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How To Create a More Optimistic Workplace

Let's Grow Leaders

You can’t win well if you’re not optimistic. And one of the most important parts of being a Winning Well leader is inspiring confidence that the scene and results can and will improve– and identifying the vital behaviors to make it so. Today, I share a video interview with my friend and kindred spirit on the Winning Well journey, Shawn Murphy.

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3 Things to Avoid as a New Employee

On The Job

By now, many recent graduates have hung up their bedazzled mortar boards and have begun their first days as new employees in a brand spanking new career. When you're a new employee, you may be excited and scared, or a little or both. That's perfectly natural, and most of the other more experienced employees will understand and cut you a break. Until they don't.

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Everyone competes at something; the first step is to admit it

Penelope Trunk

My son’s cello teacher is dying. This is the third time she’s had cancer, so this week is my son’s last lesson with her. He has grown to love her. He cried during a lesson a few weeks ago and she said, “It’s okay. Everyone dies. Now let’s work on Saint-Saens. You need it for the master class.” So my son cries now only at home.

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Meet the new Brazilian consumer

McKinsey

Amid one of the country’s most severe recessions, how can consumer-goods companies and retailers succeed in Brazil?

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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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The Chrysalis Effect

Strategy+Business

Successful startups reach a point when they must discard their old ways and emerge mature and ready to scale. To get through this transition successfully, leaders have to radically change their organization and the way they manage, while still growing. If they have anticipated the transition -- for example, by creating new roles for the founders, attracting people who have experience with similar transitions, designing collaborative conversations, and borrowing established practices in their own

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Change lessons from pharma and med tech

McKinsey

Industry leaders emphasize the importance of four management practices in a transformation.

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Telcos: The untapped promise of big data

McKinsey

The industry is awash in information, but only a few companies manage it effectively.

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Why Are 4 Billion People without the Internet?

Strategy+Business

One of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in developing countries is to extend the reach of the Internet. But progress has been slow, for three reasons: Internet access is too expensive, the Internet lacks relevant content for the bottom of the pyramid, and the Internet is still unfamiliar to residents of those nations. These problems can be fixed.

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The ‘Rail plus Property’ model: Hong Kong’s successful self-financing formula

McKinsey

What can other cities learn from Hong Kong’s approach to transit?

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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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Change lessons from pharma and med tech

McKinsey

Industry leaders emphasize the importance of four management practices in a transformation.

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The Brazilian experience in financing infrastructure

McKinsey

A former finance minister makes the case for openness and discusses “de-risking.”.

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Five Moments When Saying No Is Your Best Strategy

Strategy+Business

Leaders need to recognize the situations when staying the course could undermine a company's values and long-term success.

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Knock, Knock. Who's There? Your Boss

Strategy+Business

In most cases, when managers joke with their employees, it's no laughing matter.

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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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The trade debate missing in the 2016 US Presidential race

McKinsey

The Internet is disrupting international trade, write MGI partner Susan Lund and 1776's Donna Harris.

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A Guide to Leading Change Management

Strategy+Business

Ten time-honored tools and techniques in a graphic.

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America's Got Talent

Strategy+Business

Maybe it needs more training.

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