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How to Know What Your Team is Really Thinking

Let's Grow Leaders

Are you listening to your team and the stories they tell? During times of change and uncertainty, your team is desperate for information. They’re looking for the story behind the story. They’re thirsty to listen to anyone who knows what’s REALLY going […]. The post How to Know What Your Team is Really Thinking appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Personal Branding at Work

Career Advancement

“An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.”. ~Daniel J. Boorstin~. Stella went out for drinks with a few coworkers after work. Over their conversation, she realized they had no clue what she did or what value she contributed.

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A decade after the global financial crisis: What has (and hasn’t) changed?

McKinsey

The world economy has recently returned to robust growth. But some familiar risks are creeping back, and new ones have emerged.

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Creating an Effective Corporate Wellness Program

Vantage Circle

The groundwork of all happiness is health. ~ Leigh Hunt. Employees spend a big part of their waking hours in their workplaces. So, naturally, the work environment has a lot to do with the well being of employees. According to Josh Bersin, managing people in an organization is said to be the number one challenge faced by companies in 2018. Here, managing people refers to everything from attracting talent, recruiting, retaining employees and recognizing them at the workplace.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

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.

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The Very Best Secret to Holding Tough Conversations (with video)

Let's Grow Leaders

So often when we’re asked to train teams on how to hold tough conversations, we find a deeper underlying issue that must be addressed first. Has this ever happened to you? Watch the Stage Version of this Story and Key Insights Here The Very […]. The post The Very Best Secret to Holding Tough Conversations (with video) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Using Neuroscience to Make Feedback Work and Feel Better

Strategy+Business

If you want to put employees on edge, tell them they will receive some feedback. But if you want to send them over the edge, tell them they'll be giving feedback. However, you can use neuroscience to help make the feedback process more beneficial and less anxiety producing.

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Reading fiction helps your career, but reading poetry helps more

Penelope Trunk

We have known for a while that people who are most successful in business read fiction. And people who read fiction have more empathy , no matter where they land on the gender or personality trait spectrum. It’s interesting to me that genre fiction — sci-fi, mystery, and political satire, for example — do not increase our empathy , and exposure to nonfiction correlates with loneliness and lack of social support.

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Real Estate Signage: How to Create Signs That Sell

crowdspring

Real estate signs say more about you and your business than they do about the properties they advertise. Whether you deal in residential or commercial real estate, your signs are ambassadors for your business – speaking for your brand when you’re not there to do it in person. So, it’s vital that you take charge of the message your signage communicates.

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Making Change Is Not a Matter of Willpower

Strategy+Business

Research emphasizes the need to uncover old habits that are blocking transformation.

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Technology delivered: Implications for cost, customers, and competition in the last-mile ecosystem

McKinsey

What’s the outlook for the last-mile delivery ecosystem, given rapid development in technology? How will technological advances affect unit economics, customers, and competitive dynamics?

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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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The digital archipelago: How online commerce is driving Indonesia’s economic development

McKinsey

New research explores the impact of online commerce in Indonesia, as well as the priority measures needed to boost the country’s broader digital economy.

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Ready for inspection: The automotive aftermarket in 2030

McKinsey

Electric vehicles, connected cars, and e-commerce, among other trends, may lead to redistribution of 30 to 40 percent of aftermarket profits along the value chain and change the industry landscape in the next 10 to 20 years. What are you doing to prepare?

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Private equity rolls on: How investors and managers are responding to scale

McKinsey

The industry has taken a breather in 2018 as firms and their clients adapt to a new, more competitive normal.

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Creating value at industrial companies through advanced pricing techniques

McKinsey

Faced with tough competition and uncertainty in raw-material prices, industrial companies must reset their pricing architecture.

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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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Leadership Lessons of the Tango

Strategy+Business

What the Argentine dance can teach high-performance teams.