Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 18, 2019
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their best practices in leadership and productivity. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The August Frontline Festival will be […]. The post Best Practices in Leadership and Productivity: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
McKinsey
JULY 14, 2019
Asia is on track to top 50 percent of global GDP by 2040 and drive 40 percent of the world’s consumption, representing a real shift in the world’s center of gravity.
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Eat Your Career
JULY 15, 2019
If you’ve been following my work for any period of time, you know that I’m a big fan of Professional Development Plans (also referred to as PDPs). I often create these plans in collaboration with my career coaching clients, and I frequently provide training workshops on this topic. However, one question I repeatedly hear is this: Do I really need a professional development plan?
CMOE
JULY 18, 2019
“Soft skills” is a term that might not inspire much confidence. Perhaps the term itself needs a rebrand. However, what we know for sure is that soft-skills development can help you become a more-effective manager and enhance the performance of your direct reports. What are soft skills? They include a variety of people-oriented abilities. They are habits, actions, and attitudes that good managers must use if they hope to work well with others.
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 19, 2019
Have you ever attended a meeting that should have been a quick email? In this episode, get the criteria you need to choose the right format to move your team forward, make sure you’re not wasting time with meetings that would […]. The post Should You Have a Meeting or Send an Email? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Have you ever attended a meeting that should have been a quick email?
McKinsey
JULY 15, 2019
McKinsey leaders provide an overview of the A, B, Cs of pulling together the building blocks of a customer-experience transformation.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
World Economic Forum
JULY 19, 2019
Non-passengers can now spend the day browsing the shops, having a meal or just watching the planes.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 15, 2019
If you’ve never seen it before, it’s hard to describe the power of an avalanche. Fortunately, I’ve never experienced one myself. But I have seen their power. This weekend, Karin and I cycled in the Colorado mountains between Frisco and Copper Mountain. […]. The post The Most Neglected Act of Innovation appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
A disciplined approach to revenue development has been shown to increase potential additional revenues by 50 percent.
Gineris & Associates
JULY 18, 2019
Technology keeps getting better, especially regarding new software and applications that assist small businesses in accounting and bookkeeping. Now, owning a small business is made easier by taking advantage of these new technologies. One of our favorite time and money savers is Receipt Bank. We use this application daily in tandem with Xero to run our small business and constantly are recommending it to our clients.
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.
Lateral Action
JULY 17, 2019
When I was young, I questioned everything: Why does it get dark at night? Where does the sun go? Why do I have to go to bed? Why can’t I be a dinosaur? Why do I have to go to school? When I grew up, I kept asking questions: Why are people so miserable? What’s […]. The post Question Everything, But Don’t Forget to Listen to the Answers appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
Gordian Business
JULY 15, 2019
“ Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that’s when it’s progress. ” — Doug Baldwin. Machines will, in the future, replace some of most people’s working tasks, replacing repeatable, ordered tasks. But machines are weak at understanding people’s mood, and developing and building trusting relationships.
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
To deliver better strategies and outcomes, governments need to tackle social dynamics in the cabinet room.
Inventive Problem Solving
JULY 13, 2019
"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two the leader must become a servant". Max DePree, CEO of Herman Miller and author of The Art of Leadership The crisis of trust has officially arrived -- but with this crisis comes an opportunity for positive and lasting transformation for both business leaders and the people who they lead.
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
Lateral Action
JULY 14, 2019
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Nadia Shireen, an award-winning and bestselling children’s author and illustrator. Her books include Good Little Wolf, The Bumblebear, The Cow Who Fell to Earth, and her latest, Billy and the Dragon, is released this summer. Nadia’s books have given a lot of pleasure to my own […]. The post Good Little Wolf and Other Stories with Nadia Shireen appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
Vantage Circle
JULY 19, 2019
Satisfaction and happiness are the most basic pursuits of humans. Employees want to stay in a job where they feel content and employers want to create an environment where employees can put their best efforts. But even then, statistics reveal that employee satisfaction is shockingly low. Only 47.8% of men and 46.3% of women are satisfied at work. (Source).
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits.
BetterUp
JULY 16, 2019
We are thrilled to announce that BetterUp has been named a “Cool Vendor” in the Cool Vendors in Human Capital Management: Enhancing Employee Experience report by Gartner, Inc. Each year, Gartner selects vendors with innovations that have the potential to transform their markets. According to Gartner, “the Cool Vendors within this report draw attention to innovative employee engagement methods deployed via technology.
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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.
McKinsey
JULY 19, 2019
You’re keen on encouraging innovation and letting a thousand flowers bloom, but how do you sort the weeds from the seeds?
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
New research confirms that companies that regularly and systematically pursue moderately sized M&A deliver better shareholder returns than companies that don’t.
McKinsey
JULY 17, 2019
Fed up with turf wars, silos, and other company dysfunctions? Energize the “brokers” who knit together your organization’s formal and informal networks.
McKinsey
JULY 17, 2019
Process automation at scale is now feasible for most payers. When coupled with other next-generation digital tools, we estimate that it may enable many payers to reduce operational costs by up to 30 percent within five years.
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?
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2019
With the right approach, lean management can reduce your field force’s cost, even while improving customer experience. But getting the details right matters.
McKinsey
JULY 15, 2019
In-depth research and a new qualitative survey suggest what’s shaping the global industrial-robotics space and how OEMs and systems integrators can help unleash the potential.
McKinsey
JULY 15, 2019
Women will need to make far more significant transitions compared to men and may find it more difficult to capture new opportunities because of the persistent barriers they face, write Anu Madgavkar, Mekala Krishnan, and Kweilin Ellingrud in Harvard Business Review.
McKinsey
JULY 19, 2019
A look at how leading banks outperform in the world’s fastest-growing banking market.
Advertiser: Paycor
Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.
McKinsey
JULY 19, 2019
Total’s Bernadette Spinoy details how safety was embedded into the organization’s DNA.
McKinsey
JULY 17, 2019
Perspective on global refining markets and projections to 2035.
McKinsey
JULY 17, 2019
A great transformation office is like a winning coach who pushes and encourages everyone to reach their goals.
McKinsey
JULY 19, 2019
Major trends are reshaping packaging solutions—and that could open new opportunities for players that are prepared to move fast.
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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