Sat.Jan 20, 2018 - Fri.Jan 26, 2018

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How Do I Stay Motivated When My Peers Are Lazy?

Let's Grow Leaders

Dear Karin and David, How do I stay motivated when my peers are lazy? I’m working twice as hard as them and I’m sick of picking up the slack. My boss doesn’t seem to notice. Signed, Tired and Frustrated #AskingForAFriend Do’s and […].

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Four Advantages of Leveraging a Cross-Functional Team

Career Advancement

“Entrepreneurs as ‘soloists’ will be replaced by orchestras playing a stronger, more credible tune.” ~Steve Case~. Tamara felt her department was too isolated from the rest of the organization. As she stepped into a higher-level managerial position, she talked with her mentor about how to change this situation. Her mentor advised her to develop a cross-functional team of people who worked together in close communication.

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3 Ways to Set Meaningful Career Goals

On The Job

A recent survey by Accountemps finds that 93% of workers say that goal setting is important to their on-the-job performance. Makes sense. But here's the part that doesn't make sense: While 51% say they talk to their managers about their goals -- 11% never even bring up the subject. I'm pretty sure that most managers are not mind readers (despite the fact they seem to know when to call a meeting at the exact minute you're trying to leave work early).

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The trillion-dollar prize: Plugging government revenue leaks with advanced analytics

McKinsey

Few fiscal opportunities are bigger than reducing revenue leakages from tax and payment abuse. Now, new sources of data and new analytics tools are giving governments the upper hand.

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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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7 Big Rules For a Successful Talent Review

Let's Grow Leaders

Their faces turned a little green when they realized I was in earshot. “I’ll talk up your candidate if you talk up mine,” and “Let’s be sure to downplay their developmental opportunities so they end up in the right box (referring to the […].

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Why You Keep Getting Overlooked at Work

On The Job

Take a minute and look at what you're wearing right now. Are they the same clothes you wore in college? Or similar enough that you could have worn them in college? Now, take a look at your work area. Do you still have the beer mug you won in a chugging contest sitting on your desk -- along with your calendar of "Hottest Fire Fighters Ever?" The reason I ask is because people often wonder why they're not getting ahead at work.

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Rethinking customer journeys with the next-generation operating model

McKinsey

This operating model offers business leaders the opportunity for wins in customer experience, cost reduction, and prospects for growth.

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A Tale of Two. Pivots

PerfectCoaches

Oh, were you expecting the word cities? Sorry. Just trying to get your attention. As a technology start-up, the VARI Group has come to have a love-hate relationship with the concept of “a pivot.” As Alan Spoon said in Inc. online, “Pivoting” is a familiar word in the startup world. When your first business model isn’t working (and this happens more often than not), the CEO and team pivot to plan B.

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Can Craft Beer Continue to Tap into Growth?

Strategy+Business

After experiencing rapid growth for decades, the craft brewery industry is beginning to slow down. Amid saturation, the market is developing into a barbell shape, with smaller microbreweries and larger players on the periphery occupying stronger positions than midsized players at the center. Midsized brewers can pursue organic growth by develop new products or opening additional outlets.

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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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Introducing customer success 2.0: The new growth engine

McKinsey

Can software vendors and other companies identify more opportunities to grow and deliver value by taking a fresh look at customer success?

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Why you need a CTO—and how to make her successful

McKinsey

Feeling unprepared for technical disruption? A well-structured role for a chief technology officer is a first line of defense.

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Four innovations reshaping tax administration

McKinsey

New insights from McKinsey research suggest that across the globe, tax authorities diverge in the maturity of their innovation in four areas: digitized interactions, advanced analytics, process automation, and talent management.

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Working across many cultures at Western Union

McKinsey

The CEO of the global money-transfer company explains how it brings in the multicultural voice of the consumer through a broadly diverse team of top executives.

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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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PSD2: Taking advantage of open-banking disruption

McKinsey

Europe’s second Payment Services Directive opens attractive opportunities for established payments organizations. But to win, banks will need to capture this disruption and turn it to their advantage.

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Spinning customer insights into business gold

McKinsey

Few healthcare organizations fully leverage customer insights to drive decision making and performance. Here’s how you can translate that data into concrete business initiatives.

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Unlocking the digital opportunity in metals

McKinsey

Driving a full digital transformation of a metal company is a complex undertaking. To succeed, companies need to develop a scalable model, with a set of standards in place covering roles, tools, and working methods.

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Food security in Japan: Building a strategy in an age of global competition

McKinsey

The country faces a set of agricultural challenges in its move toward a more secure food supply, which can be addressed with a focus on five actions.

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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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Artificial Intelligence: What to Expect in 2018

Strategy+Business

Eight ways that AI is likely to reshape business in the next 12 months. For further insights, see PwC's study.

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When a Japanese Company Adopted English as a First Language

Strategy+Business

In her new book, Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley examines the challenge of establishing a lingua franca in global companies.

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Rewards Cards Test the Limits of Customer Loyalty

Strategy+Business

How I liberated myself from points and why it matters to your company.

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A Strategist's Guide to China's Belt and Road Initiative

Strategy+Business

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a vast, interconnected infrastructure project spanning 68 countries and regions that have a combined population of 4.4 billion and that represent a third of the world's economic output. It will be larger than the U.S.-led Marshall Plan that spearheaded the revival of Europe after World War II -- and could spark a 21st-century expansion of global economic growth, technology exchange, and, inevitably, Chinese influence.

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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.