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.
On The Job
APRIL 27, 2016
When Michael Docherty joined Sunbeam Corp. years ago as vice president of product development, he says the company was in “shock and crisis,” reeling from the aftershocks of Albert J. Dunlap’s CEO reign. (Dunlap has been called “Chainsaw Al” and “Rambo in Pinstripes” for his methods of streamlining failing companies.) Docherty says things needed to be improved at Sunbeam, and quickly.
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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.
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. .
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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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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.
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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.
Penelope Trunk
APRIL 27, 2016
Y ou can easily trick yourself into believing that entrepreneurship is all the rage among young people. Hacker meet-ups, entrepreneurship clubs on college campuses, and the sudden growth of incubators and accelerator programs can present fodder for this case. But these are really just ways to talk about starting a company. Zachary Slayback says, “Entrepreneurship among young people is actually relatively uncommon.
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.
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.
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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.
McKinsey
APRIL 29, 2016
Some actions that boost earnings per share don’t create value for shareholders. Share repurchases are generally a wash.
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 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.
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.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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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.
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.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 26, 2016
The president of the Rockefeller Foundation discusses the best books for understanding and nurturing organizational resilience.
McKinsey
APRIL 26, 2016
Increased rigor in managing smaller chemical projects can help capture significant untapped value.
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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.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 24, 2016
Adjusting your hormones on the job may soon be a common way to enhance productivity.
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