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9 Ways to Strengthen Your Personal Brand

Let's Grow Leaders

If you Google you, do you like who shows up? Do you feel like you’ve got a powerful message to share, but without the right positioning, find yourself talking to the metaphorical mute button? Are you having trouble outgrowing an outdated reputation at work? Or maybe you’re just looking to get a better seat at the table. 9 Ways to Strengthen Your Winning Well Brand.

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The age of analytics: Competing in a data-driven world

McKinsey

Big data’s potential just keeps growing. Taking full advantage means companies must incorporate analytics into their strategic vision and use it to make better, faster decisions.

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The Neuroscience of Strategic Leadership

Strategy+Business

By focusing your attention on the "high road" of the mind, you can become the kind of leader who helps improve the world. Most leadership is transactional, formed through the habits of conventional success. High road-style leadership cultivates different types of mental patterns, developing your ability to see yourself as others see you. See also "How Strategic Leaders Use Their Brain.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & ViewsDec. 9, 2016

Eat Your Career

In honor of national pastry day (which apparently is today). This post is part of a series in which I share some of my favorite Internet finds (related to career advancement and professional development) from the past week. Enjoy! From Yours Truly. I wrote a few new articles for Ivy Exec over the past week. If you missed them, take a peek here: What to Do When You’re Overwhelmed at Work.

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How to Turn “Check-the-Box” Compliance Trainings Into Real Learning

Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group

Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance training programs aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, captivating, and maybe even enjoyable! Join learning design expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training. We'll explore innovative strategies to bring traditionally dry topics to life, making them resonate with learners and drive tangible change.

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Being patient-centric in a digitizing world

McKinsey

A Danish pharma company’s strong customer focus and determined digital drive have important lessons for other businesses.

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Are today’s CFOs ready for tomorrow’s demands on finance?

McKinsey

Survey results show that as their role expands to include ever more nonfinancial demands, CFOs know they must build new skills to lead.

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The next acronym you need to know about: RPA (robotic process automation)

McKinsey

RPA is a promising new development in business automation that offers a potential ROI of 30–200 percent—in the first year. Employees may like it too.

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Rewiring Citi for the digital age

McKinsey

Citigroup’s Head of Operations and Technology describes the bank’s efforts to accelerate its digital transition, as well as the importance of having the right talent and agility to pull it off.

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Productivity: The route to Brexit success

McKinsey

The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit future is uncertain. But one thing is clear: boosting economic growth will depend heavily on addressing long-standing productivity challenges.

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Unleashing the power of entrepreneurship in science

McKinsey

A partner of venture-capital firm Atlas Venture, Bruce Booth, explains how investment assists pharmaceutical innovation.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

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.

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Four Business Models for the Digital Age

Strategy+Business

As digital becomes the new normal, a few generic strategies that can help you determine where and how to create value. Which one is best for your enterprise?

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Helping Women Leaders Plot Their Next Career Move

Strategy+Business

An innovative program helps seasoned women executives -- including former military officers -- plan what to do next.

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What You Read: The 10 Most Popular s+b Articles of 2016

Strategy+Business

Among all the articles we've published over the last year, here are the ones that drew the most attention.

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Marina Gorbis's Required Reading

Strategy+Business

The executive director of the Institute for the Future calls out books that explore human nature and networks.

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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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Commoditization in chemicals: Time for a marketing and sales response

McKinsey

Most chemical companies are grappling with increasing commoditization. Rethinking the commercial operating model can help protect margins.

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How to Use Neuroscience to Frame Your Company's Response to the Election

Strategy+Business

The political votes of 2016, and the associated public displays of nationalism, ethnic isolationism, and suspicion of others, have reinforced deeply ingrained neurological biases. No matter how inclusive your organization may be, and no matter what your employees' political perspectives, you will probably see an increase in antagonism among your staff, with a corresponding reduction in trust, collaboration, and creativity.

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Oil-field services sector gears up for a recovery … but is not there yet

McKinsey

Stabilizing oil prices stimulated activity in some areas, which fed through to the OFSE sector, helping support the market. Emerging consensus amongst OPEC countries is likely to position the market for recovery; however, execution remains a challenge.

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The Myth of the Coveted Loyal Shopper

Strategy+Business

When it comes to consumer goods, infrequent purchasers, not faithful customers, seem to drive market-share growth.

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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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The Amazon Conundrum

Strategy+Business

The e-commerce pioneer is reengineering some operations to make them more appealing to employees while designing others that can operate without any human labor.

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Positive Career Affirmation #2

Eat Your Career

“My self-worth does not rely on anyone else.” . To learn more about affirmations and how to leverage them for career success, check out this article. The post Positive Career Affirmation #2 appeared first on Eat Your Career.

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The Proactive Professional: TV Interview!

Eat Your Career

Earlier this week, I was honored to visit Good Day Colorado (our awesome morning show here in Denver) to talk about my new book, The Proactive Professional. I hope you enjoy it! The post The Proactive Professional: TV Interview! appeared first on Eat Your Career.

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Career Success A to Z: C is for Confidence

Eat Your Career

I debated this one for a while. I never realized there were so many good c-words related to career success: communication, collaboration, courage…. Ultimately, I settled on confidence because it’s the one quality that can make all of these things easier. With confidence, you’ll be a better communicator and more effective collaborator. Confidence will help you meet fear with courage.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

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?