Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 6, 2017
The other evening, I was sitting at the kitchen table putting the finishing touches on next week’s keynote for the American Health Quality Association. They’d invited me to talk about “finding joy in your work,” a subject that’s at the core our entire Winning Well philosophy, but that I’m not usually invited to address head on.
Career Advancement
JUNE 5, 2017
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~ Steve ~. Camden Asks: I’m going for my first set of interviews. I know I have the job skills to do the work I’m applying for, but what can I do to present myself well. How can I impress my potential employer? Joel Answers: Great job for graduating and having valuable job skills. You ask a critical question. Many people with great skills get passed over because they make some serious gaffs in the interview process.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
McKinsey
JUNE 6, 2017
Lines between products, services, and user environments are blurring. The ability to craft an integrated customer experience will open enormous opportunities to build new businesses.
Penelope Trunk
JUNE 8, 2017
Last week my older son took the SAT subject test for biology. He was supposed to take the AP test for biology but I didn’t realize that you have to start registering a homeschooler for AP tests around the time a NYC parent would start registering their child for preschool: in the womb. So after he studied for two hours a day for a whole year, he didn’t get to take the test.
Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group
Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
With the public's level of anxiety and distrust of executives and government officials, leaders must rethink how they relate to organizations.
TED
JUNE 9, 2017
Picture this: Three kids are given a LEGO set with the pieces to build a fire department. All of them want to build as many new toys as possible. The first kid goes straight for the easy wins. He puts a tiny red hat on a tiny minifig : presto, a firefighter! In this way, he quickly makes several simple toys. The second kid goes by intuition. He chooses the pieces he’s drawn to and imagines how he could combine them.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
World Economic Forum
JUNE 8, 2017
Netflix's chief content officer has suggested that films that gross over US$1 billion at the box office could become a thing of the past.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 5, 2017
Building a network and improving your imagination can expand the road ahead.
Lateral Action
JUNE 5, 2017
This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Steven Pressfield, author of the creativity classic The War of Art and a string of other bestselling fiction and nonfiction books. In today’s show Steve talks about his latest novel, The Knowledge, which he describes as “the origin story of The War of Art“, based […].
McKinsey
JUNE 5, 2017
Companies that commit to continually updating their enterprise architectures can deliver goods and services as fast as Internet-born competitors do.
Advertiser: Paycor
Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.
World Economic Forum
JUNE 7, 2017
People with creative personalities really do see the world differently, according to new research.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 7, 2017
The founder of the apparel company talks about how much personal growth leaders should demand -- of employees and themselves.
Eat Your Career
JUNE 5, 2017
Every week, I get a ton of emails from blog readers with career questions they want me to answer. Typically, I don’t provide career advice via email—that’s why we have the monthly Q&A (“Ask the Career Coach”) video sessions. Members of the Free Career Resource Library can attend for free and submit questions of their own. But one question I get asked a lot is about job hopping.
McKinsey
JUNE 9, 2017
Companies that excel at sales growth are tightly focused on developing the talent they need by understanding how sales reps really work.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
World Economic Forum
JUNE 7, 2017
Sweden's new 'Musuem of Failure' is designed to celebrate innovation and creativity - even when the product flops. Here are some items you can expect to see.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 7, 2017
Cass Sunstein, scholar of constitutional law and author of dozens of influential books, is perhaps best known for bringing the insights of behavioral science into the realms of law, public policy, and regulation. He is particularly intrigued by the science of defaults, those subtle cues that shape our decisions, often without our being aware of it, making certain choices feel almost automatic.
McKinsey
JUNE 6, 2017
All the ingredients are in place for unprecedented advances in risk analytics. Now it’s up to banks to capture the opportunities.
McKinsey
JUNE 9, 2017
Advances in robotics, cognition, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are ushering in a new era of automation. Machines can now match or outperform humans across a range of activities in a number of industries, including insurance.
Speaker: Speakers:
Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.
McKinsey
JUNE 9, 2017
Banking in India is at a crossroads. Players that face the challenges head on and harness digital growth could scale up world-class businesses.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 5, 2017
In today's tight labor market, employers must consider offering more to fill open positions.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
The world is potentially on the brink of an age of new powerful materials, fueled by innovation in the chemicals industry. But for today's incumbent chemicals companies to be central players in this story, there are some vital prerequisites: restructuring of their product portfolios, successful exploitation of digital technologies, and rewriting business models to generate higher returns on their investment in innovation.
McKinsey
JUNE 5, 2017
Multiple forces, including technology and demographics, are dramatically reshaping the payments value chain, and opening the industry to potential disruption from fintechs. Incumbents have a number of strong options for addressing this disruption. Those that think deeply about how the industry is evolving and take early action will fare best.
Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk
In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?
McKinsey
JUNE 5, 2017
The adoption of robotics, internet-of-things technology, and data analytics — along with macroeconomic trends and changing consumer behavior — are fundamentally transforming the way resources are consumed, write Jonathan Woetzel and Scott Nyquist in Harvard Business Review.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 7, 2017
Is it fair to ask employees to embrace personal growth, on top of everything else they do? Yes, according to the apparel company CEO. See also "Eileen Fisher on Leadership: The Personal Side of Organizational Change.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
334 
Let's personalize your content