Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Going back to the office? Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work. Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. Mixed Feelings about Going Back. Over the past month, as more U.S. citizens have access to vaccines, we’ve been talking with people whose teams have worked remotely about their thoughts on returning to in-person work.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 14, 2021

“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths.” – Kyle Parton. Do you want to make your strengths more widely known, but worry about being seen as a braggart? You’re not alone—that’s a common fear among employees in most workplaces. Many people feel their coworkers and company leadership don’t know about their core strengths, yet they’re afraid to speak up about them, lest others perceive them as boasting.

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On The Job

JUNE 14, 2021

When interviewing for a job, it's always a good idea to pay attention when you get a tour of the workplace and meet other employees. During this time, you want to look for red flags -- the things that indicate that employees are unhappy or that the workplace has a toxic atmosphere. (Some indications include workers who never smile or make eye contact, rundown facilities, lack of clarity regarding advancement, etc.

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McKinsey

JUNE 17, 2021

From project-based work to a lack of hierarchy, the way people work is changing fast. Organizations that plan for the postpandemic world are better able to deliver value—even amid uncertainty. Insights on Organization Leadership Managing in Uncertainty Operations Organization

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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

JUNE 18, 2021

It’s a challenge common to many leaders and managers: Last-minute customer requests, emergencies, interruptions, and distractions make it hard to stay focused on your M.I.T.s (the Most Important Thing ). If you’re not careful, reactivity can become a permanent way of life. In this episode, you’ll receive practical steps you can take to calm the chaos and help your team regain their focus.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 18, 2021

This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant in our recent Q&A (Ask the Career Coach) session asked for some help with the following: We’re looking for resources on being more accurate and working not to miss details.

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McKinsey

JUNE 15, 2021

The pandemic tested organizations’ ability to find the right balance between overreacting and underreacting. Capturing lessons from this crisis will help leaders navigate uncertainty in the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 17, 2021

The Let’s Grow Leaders A.R.T. Method of Advanced Accountability. Hi Karin, I’ve read Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul. And, I love the I.N.S.P.I.R.E. method for difficult conversations. The coaching method works great much of the time. But, what do I do if one accountability conversation is not enough?

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StrategyU

JUNE 12, 2021

What do you think about the following drawing? Not great, right? Now consider the second drawing below by the same artist. The only difference is that the one on the left took 10 minutes to complete whereas the one on the right took only 12 seconds. What if all your thoughts were only 12-second thoughts? That is the world that would exist without critical thinking.

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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.

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Vantage Circle

JUNE 17, 2021

The usual understanding of success at work revolves around these basic career assumptions- a six-figure salary, getting to the top of the corporate ladder- winning promotion after promotion, and having a cozy, corner office. But employee attitudes , desires, and demands have changed over time. For example, personal lives have become an important consideration while deciding on careers now.

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McKinsey

JUNE 14, 2021

Though grocers have focused on product safety and hygiene during the pandemic, sustainability remains a key priority for consumers and grocery CEOs alike. Now, grocers should focus on how to deliver against their commitments and empower consumers to make sustainable choices.

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Faster Ideas

JUNE 16, 2021

How a Coco Chanel quote can help fashion your creative thinking. Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off. - Coco Chanel Don't get the wrong idea. This isn't a blog about stripping. But it is a piece about stripping back. When you're working on a project it can be very tempting to keep adding more stuff as you have more ideas.

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Business Growth Creator

JUNE 15, 2021

With so much information available online, people easily assume that they have a good knowledge of a specific culture or country, forgetting that culture is a broad concept with many mysteries and unknowns. Moreover, in this digital world, there are invisible barriers between languages, cultures and countries. Therefore, it is crucial for leaders looking to trade internationally to consider the different cultural nuances, specifically when a Western company enters the Asian market.

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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!

Solution

Vantage Circle

JUNE 18, 2021

An effective performance management system starts with the appropriate performance planning. It’s like planning the schedule before heading out for a road trip. You need to list down your basic requirements and then make the necessary preparations. It’s unlikely that you’ll have a successful trip if you don’t plan ahead. The same goes for planning out your organizations’ performance management structure.

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McKinsey

JUNE 16, 2021

Companies that master the deployment of intangibles investment will be well positioned to outperform their peers.

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Faster Ideas

JUNE 14, 2021

Paying homage to the late, great Edward de Bono - by talking about his hats. Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on Unsplash. Edward de Bono was the originator of the term 'lateral thinking' and an author of over 60 books. He , passed away last week at the age of 88. Many of you will have heard of 'lateral thinking'. Widely used in creative circles and the business world, it's the process of looking at problems indirectly via non-obvious or non-traditional logic.

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CMOE

JUNE 14, 2021

In a recent study, only 14 percent of employees strongly agreed that performance reviews motivate them to improve. Though annual performance reviews can offer good insight, these meetings often occur too late to inspire any behavioral improvements. This study also revealed that 79 percent of millennials would like their managers to be coaches or mentors.

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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.

Engineering

Vantage Circle

JUNE 16, 2021

Do you have a thriving business? Are you looking for a different way to compensate your employees? If that's the case, a profit-sharing plan is just right for you! It is an excellent option if you want to encourage a culture of collaboration and a win-win situation for both. According to a Gallup poll, 40% of the employees want profit-sharing options as a part of their compensation plan.

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McKinsey

JUNE 16, 2021

‘Infratech’ is now a viable asset class and an increasingly essential component of infrastructure investments and operations. Investors and their operating companies need to prepare.

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Charles Leon

JUNE 12, 2021

The difference between innovation and invention. Fritz Haber , the German chemist, was awarded the Nobel prize in 1918 for what is now known as the Haber-Bosch Process. Haber invented a method of fixing nitrogen from the air by using a catalyst and pressure. This method then enabled the synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas. Nitrogen used in fertilizers from the Haber-Bosch process has been estimated as assisting two-thirds of the global annual food production, which supports nearl

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McKinsey

JUNE 17, 2021

Active supply-chain decarbonization is becoming a license to operate for businesses, but companies aiming to be role models in the fight against climate change must overcome roadblocks along the way.

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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.

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McKinsey

JUNE 17, 2021

Closing racial gaps across the economy is not only about righting historic wrongs. It is also about choosing a more dynamic future and realizing the full potential of a massively underutilized source of talent, to the benefit of all Americans.

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McKinsey

JUNE 15, 2021

Kristin Neff discusses how women can balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power—in the workplace and beyond.

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McKinsey

JUNE 14, 2021

Bringing the sparkle back: Six seismic shifts are shaping the fine jewellery and watches industries in the next five years.

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McKinsey

JUNE 18, 2021

Quantum computing’s ability to simulate larger, more complex molecules could be game changing. Pharmaceutical companies should reflect on their strategic stance to this promising new technology now.

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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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