Sat.Jul 29, 2017 - Fri.Aug 04, 2017

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How to Get Noticed as a Leader– Before You’ve Led a Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Last week “John” shared his “No Diaper Genie!” frustration in the middle of our high-potential leadership development program. Yeah, I get that I’m here… and the company is investing in me and all that. But my boss keeps saying, “You’re not ready to be promoted, you’ve never led a team. I can’t recommend you for that particular promotion now, give it time” but the truth is, my job is 18 times more complex than any front-line super

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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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China’s digital economy: A leading global force

McKinsey

China is already more digitized than many observers appreciate and has the potential to set the world’s digital frontier in coming decades.

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How Leaders Can Improve Their Thinking Agility

Strategy+Business

Not all thinking is created equal. Here's how to get the most out of your brain when it really counts.

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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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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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What’s missing in leadership development?

McKinsey

Only a few actions matter, and they require the CEO’s attention.

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How 3-D printing will transform the metals industry

McKinsey

The role of 3-D printing in today’s metal market is quite small. But additive manufacturing could offer big benefits if several challenges are overcome.

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Continuous improvement—make good management every leader’s daily habit

McKinsey

Continuous improvement at scale—across a whole enterprise—requires management discipline at scale. At a few organizations, digital innovation is helping managers make a daily habit of good discipline.

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Reshaping ‘retail-tainment’ in the Middle East and beyond

McKinsey

Alain Bejjani, CEO of conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim, shares his perspectives on retail’s future and on his own leadership journey.

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The continuous improvement leader: Engaging people for a digital age

McKinsey

Lean management creates enormous value, but improvement that’s truly continuous is often elusive. Innovation in fields such as digital and IT make it more urgent, achievable, and human.

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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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Why your call center is only getting noisier

McKinsey

Investing in digital solutions to reduce call volumes and costs may not pay off if customer experience isn’t central to the effort.

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Advancing lean leadership

McKinsey

Transforming an organization’s performance usually means changing its culture—and that means its leaders must change how they lead.

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Sustaining continuous improvement: Five leaders’ views

McKinsey

We asked five executives with decades of experience in lean management about the most important lessons they learned in helping their organizations sustain continuous improvement.

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Improving Company Culture Is Not About Providing Free Snacks

Strategy+Business

Why organizational culture is not the same thing as employee engagement.

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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 Goldilocks Approach to Innovation

Strategy+Business

Wharton professor David Robertson defines a "Third Way" of creating new products and services.

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Can Ex-Cons Ease the Labor Shortage?

Strategy+Business

Employers are running out of creative ways to lure workers -- and those coming out of prison are a largely untapped pool.

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In High Spirits

Strategy+Business

The U.S. is witnessing a boom in craft distilleries. In response to changing consumer tastes, particularly those of millennials, and with the use of modern digital and social media tools, "artisanal" and "craft" gin, whiskey, vodka, and tequila startups are garnering significant market share -- and attracting the attention of large incumbents. Deal making is on the rise.

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Holding a mirror to the management system: How mature is it?

McKinsey

To keep its performance improving, an enterprise must keep its management system improving, too. A regular, rigorous cycle of assessing itself reveals actions that help make the system more mature.

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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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Building trust-based relationships in pharma

McKinsey

Belén Garijo, member of the executive board of Merck and CEO of Merck Healthcare, touches on the industry’s outlook and how her company is positioning itself for the future.

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Getting better than the tools we’d been taught: Lean and people

McKinsey

An auto-industry veteran describes how rededication to lean-management principles—especially to fostering leadership at every level—led his organization to new performance breakthroughs.

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Purchasing power: Lean management creates new value in procurement

McKinsey

Lean management is about much more than cost reduction, making it a powerful set of disciplines for increasing purchasing’s effectiveness.

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Perspectives on CCAR: Confronting uncertainty in the 2018 cycle

McKinsey

For the third year in a row, no bank failed the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) on quantitative grounds. And while regulatory uncertainty remains a challenge, banks have more to do to prepare for CCAR 2018 and to build their longer-term approach for stress testing.

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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?