Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 13, 2017
“I’m just not a people person.” “I hate this touchy-feely crap.” “See that! I’m a ‘C’ on the DiSC assessment this just doesn’t come naturally to me. Now let me get back to work!” Of course, all this may be true, for you, or for a manager that you’re working to develop. It’s also true, that if you want results that last, you can’t ignore the human side of teams.
On The Job
JUNE 12, 2017
Job interviews can be stressful, but as I've said before, the more you prepare for them, the more stress you can eliminate. Part of that preparation is understanding there are going to be standard interview questions and even a few weird ones. It also means that the hiring manager is trying to get a "feel" for you. Are you a slacker? A whiner? Ambitious?
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McKinsey
JUNE 13, 2017
As so much of everyday life moves to the Internet, including grocery shopping, grocers must find profitable ways to revive the in-store experience while enhancing online options.
Eat Your Career
JUNE 12, 2017
One question I get a lot is around the topic of professional certifications. People want to know if they’re worth it. After all, professional certifications cost hundreds—if not thousands—of dollars. And most require a significant investment of time and energy on top of it. So, do professional certifications actually have a measurable career payoff?
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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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Strategy+Business
JUNE 11, 2017
If you want to succeed at anything truly difficult, you have to design a learning process that builds on the things you do best. Through experiences such as his training in Olympic speed skating, and in his coaching of and working with others, John Coyle has come to recognize four key rules inherent in designing for your strengths: Accept your weaknesses; recognize your specific strengths; solve the right problem (which is not necessarily the problem other people have diagnosed for you); and, fi
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
McKinsey
JUNE 14, 2017
Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning to reap a range of benefits.
Lateral Action
JUNE 12, 2017
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Fabrice Bourrelly, artist, architect and Virtual Reality designer. As Fabrice talks about his development as a creator, the conversation ranges from the cave paintings of southern France, to raves in 90s Paris, collaboration with Thomas Heatherwick, Google and Epic Games, and how virtual reality will […].
World Economic Forum
JUNE 15, 2017
Scientists have discovered that using a targeted electric current to suppress a particular region of the brain can help break us out of states of creative flux.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 12, 2017
A quick interactive diagnostic tool shows whether your strategy is coherent, how well it stacks up against your competitors, and how you can improve it.
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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.
McKinsey
JUNE 14, 2017
As India’s labor market shifts, it is time to focus on improved quality of work and the income derived from it, not simply the number of jobs being lost or created.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 16, 2017
Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is about handling conflict in your team. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about building brand awareness. What approaches are you and your team using to build your organization’s brand?
McKinsey
JUNE 14, 2017
Succeeding in emerging markets has been a challenging undertaking for multinational pharma companies, but those that adapt their end-to-end model for emerging markets could well thrive.
McKinsey
JUNE 12, 2017
Your salesforce needs help to remain objective, build trust, get the price right, and keep selling until the deal is done.
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!
McKinsey
JUNE 13, 2017
Whether or not your company is in the crosshairs of activists, assembling a team to take a good, hard look at your performance can deliver benefits.
McKinsey
JUNE 16, 2017
Top-performing companies use four key management practices to turn creativity into value.
McKinsey
JUNE 16, 2017
This issue of the Quarterly, available here as a PDF download, connects the dots among global trends, offers advice for CEOs on how to become more successful leaders, and explores digital reinvention.
McKinsey
JUNE 16, 2017
A new approach to collaboration, within a company, between suppliers, and across the industry, could unlock savings that would increase profitability and safety.
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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.
McKinsey
JUNE 15, 2017
The US is debating a number of trade and tax proposals, including a border adjustment tax (BAT) that could significantly affect both crude and refined product markets.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 14, 2017
As a result of an unprecedented convergence of advances in biology, agronomy, plant and animal science, digitization, and robotics, the private sector is making larger investments in agricultural R&D. The result of such investment has been innovations designed to increase yields, enhance the productivity of agricultural equipment, and promote sustainability -- all of which are essential to meeting the world's growing food needs.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 11, 2017
In his new book, Mistreated, Permanente Medical Group CEO Robert Pearl diagnoses the woes afflicting one of the country's largest industries.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 13, 2017
A new survey examines how political and economic shifts can affect corporate innovation.
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.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 15, 2017
The $13.7 billion agreement may help both retailers overcome some of their biggest hurdles.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 12, 2017
Hiring people is often a last resort, even when an industry is growing.
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