Sat.May 14, 2016 - Fri.May 20, 2016

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Frontline Festival: Leaders share tips about professional development

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival gives tips about professional development for leaders. 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 favorite apps and technology. What tools do you use to stay productive?

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Why Technology Won't Solve All Your Productivity Problems -- and What Will

On The Job

For a while now, you’ve noticed that you are falling more and more behind at work, even though you’re exhausted at the end of the day because you’ve been so busy. It’s not like you’re goofing off – you just have too much to do! So, you figure maybe a couple of the new apps you’ve heard about will do the trick as they’re designed to make you more productive , organized and efficient.

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How new CEOs can boost their odds of success

McKinsey

A data-driven look at the link between the strategic moves of new CEOs and the performance of their companies highlights the importance of quick action and of adopting an outsider’s perspective.

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10 Principles of Strategic Leadership

Strategy+Business

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives reveals that "strategic leaders" -- those equipped to manage large-scale transformation -- are in short supply. Fortunately, companies can build the capacity for this type of leadership by implementing 10 fundamental principles. These principles represent a combination of organizational systems and individual capabilities; taken together, they can unlock the potential strategic leadership in your enterprise.

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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 worst mistake people make when networking

Penelope Trunk

I read that in Silicon Valley there’s a four-year waiting list to be a summer volunteer at the local hospitals. Because all the kids who want to go into STEM careers in their over-funded overachiever Silicon Valley schools are trying to stand out as great candidates for college by working with doctors and scientists. So naturally I decided my son, who wants to be a biologist, should have some sort of differentiating job in a lab.

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Becoming a better business technologist

McKinsey

There’s no silver bullet, but success requires being able to identify technologies, understand their implications, and deploy them in an effective, structured way in your organization.

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Great Teams Build Great Cultures

Strategy+Business

People committed to common purposes and goals can change key elements of a company's culture when they set strong ground rules that allow people to feel confident.

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An incumbent’s guide to digital disruption

McKinsey

Incumbents needn’t be victims of disruption if they recognize the crucial thresholds in their life cycle, and act in time.

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Realizing gender equality’s $12 trillion economic opportunity

McKinsey

Investing in access to essential services and reducing the gap in labor-force participation rates could significantly expand the global economy by 2025.

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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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How a steel company embraced digital disruption

McKinsey

Gisbert Rühl, CEO of German metals company Klöckner, embedded himself in Berlin’s start-up scene, creating two platforms to overhaul the organization’s supply chain and make steel prices more transparent.

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Tackling Indonesia’s diabetes challenge: Eight approaches from around the world

McKinsey

Indonesia’s economic and demographic evolution is leading to a dramatic rise in noncommunicable diseases. How big is the problem? What approaches are other countries taking that could inform Indonesia’s response?

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Unlocking the potential of frontline managers in global health

McKinsey

Health systems in developing countries have a big opportunity to improve the provision of services by strengthening the capabilities of their frontline managers.

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Shifting gears: Insurers adjust for connected-car ecosystems

McKinsey

Insurance companies seek to deliver enhanced products and services by investing in new technologies and partnering with others in the smart-car environment.

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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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Sleeping giant: Europe as a global software competitor

McKinsey

Software has an obvious home in the world of IT, and US tech firms are the most visible. Yet it’s increasingly critical to production and manufacturing—which gives Europe the opportunity to be a global software contender.

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Ahead of the curve: The future of performance management

McKinsey

What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end evaluations?

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Managing big projects: The lessons of experience

McKinsey

Most big infrastructure projects run late and over budget. Here’s how to do better.

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Are Good Corporate Citizens Rewarded?

Strategy+Business

Large U.S. firms with a sustainability program see an uptick in financial performance and have a positive impact on the environment around them.

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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 Design a Team to Deliver Powerful Capabilities

Strategy+Business

Inside every exceptional company are teams of people working across functions, year after year, doing things together they couldn't do alone.

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Nurturing Nature

Strategy+Business

In his new book, evolutionary biologist Joseph Henrich argues that culture and behavior can have an important impact on evolution.

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Find Your Strategic Leaders

Strategy+Business

The security of barriers is based not just on keeping people out, but on watching people who come in.

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