Sat.Jan 06, 2018 - Fri.Jan 12, 2018

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Why Your Team Won’t Collaborate (and What To Do About It)

Let's Grow Leaders

“I’m sick of this crap! Why can’t they just figure this out?” Scott was CEO of an engineering firm that produced communications hardware and software for industries around the globe. He had worked hard with his board and senior leadership team to […].

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Four Roadblocks to Overcome for Effective Leadership Influence

Career Advancement

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” ~Colin Powell~. Maura wants to expand her influence in her company , but she’s realizing some major barriers have existed there for years. “Maybe I should just find a new job in a company with a different culture,” she said to a trusted colleague over coffee.

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Here's How to Kill Negativity at Work

On The Job

While looking at the social media comments as 2017 came to a close, I was struck by how many people were glad to see the end of the year. They lamented the negativity, the divisiveness and the general unhappiness that seemed to infect the country. That negativity also has shown up in the workplace. Many people feel like they need to slap on headphones and stay huddled around their computer all day to avoid unpleasant discussions over world issues.

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Decision making in your organization: Cutting through the clutter

McKinsey

At the root of any good decision is categorizing what kind of decision needs to be made, by whom, and how quickly.

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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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What to Do When Your Boss Can’t Focus? (Asking for a Friend)

Let's Grow Leaders

Dear Karin & David, What do you do with a boss who makes it impossible to focus? We agree on a direction and three days later he has seventeen new ideas, dumps them on us, and the managers are expected to somehow […].

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How to Get a New Boss to Like You

On The Job

The new year is often a time when many people make changes, and that may include your boss. One day she's your boss -- you understand all her quirky habits and she understands yours -- and the next day she announces she's leaving for a new job. That means a new boss is about to upend your world and you don't know what to expect. How will the new boss know that you've always worked hard to be a team player?

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Building smart transport in Moscow

McKinsey

Moscow addressed its road and public transit congestion problems and developed one of the world’s smartest and most-used public transportation systems. Here’s how.

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Your Professional Development Plan: 3 Surprising Truths

Eat Your Career

As a career coach , one of my main roles is to help my clients develop the professional skills and abilities required to achieve their goals. It’s a process that takes time and planning, but I love helping people figure out what needs to be done, how to get started and how to stay on track. Unfortunately, few people really know what it takes to create and implement a solid professional development plan.

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Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

Addgene

What is a transferable skill? Time management. I needed it when balancing a handful of demanding courses, a capstone paper I really wanted to hit out of the park, part time work, bills, (at times) a social life and rest. I need it just as much in my current role as Customer Support and Operations Manager at Addgene. In this role, I balance my daily tasks, meet cross-team project commitments, respond to any issues raised by team members, and plan for the future of the team.

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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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At Oracle, Great Technology Is Not Enough

Strategy+Business

To Safra Catz, one of Oracle's top three leaders, advances in artificial intelligence and cloud computing are starting points for more comprehensive transformation. In the first interview in our new "Inside the Mind of the CEO" series -- which kicks off PwC's 2018 CEO Survey -- Oracle's chief executive explains the broad culture shift brought on by AI and cloud technologies.

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The Medicaid Agency of the Future: What capabilities and leadership will it need?

McKinsey

Medicaid’s scale and complexity are unprecedented. State Medicaid leaders will need to innovate if they are to develop the capabilities that will enable them to steer their agencies into the future.

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How to fight fast fashion, by a Filipino social entrepreneur

World Economic Forum

One young woman saw an alternative to the exploitation and environmental waste that was happening on her doorstep.

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Maximizing value from advanced analytics in telco service operations

McKinsey

By developing and pursuing high-potential use cases, telcos can unlock hidden value and ignite an analytics-driven transformation.

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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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What AI can and can’t do (yet) for your business

McKinsey

Artificial intelligence is a moving target. Here’s how to take better aim.

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Dan Doctoroff on how we’ll realize the promise of urban innovation

McKinsey

To prepare cities for the future, we need to develop and deploy the services that will power them. It will take political courage, foresight, and coordination.

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The current capacity shake-up in steel and how the industry is adapting

McKinsey

The early years of the new millennium were a profitable period for steelmakers, largely driven by the surging Chinese economy. Now, with China’s growth slowing, a new reality has set in.

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In the healthcare industry, profit pool growth has varied widely over the past five years

McKinsey

Growth, major changes, and strong value-creation potential make healthcare an exciting industry. At the same time, uncertainty and complexity make it an unnerving one.

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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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Five Fifty: This year’s model

McKinsey

Established business models are under attack. How can companies innovate new ones?

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Five Fifty: You better shop around

McKinsey

Used to be loyalty was everything. Now consumers would rather shop than stay faithful.

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Insights into the 2018 individual exchange market

McKinsey

This analysis reflects carrier participation, pricing, and plan type trends for the 2018 individual exchange open enrollment period. Findings are across 50 states and D.C.

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Planning for the future of healthcare—Benjamin Breier, President and CEO, Kindred Healthcare

McKinsey

Benjamin Breier, President and CEO, Kindred Healthcare shares his perspective on major trends in US healthcare and the value of an integrated approach with Shubham Singhal, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company.

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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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The Quality Payment Program under MACRA: Strategic implications for providers and payers

McKinsey

Performance measurement for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) has begun. Although 2017 is a transition year, providers and payors need to start planning for the future, given the QPP’s implications for them.

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The Troublemakers Who Made Silicon Valley

Strategy+Business

In her new book, Leslie Berlin offers a group portrait of the unsung heroes who forged iconic companies -- and a new industry -- in the 1970s.

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The Management Styles in Pirates of the Caribbean

Strategy+Business

And what they tell us about China's Belt and Road Initiative, Industry 4.0, and Silicon Valley dynamics.

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Asian private equity: Defying expectations

McKinsey

What’s influencing Asian private equity now, and how might it evolve?

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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.