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The Smartest Way to Ensure Your Leadership Message Sticks

Let's Grow Leaders

Taking your management team out of the field for a leadership offsite or kick-off meeting can be an incredible way to provide clarity around your leadership message, to get everyone focused on what matters most, and to encourage the sharing of best practices. […]. The post The Smartest Way to Ensure Your Leadership Message Sticks appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Why Jerks Still Get Ahead

On The Job

The rise of the #metoo movement in the last year and more attention to inequalities in the workplace has prompted a lot of discussions inside and outside of the workplace. David Mayer, a professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, says that women aren't the only ones who can be treated unfairly on the job -- nice guys don't always finish first.

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Distraction or disruption? Autonomous trucks gain ground in US logistics

McKinsey

As logistics goes digital, profound changes are coming to industry structure, operations, and profits. In the first of a series, we examine the impact of autonomous trucks.

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Knowing good grammar is a social skill

Penelope Trunk

My friend is staying at my apartment while he job hunts in Boston. My job hunts were always done in pajamas with a jeans-and-T-shirt interview finale. Micah is in sales and his hunt starts with a trip to a clothing store. While he hops in and out of dressing rooms becoming friends with everyone, I settle into a spot with the mannequins. Then I say, “Micah!

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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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How to Work with an Indecisive Boss

Let's Grow Leaders

One of the biggest “do you have a private minute” questions we get asked by managers is “how do I get anything done with my indecisive boss?” Okay, the conversation is actually less polite. It’s usually more along the lines of: “Aghhhhh, […]. The post How to Work with an Indecisive Boss appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How plastics waste recycling could transform the chemical industry

McKinsey

Reusing plastics waste could become an important driver of profitability for chemical companies. Incumbent players need to make the right moves now to tap this opportunity.

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Five Standards for Responsible AI Use

Strategy+Business

Business leaders must implement artificial intelligence in a principled way to optimize customer experience and earn people's trust.

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What is Brand Identity and How To Create a Great One: A Complete Guide for Marketers and Businesses (2019)

crowdspring

This is the most comprehensive guide online to creating a strong brand identity for your business or organization in 2019. A brand identity is the most effective way any organization (startups, small businesses, agencies, nonprofits, or others) can gain a competitive edge in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Both new and existing businesses and organization can benefit from reading this guide.

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Vantage Fit: A complete solution to your employee wellness program

Vantage Circle

Where are you spending money on for employee wellness program? Rolling out gym memberships? Giving out healthcare packages? Or some on-site health campaigns? How about an employee wellness app which solves this problem with being cost-effective at the same time? An app which lets you track your employees’ health, promotes engagement and offer incentives at the same time.

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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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Taking digital transformation to the limits at Koç Holding

McKinsey

The CEO and HR director of Turkey’s largest industrial conglomerate describe how a leadership-development program is preparing the company for a digital future—and shaking up the status quo.

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Five standards for responsible AI use

Strategy+Business

Business leaders must implement artificial intelligence in a principled way to optimize customer experience and earn people's trust.

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The Path to Individual Transformation in the Workplace, Part One

BetterUp

by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, BetterUp. American corporations today spend an estimated $160B annually on learning and development initiatives aimed at transforming their organizations. Yet research shows that employees forget up to 75% of the material taught and revert back to old practices, wasting the bulk of that investment, with little progress made.

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Vantage Fit: A complete solution to your employee wellness program

Vantage Circle

Where are you spending money on for employee wellness program? Rolling out gym memberships? Giving out healthcare packages? Or some on-site health campaigns? How about an employee wellness app which solves this problem with being cost-effective at the same time? An app which lets you track your employees’ health, promotes engagement and offer incentives at the same time.

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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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Talent and technology in Africa today

McKinsey

African Leadership Academy cofounder Fred Swaniker explains why companies should invest in people and harness technology to take on the continent’s big challenges.

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Long Live the Human Network Effect

Strategy+Business

Scaled-up, spontaneous networks can help solve tough problems when people come together.

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Powerful pricing: The next frontier in apparel and fashion advanced analytics

McKinsey

Leading apparel retailers are embracing advanced analytics and blending intuition with science to price smarter.

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A next-generation operating model for source-to-pay

McKinsey

A next-generation procurement operating model that capitalizes on advances in digital, data, and analytics delivers new levels of performance across the value-creation lifecycle.

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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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Testing the resilience of Europe’s inclusive growth model

McKinsey

The combination of six global megatrends is increasing the stress on Europe’s inclusive growth and the EU social contract.

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The transformation of global acquiring

McKinsey

The traditional acquirer processing model is destined to become commoditized and less profitable. Established firms will need to choose from among set of distinct strategies in order to compete.

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Lubes growth opportunities remain despite switch to electric vehicles

McKinsey

Lubricating oils have traditionally been one of the most attractive areas in the oil and gas value chain, but disruption is on the horizon with the rise of electrification in the transport sector.

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Friends or foes: The rise of European aggregators and their impact on traditional insurers

McKinsey

After grappling with aggregators for 20 years, many European insurers have embraced them as an effective way to reach customers. We estimate that today almost 50 percent of online insurance in Europe is sold via aggregators. The implications for insurers are significant.

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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.

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Learning from digital threats

McKinsey

Incumbent companies are finding they have strong hands to play as competition intensifies.

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Building a one-stop shop for government services in Australia

McKinsey

Service New South Wales, a website for citizen services, was built like a start-up within the government, in a rapid, iterative process sharply focused on customer satisfaction.

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Corporate and investment banking in Mexico: Delivering value through new models

McKinsey

Mexico is among the most profitable markets for corporate and investment banks, and prospects are strong. However, the terms of success are changing.

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Insights into the 2019 individual exchange market

McKinsey

This analysis reflects carrier participation, pricing, and plan type trends for the 2019 individual exchange open enrollment period. Findings are across 50 states and DC.

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Francoise Tourniaire - Founder of FT Works, Omid Razavi - Chief Advocacy Officer at SupportLogic, and Gregory Walker - Senior Product Manager at SupportLogic

The 'great resignation' and the 'great talent reshuffle' have impacted contact center and customer support staff as much, if not more than, any other part of the workforce. Couple that with a potentially volatile economy and it's clear that organizations must invest in innovative approaches if they want employees who are engaged and informed enough to significantly improve the customer experience and eliminate the high costs associated with agent attrition.