Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 12, 2017
One of the most challenging management experiences you’ll encounter is when it feels like your team won’t listen. You share your vision of the future, what the team’s capable of achieving…and are met with shrugs and silent stares. You share a new […].
Career Advancement
OCTOBER 9, 2017
“The art of communication is the language of leadership.” ~James Humes~. Mei had just scheduled a one-on-one meeting with an upper-level executive in her company. She didn’t get much face time with high-level executives, so when communicating with them, she knew she had to make it count. She understood that talking with senior executives was a great strategy for boosting her visibility at work.
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On The Job
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Anthony Mersino was 39-years-old and had already been a successful project manager for more than 17 years when a therapist asked him: “Do you have any idea how dangerous it is not to be in touch with your feelings?” That was 16 years ago, and Mersino recalls that at the time he couldn’t fathom why it was dangerous not to make a connection with his emotions – but he soon learned and now spends time advising other professionals to do the same.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
More companies are committing to gender equality. But progress will remain slow unless we confront blind spots on diversity—particularly regarding women of color, and employee perceptions of the status quo.
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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
OCTOBER 10, 2017
No matter what level leader you are, if you want to really make an impact on your team, get out of your office. Walk around. Connect with the human beings you’re supporting, and their customers. Listen to them. Act on what you […].
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
On The Job
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Vocal fry. Upspeak. Like, you know, those things are so, like, annoying? In recent comments about whether or not "vocal fry" hurts women in the workplace, readers weighed in on the story and said that yes, it does drive them crazy. (If you don't know what "vocal fry" is, think of Kim Kardashian and the way she sort of growls and gasps out the end of her sentences.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Global housing stock has not expanded quickly enough to keep up with a surge in demand, but cities can focus on three supply-side solutions to make progress.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Each week I read leadership articles from various online resources and share them across social media. Here are the five leadership articles readers found most valuable last week. Click on the title of the article to read the full text. I have […].
Strategy+Business
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Physicist Larry Smarr has been among the most important synthesizers and conductors of innovation, discovery, and commercialization of new technologies -- including areas as disparate as the Web browser and personalized medicine. As director of Calit2, based at two University of California campuses in Southern California, Smarr oversees a sandbox in which researchers from different disciplines collaborate in such areas as renewable energy, medicine, and climate research.
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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.
Eat Your Career
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This is part three of a three-part series where I’m covering the following topics: Part 1: Getting Leadership Approval. Part 2: Retaining Information. Part 3: Leveraging Learning. In this article, I’ll share some strategies to help you use what you’ve learned in training. Previously, I shared the importance of creating an action plan—a document that outlines the specific, incremental steps you’re going to take to implement what you’ve learned in training.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Our research shows significant value in embracing AI and automation for Sweden, but sees a requirement for new skill sets among employees and a policy response around education, training and the social contract.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
B2B companies often achieve subpar results from digital-sales initiatives—and tech companies are not immune to this problem. How can they reverse the trend?
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Digital technology is disrupting capital projects. Companies that want to emerge as leaders must transform their organizations now.
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!
McKinsey
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Business leaders can focus on three mind-sets to drive growth in their companies and sustain that growth for the long term.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Fifty percent of launches don’t hit their targets. Launch champions follow these four rules.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Despite increased spending and pockets of progress, infrastructure investment gaps remain.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 11, 2017
The industry’s growth has been flagging—but better serving mass-market and middle-market consumers could add $10 billion in annual premiums.
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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.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 11, 2017
What sort of workplace should we expect in future? And how can we shape it to produce more satisfying jobs and more healthy and successful companies?
McKinsey
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Analysis of exchange premiums indicates that overall prices will continue to increase in 2017. Despite this, some consumers will see their premiums decline given the effect of government subsidies.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Three snapshots demonstrate areas of change and opportunity.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
What is required to navigate the emerging personal-mobility landscape in an uncertain future?
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.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
The US health insurance industry continues to be defined by uncertainty. The 25 articles in this compendium can help health insurers navigate the changes ahead.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Technology is on manufacturers’ side, but their next challenge is to create tools, infrastructure, and processes that turn rich data into real performance improvement.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Before setting out toward operational excellence, companies must see where they stand. A good maturity assessment provides more than a set of coordinates: it also maps out the first steps.
McKinsey
OCTOBER 10, 2017
As machines play an ever more important role in production, companies need smarter and more holistic ways to optimize performance.
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.
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