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Four Questions to Keep Your Team Focused and Working on What Matters Most

Let's Grow Leaders

When I look back on my career at Verizon at the times my teams truly knocked it out the park–the times we increased results exponentially and led the Nation in results or had a major turnaround pulling a team out of the abyss, there is one common characteristic. We had the team laser-focused on the one or two critical behaviors that mattered most at the frontline– and they were doing them consistently.

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What makes a CEO ‘exceptional’?

McKinsey

We assessed the early moves of CEOs with outstanding track records; some valuable lessons for leadership transitions emerged.

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The Leadership Survey

Strategy+Business

Who are the most capable leaders, and what do they do to excel at both strategy and execution? See also "Wanted: Ambidextrous Leaders.

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Career Success A to Z: S is for Self-Motivation

Eat Your Career

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. There’s no doubt that motivation is essential for career success. After all, it’s a long and arduous journey. It’s easy to get distracted along the way, to lose sight of the goal and fall into a rut. As a good friend of mine says, “There’s a difference between a rut and a groove.”.

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How to Turn “Check-the-Box” Compliance Trainings Into Real Learning

Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group

Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance trainings aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, relevant, and maybe even enjoyable! Join expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training programs. You’ll discover creative strategies to turn traditionally dry topics into meaningful learning experiences that resonate and drive real change.

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Analytics in banking: Time to realize the value

McKinsey

By establishing analytics as a true business discipline, banks can grasp the enormous potential.

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Design for value and growth in a new world

McKinsey

Customer choice has never been greater, so terrific design is essential for outstanding products and services—and to build lasting customer relationships.

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The right response to digital disruption

McKinsey

Companies that adopt bold offensive strategies in the face of industry digitization will come out the winners, write Jacques Bughin and Nicolas van Zeebroeck in MIT Sloan Management Review.

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Building efficient IT organizations: Insights from our benchmarks

McKinsey

A focus on five high-level capabilities may help IT organizations reduce costs, improve productivity, and successfully pursue digital innovation.

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A deal-making strategy for new CEOs

McKinsey

New CEOs typically raise the tempo of transactions at first, then the pace slows down. Is that costly?

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Creating an infrastructure bank: Principles of success

McKinsey

The key is to ask, and answer, the right questions.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

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.

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Shifting gears in cybersecurity for connected cars

McKinsey

To secure products across the supply chain, the automotive sector must develop new ways to collaborate.

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The debate over private infrastructure financing in the United States

McKinsey

Financing costs are higher, but the results are worth it.

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Deepening capital markets in emerging economies

McKinsey

Engaging at three levels can help to accelerate growth in Asia.

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The migrant boon

McKinsey

Cross-border migrants, more than 90 percent of whom have moved for economic reasons, comprise just 3.4 percent of the world’s population, but contribute nearly 10 percent of global GDP, write Ian Goldin and James Jonathan Woetzel in Project Syndicate.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

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

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Basel IV: What’s next for European banks?

McKinsey

A new report finds that European banks will need more capital under the so-called Basel IV reforms. While rule making continues, banks can take no-regret measures now.

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Strategy Talk: How Do I Build a Strong Pipeline of Future Leaders?

Strategy+Business

The next generation of management needs to build its strategic acumen through real-world practice.

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Wanted: Ambidextrous Leaders

Strategy+Business

Leaders who fully understand strategy and execution are rare. Those who can make it work are even rarer. We're looking for examples. See also "The Leadership Survey.

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Where Have All the Shop Clerks Gone?

Strategy+Business

Forget your worries about the factory floor. Machines are already decimating retail jobs.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

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.

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Rethinking Returnships for Retaining Women

Strategy+Business

These high-level internships can help organizations tap into an overlooked talent pool, but they aren't a cure-all.

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The truth about zero-based budgeting: ZBB for consumer-goods players

McKinsey

Ten myths and realities illustrate the power and practicalities of zero-based budgeting for the consumer-packaged-goods industry.

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Driving superior value through digital procurement

McKinsey

Emerging digital and advanced analytics tools promise new levels of procurement performance. To deliver that promise, CPOs must discover which of them are best suited to the needs of their company.

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More than four walls and a roof: Housing as an anchor in times of turbulence

McKinsey

Singapore shows how an effective housing program can promote social and political stability.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

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?

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Assistance & service offerings as a game changer in a transforming insurance industry

McKinsey

Insurance incumbents and innovative start-ups around the globe have recently begun launching new assistance & service offerings—in increasing numbers and in a wide range of configurations. Yet, while the launches of these offerings may well be considered as first ambitious attempts of insurers to respond to a number of today’s challenges to their classic business model, there are still many more and further-reaching opportunities that have yet to be tapped.

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Avoiding the seven deadly sins of customer-experience transformations

McKinsey

Efforts to improve the customer experience can deliver tremendous value, but temptations that can undo good intentions lurk in any change program. Resist seven common missteps.

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