell therapies requires investment in four areas.

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Digital MRO procurement: New solutions for capturing and sustaining more value

McKinsey

High complexity and low costs have made maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) categories hard to manage well—even as value trickles away. New technologies make it easier to plug the leaks.

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Cancel Quiet Quitting: Detoxing Corporate Culture & Engaging Top Talent

Speaker: Jennifer Brick, Career Strategist and Author

Your employees have checked out. The last few years have been a wild ride, with countless changes to how we work and our workplace cultures, like the sudden shift to remote work, the return to office, and trends like quiet quitting. With productivity, profitability, and your employer brand on the line, leadership is turning to HR to engage employees and recreate your culture in different working models.

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Predictive maintenance: the wrong solution to the right problem in chemicals

McKinsey

Chemicals plants often have plenty of good data on equipment performance and reliability. A predictive-maintenance program might be the worst way to use it.

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What can we expect in China in 2020?

McKinsey

With domestic consumption powering economic growth, companies should consider stepping up their activities in 2020.

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Effective insurance leadership: Bring values and emotions into the workplace

McKinsey

Kai Grünewald, a founding partner at McKinsey subsidiary Aberkyn, discusses bringing more humanity to the insurance workplace, the role of emotions in resilience, and stories as tools.

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33 Workplace Quotes to Make an Impact on your Business

Vantage Circle

Today's corporate business environment is hotbed for cut-through competition. Conflicts, successes and failures, professional ups and downs are part and parcel of the business world. To keep your employees motivated and engaged at work, a positive frame of mind in the workplace is paramount. Inspirational Quotes help in focusing on the positives and giving us a healthy perception of life.

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

The 'great resignation' and the 'great talent reshuffle' have impacted contact center and customer support staff as much, if not more than, any other part of the workforce. Couple that with a potentially volatile economy and it's clear that organizations must invest in innovative approaches if they want employees who are engaged and informed enough to significantly improve the customer experience and eliminate the high costs associated with agent attrition.