Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 10, 2019
Do you ever feel like your staff keeps you in the dark? Do you ever wonder if they’re going out of their way to keep you out of their way? That seems ridiculous. AND, it’s entirely possible. Here’s the scary part if […]. The post 6 Reasons Your Staff Keeps You in the Dark appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Career Advancement
JANUARY 7, 2019
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”. ~Lee Iacocca~. Tom had been working as a manager for almost a year. He was good at evaluating people’s performance, pointing out areas for improvement, and saying “thank you” often. To him, those were the things that a good boss did. However, when Tom sat down with his mentor to talk about his progress, his mentor told him that those things are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Creativity at Work
JANUARY 10, 2019
Re-Awaken Inspiration, Capture Your Aspirations and Create Your Future4 Practices to re-awaken inspiration and create your future It has been said that every moment and every day offers us a fresh new beginning. "In the beginner's mind, there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few." —Shunryu Suzuki Someone recently called me a master workshop facilitator and I responded by saying I [.].
McKinsey
JANUARY 11, 2019
How five leaders are seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges to build successful organizations in—and a brighter future for—the nations of Africa.
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 8, 2019
When a leader is always right, they’re not effective. If you had been with me early in my career, you would have seen my growing frustration. My first job out of grad school was teaching and I had a class of students who […]. The post The Danger When a Leader is Always Right appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 9, 2019
Without employee onboarding, companies lose 25 percent of all new employees within a year. – Allied Workforce Mobility Survey (Source). Both you and your new hires have to go through lengthy and laborious processes to hire and get hired. You have to sort through the long list of candidates and find those whose expectations align with yours. Therefore, it’s crucial that these top talents feel engaged from their first day itself.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
McKinsey
JANUARY 5, 2019
Blockchain has yet to become the game-changer some expected. A key to finding the value is to apply the technology only when it is the simplest solution available.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 8, 2019
The introduction of robots into the workforce will reverberate in the C-suite. Not only will top executives lead the charge for automation in their business operations, but they must also be prepared for their own jobs to change. Heading up a hybrid workforce of people and robots will require a different type of leadership, one that blends quintessential human skills such as empathy with a tech-savvy and data-driven mind-set.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 7, 2019
If there is one common trait shared by every successful person, it is their solid work ethic. From Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos to Pepsico's CEO Indra Nooyi to Apple's Tim Cook, they have all achieved success after working incredibly hard on their way up. Sports legends like Serena Williams and Michael Jordan achieved incredible feats in their careers because of their hard work, perseverance, and discipline.
Lateral Action
JANUARY 6, 2019
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative podcast is David Hieatt, entrepreneur, author, speaker and founder of The Do Lectures. In 1995 David and his wife Claire Hieatt founded Howies – a company making clothes for people engaged in outdoor pursuits such as mountain biking, skateboarding and hiking. Howies was a disruptive company, making […].
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
McKinsey
JANUARY 8, 2019
Even among companies working at scale with the Internet of Things, there’s a wide gap between top and bottom performers. Nine practices distinguish the leaders from their less successful peers.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 8, 2019
In a wide-ranging interview, Peloton CEO John Foley discusses the trajectory of the rapidly growing fitness "unicorn." Peloton has pursued an unorthodox strategy of focusing on every aspect of its business so that it can provide an immersive customer experience: software, hardware, instructor, an expanding retail footprint, and its own logistics network.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 9, 2019
Without employee onboarding, companies lose 25 percent of all new employees within a year. (Source: Allied Workforce Mobility Survey). Both you and your new hires have to go through lengthy and laborious processes to hire and get hired. You have to sort through the long list of candidates and find those whose expectations align with yours. Therefore, it only makes sense if you can retain these employees.
Lateral Action
JANUARY 10, 2019
If you’re a creative service provider of any kind, then to sign the right kind of clients — for the right kind of projects at the right kind of fees — then you basically need to do two things. Just about every client I’ve coached who was struggling to make sales when they knew who […]. The post Two Essential Factors in Signing the Right Clients for Your Creative Business appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
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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
JANUARY 5, 2019
Emerging technologies can make quality control (QC) faster and more efficient. What do pharma companies need to do to become QC leaders?
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 7, 2019
Transforming the hidden causes of conflict in strategic collaborations.
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 7, 2019
If there is one common trait shared by every successful person, it is their extremely strong work ethics. From Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos to Pepsico’s CEO Indra Nooyi to Apple’s Tim Cook, they have all achieved success after working incredibly hard on their way up. Sports legends like Serena Williams, Michael Jordan achieved amazing feats in their career because of their hard work, perseverance, and discipline.
Eat Your Career
JANUARY 6, 2019
In the past, the “Annual Review” was the time—once a year—when you knew you would have the opportunity to sit down with your boss and get feedback, discuss career goals, and possibly even request a raise or promotion. However, in recent years, the Annual Review has become somewhat of a relic in the modern workplace. Many organizations are now taking a different approach and implementing a “Frequent Feedback” model instead, where important career conversations take place more regularly, informall
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.
McKinsey
JANUARY 11, 2019
Airline transformations are often necessary—and always difficult. We lay out five rules for success.
Strategy+Business
JANUARY 7, 2019
Inside every company, people work across functions to meet their own goals and their firm's priorities. But relationships that start out well often become adversarial over time. For more insight, read "Turning 'Accidental Adversaries' into Allies.
McKinsey
JANUARY 11, 2019
A comprehensive analysis of the business, economic, and public-health impact finds the potential for local production of pharmaceuticals to be a mixed bag.
McKinsey
JANUARY 5, 2019
President Obama’s top economic adviser explains which policies could help workers succeed in an era of globalization and automation.
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
JANUARY 9, 2019
Want a more agile company? Become a more agile leader.
McKinsey
JANUARY 10, 2019
The founder of online-learning not-for-profit Khan Academy shares what an era of automation and artificial intelligence means for education.
McKinsey
JANUARY 11, 2019
Manufacturing leaders are sprinting ahead with digital and analytics, and changing the rules of the game. A broad scale-up of innovation across the value chain is needed to ensure more winners share the spoils.
McKinsey
JANUARY 9, 2019
Technological disruption is redefining mobility globally. How can Europe capitalize on its past successes to shape the emerging mobility ecosystem and craft an even more successful future?
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!
McKinsey
JANUARY 10, 2019
With their role sitting at the center of the strategic-planning process and financial disciplines, CFOs are well positioned to become critical drivers of digital transformation.
McKinsey
JANUARY 9, 2019
How big is the potential market for personal air mobility, and what will it take to develop it successfully?
McKinsey
JANUARY 8, 2019
McKinsey’s benchmarking survey of leading banks helped identify five steps toward transforming the efficiency and effectiveness of the compliance function.
McKinsey
JANUARY 9, 2019
Kevin Ozan became CFO of McDonald’s in 2015. Since then, the restaurant chain has had a string of successes. Here’s his take on what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next for the iconic brand.
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On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law, requiring retail employers in New York to adopt workplace violence prevention policies and implement training programs by March 2025. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Act’s requirements, including developing and providing a retail workplace violence prevention policy/plan and delivering annual interactive training to employees.
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