Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 15, 2018
What do you do when you’ve screwed up and everyone knows it? Your failures weren’t just mistakes in judgment…you let yourself down. You didn’t keep your commitment. You hurt people you are supposed to help. Your team looks at you with disappointment. […]. The post Massive Failures? What Great Leaders Do Next appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Career Advancement
MAY 14, 2018
“If you don’t toot your own horn, don’t complain that there’s no music.”. ~Guy Kawasaki~. Janet Asks: I feel like my accomplishments go unnoticed at work and I’m not comfortable bringing them up. I want others to see my strengths and achievements, but I don’t want to come across as bragging. What should I do? Joel Answers: No one wants to sound like they’re bragging about their own accomplishments.
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On The Job
MAY 16, 2018
One time the transmission fell out of my car (this is bad, very bad), so I was forced to rent a car to get to and from work. I decided to rent a car that I had been considering for some time, with the idea that getting to test drive it for a while would help me make a decision. It certainly did just that. After one day of driving that car, I didn't like it much.
McKinsey
MAY 16, 2018
McKinsey global managing partner Dominic Barton discusses how executives serious about delivering value need to spend more time identifying their organizations’ top performers and most critical roles.
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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
MAY 17, 2018
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival on project management and planning. We’ve been doing a lot of work with project managers and their teams in our corporate work as well as speaking at a number of Project Management Institute conferences and […]. The post Frontline Festival: Best Practices in Project Management and Project Planning appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
On The Job
MAY 14, 2018
There's an old saying: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." But new research suggests that for some top performers, when the going gets tough -- they quit. Wharton professors Maurice Schweitzer and Katherine Milkman find that it's usually a good thing to set high expectations, because you generally rise to meet them. But, they also discovered that if you're tapped to be a favorite to win in a competition -- and you run into some difficulty -- you're more likely to quit.
McKinsey
MAY 12, 2018
E-commerce giants have raised the supply-chain performance bar. Now consumer-goods manufacturers face a stark choice: achieve new levels of predictability and responsiveness, or pay a heavy price.
Strategy+Business
MAY 14, 2018
Stepping away from the screen and putting pen to paper allows the brain to reflect, process, and find patterns. See also "How Journaling Can Help Leaders Achieve Their Goals.
crowdspring
MAY 16, 2018
Every year tens of thousands of new food products are brought to market. And every year, 95 percent of new products fail. Getting from the initial product idea to something with an effective package design and brand takes some effort, but it’s an important part of your success. we take a close look at ways you can improve your food and beverage product packaging.
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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
MAY 15, 2018
It takes focus to transform public-sector agencies to serve a diverse set of customers better. A ready reference—based on lessons from government leaders—can help.
McKinsey
MAY 15, 2018
Struggling to become analytics-driven? One or more of these issues is likely what’s holding your organization back.
McKinsey
MAY 16, 2018
Enthusiasm for the biopharmaceutical sector in Asia has been flat, due in part to China’s market-access blockade, Japan’s spending controls, and deceleration in India and Southeast Asia. Recent changes have reignited interest in the region, with important implications for pharma executives.
McKinsey
MAY 18, 2018
To get new styles into stores more quickly, fashion companies must improve internal collaboration, tap into consumer insights, and start to digitize the value chain.
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
MAY 18, 2018
Revenues, and the number of assets managed, hit record highs for North American financial advisors in 2017. A deeper look at the numbers, however, reveals concerning trends in pricing and new-client acquisition.
McKinsey
MAY 16, 2018
The past decade has been difficult for many utilities. Here is how they can prosper in the next.
McKinsey
MAY 15, 2018
Tony Hsieh, the unconventional CEO of Zappos, is not afraid to create “a little weirdness.” In fact it’s a core value.
Strategy+Business
MAY 16, 2018
Findings from a recent PwC Consumer Intelligence Series (CIS) survey of 15,000 global consumers confirm that technology will remain central to retailers' ability to understand and predict customer behavior. But none of these high-tech capabilities would be possible without people.
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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
MAY 16, 2018
As more companies adopt and learn through digital solutions, and as new forms of employment and investment opportunities strengthen the demand recovery, we expect productivity growth to recover, write James Manyika and Myron Scholes in Project Syndicate.
Strategy+Business
MAY 15, 2018
Before acquiring a tech firm, traditional companies need to consider the unique characteristics and challenges of such a deal. This will require them to think strategically about their own digital agenda and how best to achieve it; to consider the various factors that can influence the terms of a deal, including cyber-attacks; and to be mindful of the skills and mind-sets that the digital firm's technologists and leaders may bring to their new organization.
Strategy+Business
MAY 13, 2018
Tax reform actually changes everything. We've never had a moment in which so much cash will be sitting on corporate balance sheets. The most strategic-minded executives will see this opportunity as a watershed moment to reevaluate how they allocate cash.
Strategy+Business
MAY 14, 2018
Stepping away from the screen and putting pen to paper allows the brain to reflect, process, and find patterns.
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
MAY 16, 2018
You don’t have to look far to finance your growth ambitions.
McKinsey
MAY 15, 2018
With the flow of new arrivals slowing, Europe needs to shift its focus to helping those who will stay build new lives and begin making productive contributions.
McKinsey
MAY 18, 2018
An overview of today’s growth ‘ingredients’: Invest, Create, Perform.
Strategy+Business
MAY 16, 2018
Findings from a recent PwC Consumer Intelligence Series (CIS) survey of 15,000 global consumers confirm that technology will remain central to retailers' ability to understand and predict customer behavior. But none of these high-tech capabilities would be possible without people.
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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