Sat.Jan 14, 2017 - Fri.Jan 20, 2017

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Stop This Terrible Habit You Don’t Even Know You Have

Let's Grow Leaders

How do I know you have it? Because I have it too. Most high-performers do. It’s a sneaky little bugger, because on the surface it really feels like you’re doing the right thing. And on most levels you are. It’s a Winning Well core competency taken to extremes. But if you go too far, the stress will crush your spirit and undermine your confidence.

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It's Time to Stop Mindless Collaboration

On The Job

It certainly seems to make sense that collaborating can lead to better results, but it’s the sort of touchy-feely subject that many senior leaders don’t believe can lead to real bottom-line payoffs. But new research shows that collaborating in the right way can boost revenues and profits and offer better solutions to customers, who in turn become more loyal.

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How to accelerate gender diversity on boards

McKinsey

Slow progress in adding more women to boards has dominated the conversation. But tips from standout companies are more likely to inspire others to take firmer action.

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Harness your built-in drive to invent

Inventive Problem Solving

Perhaps Ben Franklin said it best, "Man is a toolmaker". All we have to do to prove that this statement remains true is to reach for our smartphone. Managing the explosion of new tools to interact with the world around us can sometimes feel daunting (special retreats are now available to help us unplug from the irresistible lure of our continual connectivity).

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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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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share Goal Setting Strategies for their Teams (and Themselves)

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is all about goal setting (especially with your team) for the new year. 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 creating connection. The question for the month is: What have you done to create connection with your team ?

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An ‘Uber’ for Chinese e-commerce

McKinsey

Logistics companies are struggling to match delivery capacity to fluctuating demand. A new social-media platform could help.

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Banking's Biggest Hurdle: Its Own Strategy

Strategy+Business

Analysis of the 2007 crisis aftermath shows that financial-services institutions with a clear "way to play" and capabilities to match were better at weathering the storm. Between 2008 and 2014, higher revenue growth correlated with a more focused strategy correlated with higher revenue growth for banks. Banks seeking to thrive in the future should act accordingly.

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Career Success A to Z: H is for Honesty

Eat Your Career

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. My goal in this series is to talk about important concepts related to career fulfilment in a fun and unusual way. So today’s topic of “honesty” is a very important one indeed. Now, the honesty of which I speak is multi-faceted. You have to be honest both in your actions and in your heart.

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10 Smart Tips To Help Authors Create an Amazing Book Cover Design

crowdspring

Many people use the idiom “don’t judge a book by its cover” to remind others that people should not prejudge the value of something based solely by its outward appearance. Yet when it comes to actual books, few heed that advice. The simple truth is that today, nearly everyone judges a book by its cover. Covers matter. A lot. Fierce competition has made standing out from the crowd incredibly difficult, especially for indie authors.

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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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Meeting millennials where they shop: Shaping the future of shopping malls

McKinsey

The traditional shopping mall is under threat. Here is how to meet the needs of digital customers.

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How Smartphone Apps Influence the Way We Shop

Strategy+Business

Consumers who use mobile apps tend to make more-frequent purchases, spend less per transaction, and return items more often than those who don't.

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Measuring B2B’s digital gap

McKinsey

B2B companies fall short of their B2C counterparts in key areas of our Digital Quotient assessment.

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Straight talk about gender diversity in the boardroom and beyond

McKinsey

In these interview excerpts, leaders describe their efforts at promoting gender equality on boards and explore the challenges that still linger.

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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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Engaging customers: The evolution of Asia–Pacific digital banking

McKinsey

Consumers across the region are adopting digital banking. Our latest study finds banks must act quickly to take full advantage.

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Tailoring your integration approach to specific deals

McKinsey

Every merger or acquisition is different, yet many companies stick to the same integration playbook. Here’s how to tailor your approach.

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The value premium of organic growth

McKinsey

Beware of letting acquisitions take priority over organic growth.

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We can't undo globalization, but we can improve it

McKinsey

While the impulse to erect trade barriers is understandable, it is not the way to create lasting growth and shared prosperity, write Gary Pinkus, James Manyika and Sree Ramaswamy in Harvard Business Review.

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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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Buying Our Time

Strategy+Business

Author Tim Wu argues that the Internet's descent into clickbait and trivia is only the latest chapter in a long history of advertisers grabbing our attention.

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David Smick Explains How Main Street Capitalism Can Be the Great Equalizer

Strategy+Business

The editor of the International Economy outlines a plan for restoring income growth based on encouraging start-ups and competition.

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Article with Form

McKinsey

Article with form for testing.

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Is Donald Trump a Model for Communicators?

Strategy+Business

His simple story line helped carry him to the presidency. Is there a lesson there for business leaders?

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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.