Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
My first formal leadership role where I would lead my friends and former peers didn’t go so well. When we ask a group of new leaders about their biggest problems, leading friends and former peers is always one of the most […]. The post Leading Friends and Former Peers appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. My first formal leadership role where I would lead my friends and former peers didn’t go so well.
On The Job
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
I'm looking at my garden, noting all the flowers that have started to die as we move into the fall season. It's not been below 80 degrees, but already one of my trees is started to lose its leaves. At this time of year, many of us are dealing with back-to-school chaos or taking the last days of warm weather to go on vacation. When spring rolls around, we may be filled with energy as we emerge from the cold, dark days of winter.
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McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Can advanced technologies like AI improve the well-being of humans? Only if we more carefully manage its deployment, and its effects on human labor.
Vantage Circle
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
We live in an interconnected world. So, interconnected that we don’t even need to leave our comfort zones and still get the work done with our fingertips. And, modern-day job seekers and businesses are leveraging the same in the form of virtual teams. The internet being the game-changer here has allowed organisations to spread their reach everywhere.
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Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Have you ever had a team member say something like this? “I just want to do my job. I know you want me to care, but I don’t. It’s a paycheck and I’ve got kids.” Or perhaps you’ve heard a leader tell […]. The post The Problem with Just Do Your Job appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Digitisation and automation could result in a net gain of up to 1.2 million jobs in South Africa by 2030, and companies need to move fast to capitalise on these opportunities.
Vantage Circle
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
In one of my previous articles , I have mentioned the concept of a work-family. As the name suggests, an employee’s work-family are his coworkers whom he shares more than half of his day with. Therefore, in order to have a satisfying work experience, the importance of positive peer relationships is paramount. (source- Pinterest). Peer relationships are relations with individuals working on the same level of the organisational hierarchy with no formal authority over each other.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Your Best Practice Might Not Work Everywhere Javier was a well-loved director at an engineering design firm. He was also an accomplished Italian chef. Every year he would conduct an operational excellence rally that he personally catered with spaghetti made from homemade noodles, […]. The post How to Find the Great Idea in Your Best Practice appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Gordian Business
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Image by Szilárd Szabó from Pixabay Listen to your customers, listen to your employees, do what they tell you. John Sall, cofounder SAS Institute Good advice. What if your salespeople tell you your customers don’t see any difference between you and your competitors? Well in our experience, this might be true but it’s unlikely. How can we say that? Most organisations and most products deliver benefits.
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McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Expansion in the gas and LNG markets continues, with LNG demand expected to increase 3.6 percent per year to 2035.
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Monique DeBose, an award-winning singer-songwriter and playwright, who has toured throughout America, Europe, India and Asia. Her third album, The Sovereign One, debuted at No.2 on the iTunes Jazz Charts. Inspired by her experience of of what it means to be half African-American, half Irish-American, Monique […].
Vantage Circle
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Companies spend a lot of money to arrange the best resources and hiring the best talents but often overlook the importance of employee satisfaction. This results in job stress, high employee turnover, lack of productivity, and low profit. Employees are the fuel to any organization, and when their needs are met, they perform better and stay engaged and happier in their jobs.
BetterUp
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
At BetterUp, we believe that becoming our best selves stems from developing our whole selves. In our work with members, we often hear that while many have found career success, they still feel like something is missing. This isn’t surprising. Each of us are multi-faceted individuals, with changing needs and priorities at different moments in time.
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
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Telco operators are more vulnerable today than they were ten years ago. To thrive through the next economic downturn and beyond, they must act now—and with focus.
Eat Your Career
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of “How to Prevent & Overcome Burnout.”. Let’s be honest: Stress is an unavoidable part of the modern workplace. It surrounds us all day, every day. And if we’re not careful, it can quickly consume us. When we fail to properly manage stress over a prolonged period of time, it can eventually lead to burnout.
Vantage Circle
AUGUST 31, 2019
The world as we see today has witnessed a major shift towards the digital age. And the organizations have emphasized more on the digital transformation to keep pace with the changes all around. Digital transformation can be disorienting and can create panic but if the leaders are confident about the changes and how it will benefit everyone then adaptation becomes easy.
Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
You know how Marie Kondo tells you to go through your closet and throw out all your clothes because you want to start a new part of life? I did that with my web site. If you’re the impetuous type, you throw out your clothes and buy new ones later. I did that, too. After twenty years of blogging and redesign , after redesign after redesign , my site is like sedimentary rock.
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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
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The energy transition will make grid planning and operations increasingly challenging for transmission and distribution operators.
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
How can the CEO break employees’ silence and get the critical input needed to make the right strategic moves?
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
For 30 years, Australia has helped lead innovation in infrastructure planning, financing, and delivery. New challenges now create a need for change in prioritisation, design, and productivity.
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Europe has a complex biotech landscape, with hundreds of companies, multiple paths to innovation and financing, and marked differences among countries. To see through the complexity, we grouped approximately 1,000 European biotech companies into eight clusters based on country, modality, and therapeutic area. We identified biotech hot spots as well as trends and possible directions for the region.
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.
Vantage Circle
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Most small or medium business owners have one common complaint. Your industry is supersaturated, and you are finding it hard to implement a good marketing plan. Regardless of whether you know about niche marketing or not, its difficult to stand out from the chaos without a good niche marketing strategy. Here in this blog, not only are we going to look at niche marketing with examples but we will also learn a few strategies.
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