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How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support

Let's Grow Leaders

Does this sound familiar? You started the year with a clear vision and direction. You’ve rallied people around that vision and worked hard to engage everyone’s hearts and minds. You connected what to why. And had brilliant momentum. No one ever anticipated […]. The post How To Change Your Mind and Not Lose Their Trust and Support appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Is Remote Work Good for Your Career?

On The Job

Since people began working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, much has been written about how this is a trend here to stay -- more of us will now work from home and our companies will love it because workers will be more productive and it will save on commercial real estate costs. Hold on. I've been covering such stories for a long (long) time, since technology made it possible for someone to stay connected to the office via a phone and PC.

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Fashion’s digital transformation: Now or never

McKinsey

Some apparel, fashion, and luxury companies won’t survive the current crisis; others will emerge better positioned for the future. Much will depend on their digital and analytics capabilities.

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5 Strategies to Help Your Small Business Survive a Recession

crowdspring

Recession is a scary word for every business. But, it’s particularly worrisome for small businesses who may not have the same financial cushioning as large companies. Some say a recession is coming, while others say that it’s already here. In either case, you must develop a strategy to recession-proof your business, and you should do this now.

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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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How to Help Your Team Manage Change

Let's Grow Leaders

Connection is key to help your team manage change When you have a clear picture of where you want to go but your team won’t come along as quickly as you want, it can feel like you’re trying to pull a car […]. The post How to Help Your Team Manage Change appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Reducing agriculture emissions through improved farming practices

McKinsey

A marginal abatement cost curve offers a perspective on how 25 proven GHG-efficient farming technologies and practices could reduce emissions by about 20 percent by 2050.

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How to Speak the Language of Project Management

Eat Your Career

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals. Date : Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. Project management is an entire field of study in and of itself.

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Supporting and Building On Your Team’s Discoveries

Let's Grow Leaders

Disruptions like the recent crisis also create opportunities. Your team gets scrappy. They figure out different ways to serve your customer or solve problems you didn’t know existed. As you move through these times and establish a new cadence, you don’t […]. The post Supporting and Building On Your Team’s Discoveries appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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3 Big Challenges Of Remote Work and How To Overcome Them

crowdspring

Remote work is no longer the work of the future. It’s the “here and now” of businesses all over the world. And, it’s become clear that while many business owners and companies were skeptical of remote work at first, it’s undoubtedly here to stay. But, whether your business is an experienced remote team or new to the game, remote work always poses….

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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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From surviving to thriving: Reimagining the post-COVID-19 return

McKinsey

For many, the toughest leadership test is now looming: how to bring a business back in an environment where a vaccine has yet to be found and economies are still reeling.

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11 Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction Besides the Obvious

Vantage Circle

For sustainable growth, Employee Retention is vital for all organizations. This is only possible through job satisfaction at all levels. Therefore, employers must pay attention to all factors affecting job satisfaction. To help you today, here are factors affecting job satisfaction. The ones not so obvious. What is Job Satisfaction? Job Satisfaction is a crucial metric in employee satisfaction.

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How to be Proactive and Strategic at Work

CMOE

Many leaders and talented individuals tell us that they want to do more than just fulfill their basic responsibilities, but their organizations either don’t have or don’t communicate a clear vision or direction for the future. This is a big dilemma for people who consistently do good work, are reliable, and need something more to keep them engaged and motivated.

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Tuning in, turning outward: Cultivating compassionate leadership in a crisis

McKinsey

Four qualities—awareness, vulnerability, empathy, and compassion—are critical for business leaders to care for people in crisis and set the stage for business recovery.

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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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Water: A human and business priority

McKinsey

Water stress increases risk for communities and businesses. Through proactive individual and collective action, businesses can combat the water crisis.

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General James Mattis on leading in a crisis and thriving in the next normal

McKinsey

The former US defense secretary shares lessons on how to emerge from the pandemic and prepare for what comes next, in a conversation with McKinsey global managing partner Kevin Sneader.

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To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, companies should start reskilling their workforces now

McKinsey

Adapting employees’ skills and roles to the post-pandemic ways of working will be crucial to building operating-model resilience.

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Reopening India: Implications for economic activity and workers

McKinsey

Over the next many months, India’s economy will need to operate alongside COVID-19 by building the capability to manage granular, dynamic, and localized lockdowns and restarts.

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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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Pricing in a pandemic: Navigating the COVID-19 crisis

McKinsey

Demand is volatile right now, creating a variety of pricing challenges. Companies that focus on long-term value rather than short-term gain are best positioned to meet them.

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Digital collaboration for a connected manufacturing workforce

McKinsey

Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies provide crucial support for factory workers to collaborate effectively—an even more urgent requirement as physical distancing becomes the next normal.

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Best practices for an unusual US admissions cycle amid coronavirus

McKinsey

COVID-19 and changes to the NACAC code of ethics have created new challenges and uncertainties for institutions seeking to enroll students for fall 2020. Applying best practices can help universities even beyond May 1.

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Time for change: How to use the crisis to make fashion sourcing more agile and sustainable

McKinsey

COVID-19 has sent shockwaves through the fashion industry’s global sourcing and production operations. A survey of sourcing executives reveals their immediate response to the crisis and details strategies to reshape sourcing for a demand-driven, sustainable future.

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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.

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The B2B digital inflection point: How sales have changed during COVID-19

McKinsey

COVID-19 is changing how B2B buyers and sellers interact. Savvy sales leaders are learning how to adapt to the next normal.

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How to demonstrate calm and optimism in a crisis

McKinsey

Six practices can help leaders build their self-awareness and guide their organizations through the challenges ahead.

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Fast-forward China: How COVID-19 is accelerating five key trends shaping the Chinese economy

McKinsey

Events expected to play out in the Chinese economy over the next several years have been compressed into a short few months.

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Transforming global health supply chains through data visibility

McKinsey

Health systems in emerging markets have not realized the benefits of data visibility to global health supply-chain operations. To do so, health-system leaders will need to take four critical actions.

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Top Techniques for Coaching Your Contact Center Agents

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.