Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 2, 2019
Whether you’re a professional PMI certified project manager or juggling projects on top of your day job, you know your credibility matters — a lot. Even if you’ve got everything under control, one simple mistake can cause a cascade of doubt that […]. The post 5 Mistakes that Will Derail Your Credibility as a Project Manager appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Career Advancement
APRIL 29, 2019
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”. – Benjamin Franklin. Patrice knew she needed to get serious about succession planning. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at a multi-billion dollar company, she had hundreds of aspiring leaders not prepared for the next level. As part of this plan, she wanted to hire a corporate trainer to help the aspiring leaders by giving them the tools they needed for the next level.
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On The Job
MAY 1, 2019
When was the last time you wrote a thank-you note? I'm not talking about an email or a text. I'm talking about a handwritten note to someone expressing your appreciation or gratitude. The kind, you know, that has to have a stamp and be put in that thing known as a mailbox. For many people, the last time they wrote such a missive may be when they were in school (elementary).
McKinsey
MAY 2, 2019
Decision makers fed up with slow or subpar results take heart. Three practices can help improve decision making and convince skeptical business leaders that there is life after death by committee.
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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 29, 2019
When you wonder what they were thinking – dig deeper Has this happened to you? You walk by your team and see something different. Not, oh-that’s-cool-different, but “what were they thinking?” different. What do you do? When I was twelve years old, I found […]. The post What To Do When “What Were They Thinking?” 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
APRIL 29, 2019
As summer approaches, many new graduates will begin their careers in a variety of organizations, full of hope and determination about changing the world. The more seasoned workers sort of smirk at this enthusiasm, knowing it won't take long to break their spirits. In fact, there is one thing guaranteed to bring down these hopeful young people: email.
McKinsey
MAY 2, 2019
With continued global growth of electric vehicles (EV), a new opportunity for the power sector is emerging: stationary storage powered by used EV batteries, which could exceed 200 gigawatt-hours by 2030.
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 3, 2019
You don’t have enough time and energy for everything on your list – and you never will. Your ability to focus your time and energy is key to your success. Focusing time and energy isn’t about managing time or the latest […]. The post How to Focus Your Time and Energy for Maximum Results appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Eat Your Career
APRIL 29, 2019
Past work experience is, of course, the most important part of your resume. It’s meant to show a prospective employer that you have all the skills required to do the job for which you are applying, and that you’ve used those skills before in a professional capacity. But what if you’re applying for a position that requires skills you didn’t gain through your past professional experience, but rather, skills you gained outside of work?
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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.
Vantage Circle
MAY 2, 2019
There are countless stories in the corporate world on how companies are crumbling due to mismanagement. You can put the blame on crisis management or rather the lack of it. “Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis”. -C.J. Redwine. You must be thinking that C.J. Redwine probably restated the obvious. The reason people restate the same principle is that because of its obvious misinterpretation or rather lack of interpretation.
McKinsey
MAY 2, 2019
Decision making takes up a lot of time, much of it used ineffectively. New survey results offer lessons for making quick, high-quality decisions that support outperformance.
BetterUp
APRIL 29, 2019
In my work as a researcher at BetterUp Labs , I have an opportunity to speak with business leaders across multiple industries about their biggest challenges. One theme continues to emerge—change at breakneck speed has become the norm in business today and it’s overwhelming our workforces. Workplace environments are reaching a breaking point. Employees are under enormous pressure to continuously adapt to new technologies, shifting priorities, and ways of working—and they aren’t equipped to keep u
Eat Your Career
MAY 2, 2019
I don’t allow emotions to stifle my clarity. To learn more about affirmations and how to leverage them for career success, check out this article. The post Positive Career Affirmation #10 appeared first on Eat Your Career.
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!
LSE Business Review
APRIL 27, 2019
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McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2019
With great power comes great responsibility. Organizations can mitigate the risks of applying artificial intelligence and advanced analytics by embracing three principles.
Vantage Circle
APRIL 29, 2019
Many managers see the performance appraisal process as nothing more than an unnecessary corporate exercise forced upon them by human resource. The performance appraisal process seeks to evaluate the performance of employees in relation to the projects that they have contributed and setting future performance expectations. However, lately, the performance appraisal has been getting a lot of bad publicity.
McKinsey
MAY 3, 2019
Our research shows that when consumer-goods manufacturers collaborate more closely with retailers, they outperform their competitors. We identified four principles for fruitful partnerships.
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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 2, 2019
Anil Chakravarthy draws on his experience leading a data-management business to discuss new technical and organizational approaches that help companies create value with data.
McKinsey
MAY 2, 2019
Executives often assume that speed comes at the cost of quality in decision making. A survey challenges this belief and offers tips on getting the best of both worlds.
McKinsey
MAY 3, 2019
The agile revolution is sweeping across industries, and asset-heavy companies are taking note. We explore how and where they can capture the benefits of agility while preserving safety and assurance.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2019
Bringing advanced computing power and analytics capabilities to bear on people decisions in an organization is crucial to driving lasting and effective change.
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
APRIL 30, 2019
Performance management is tough enough in traditional organizations; in agile organizations, three changes are essential to success.
McKinsey
MAY 2, 2019
Leading start-ups innovate, go to market, and scale quickly with limited resources. What can large companies learn from the start-up playbook?
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2019
Measuring production performance digitally—and acting on the insights—can give a kick to the bottom line and be the first step on a digital transformation journey.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2019
Developing a marketing team focused on growth calls for leadership that is supportive, focused on performance, and has a clear vision of the CMO’s role.
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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