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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 Are you having trouble outgrowing an outdated reputation at work?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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How to Get Others to Embrace New Ideas

On The Job

For leaders who want to persuade teams to accept new processes , the answer may be in the kitchen. In a study last year of 200 kitchens, Cornell University researchers found that those who left snack food and soft drinks out in the open were an average of 20 pounds heavier than their neighbors who kept only fresh food openly available. This what-you-see-is-what-you-eat diet shows that by changing circumstances, you can change behavior, which is key for getting teams to accept changes such as pro

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Video meets the Internet of Things

McKinsey

Video-analytics technology is transforming the Internet of Things and creating new opportunities. Are companies prepared to capture growth?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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.