Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 27, 2016
Are you working too hard? Does everything fall apart when you’re not around? Do you find yourself bailing out your boss, your peers, and your team? If you can answer YES to any of these questions, it’s likely you’re being held back by the “Best Damn Doer” syndrome. Be careful. I know. I’ve felt the guilt of being promoted over people working longer and harder than me.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2016
The forces that have driven exceptional investment returns over the past 30 years are weakening, and even reversing. It may be time for investors to lower their expectations.
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Penelope Trunk
APRIL 29, 2016
The best time for people with Aspergers to throw a party for their friends is Passover. Passover is a very long meal where Jewish people follow proscribed conversations and eating rituals. No unstructured socializing. Which means people with Aspergers can have all their friends around with minimal social anxiety. Plus, done well, Passover is a Jewish drinking game. .
Strategy+Business
APRIL 24, 2016
Too many multinationals take their businesses into Africa without a deep understanding of local market dynamics, skills, and conditions. Such understanding is critical, but equally important is knowing where your own strengths lie and matching these capabilities to the circumstances of each local market, or determining what capabilities you need to succeed and finding partners that possess them.
Advertiser: Paycor
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 25, 2016
Gamers are manipulators. They spend their days playing dirty politics, working one person against one another in their ceaseless quest for status. In their mind, winning is not related to organization results. Their meetings and efforts at delegation usually have two layers of meaning, with political subtext just below the surface. Gamers attract a motley cast of sycophants, other Gamers, and the disaffected.
McKinsey
APRIL 29, 2016
Some actions that boost earnings per share don’t create value for shareholders. Share repurchases are generally a wash.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 27, 2016
Large U.S. firms react to competition from high-quality foreign importers by investing more in their own R&D efforts and producing more patents.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2016
Play favorites. Ask for bad ideas. Skip meetings. Here’s some unconventional advice on how consumer companies can get the most out of an organizational redesign.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2016
The United Nations’ Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers, discusses the ongoing battle against a disease that last year killed more than 400,000 people.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2016
As important as it is to secure the right terms for a shared enterprise, it is just as critical to form a sustainable relationship.
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
McKinsey
APRIL 28, 2016
This issue of the Quarterly, available here as a PDF download, explores the implications of workplace automation, the power of sleep and meditation, Ericsson’s recent HR transformation, and more.
McKinsey
APRIL 26, 2016
The CEO of the Swiss specialty-chemical company has steered it back onto a growth path through restructuring and an aggressive continuous-improvement program.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 26, 2016
The president of the Rockefeller Foundation discusses the best books for understanding and nurturing organizational resilience.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 26, 2016
Today's rapidly changing technology environment often has boards scrambling to keep up. The best way to do so lies in recruiting more digital expertise while improving the quality of conversations.
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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.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 24, 2016
Adjusting your hormones on the job may soon be a common way to enhance productivity.
McKinsey
APRIL 26, 2016
Increased rigor in managing smaller chemical projects can help capture significant untapped value.
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