October, 2017

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Four Powerful Ways to Get Helpful Feedback From Your Peers

Let's Grow Leaders

I’m sure you ask your boss for feedback. And, I imagine you’re checking in with your direct reports regularly on how you’re doing. If you’re like many managers we work with, you may be less inclined to ask your peers for their […].

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Six Smart Strategies for Communicating with High-Level Executives

Career Advancement

“The art of communication is the language of leadership.” ~James Humes~. Mei had just scheduled a one-on-one meeting with an upper-level executive in her company. She didn’t get much face time with high-level executives, so when communicating with them, she knew she had to make it count. She understood that talking with senior executives was a great strategy for boosting her visibility at work.

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How to create an agile organization

McKinsey

Transforming companies to achieve organizational agility is in its early days but already yielding positive returns. While the paths can vary, survey findings suggest how to start.

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I finally found the secret to waking up early

Penelope Trunk

Now that I am finally writing again, I’m so excited to tell you what’s been happening. And I have all these pictures I took, thinking, this will be good for the blog. But then I didn’t write anything. You can’t get stuff done if you don’t plan an exact time of day you’re going to do it. So I planned to wake up and write before the boys get up.`.

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The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Training Program

Learning how to promote your training courses online is key to growing your training business. In this Ultimate Guide to Marketing we cover effective and modern marketing strategies that will help you market your training program, and sell more courses. You’ll learn how to: Harness the power of SEO to drive website traffic Convert more website visitors to sales Create smart email marketing campaigns Get the most out of course marketplaces Establish a referral program And more… Get ready to see y

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Replacing A to B with ABC for More Successful Initiatives

SchellingPoint

Follow. ( 5 Followers ). X. Follow. E-mail : *. Follow. Unfollow. The post Replacing A to B with ABC for More Successful Initiatives appeared first on SchellingPoint Website.

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How to Cultivate Leadership That Is Honed to Solve Problems

Strategy+Business

When you have a wicked problem, where there is no obvious solution, challenge-driven leadership may work. The approach, pioneered at technology-oriented institutions such as MIT, brings together people with deep expertise, without the trappings of leadership, to handle challenges they find interesting.

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Number #1 Factor for Career Success: Increased visibility in Your Job

Career Advancement

“The power of visibility can never be underestimated.” ~Margaret Cho~. Zachary Asks: You’ve seen a lot of people climb the ladder of success. And probably some fall back down it. In all that time, what’s the one thing people should know… but probably don’t… that would have the greatest impact on their career? Joel Answers: Great question Zachary. We’ve been programmed that those who work hardest get ahead.

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Where is technology taking the economy?

McKinsey

We are creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in the virtual economy. This is bringing us into a new economic era—a distributive one—where different rules apply.

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The best personality type game I’ve ever played

Penelope Trunk

Last week I announced that I’m discounting my coaching sessions from $350 to $150. I have never discounted sessions in the ten years that I’ve been coaching, but I decided to do it because I need to stick to a sleeping schedule and I thought if I schedule coaching calls to wake up and go to bed then I’ll get a schedule. I’m so excited that so many of you signed up.

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How to Get More Out of Professional Development Training: [PART 3] Leveraging Learning

Eat Your Career

This is part three of a three-part series where I’m covering the following topics: Part 1: Getting Leadership Approval. Part 2: Retaining Information. Part 3: Leveraging Learning. In this article, I’ll share some strategies to help you use what you’ve learned in training. Previously, I shared the importance of creating an action plan—a document that outlines the specific, incremental steps you’re going to take to implement what you’ve learned in training.

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Next Level eLearning – The AI-powered Courseware Coach

Introducing Willow from WILL Interactive – a new artificial instructor technology that coaches users through eLearning content to increase training ROI. Using active conversations with a virtual expert not only reinforces key concepts but also helps employees think critically and creatively. Willow can ask questions, analyze responses, and deliver personalized feedback.

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The Real Value of Your Company

Strategy+Business

Executives pay too much attention to something they can't directly control: their company's share price. But they do control the decisions -- the inputs to business performance -- that affect the intrinsic value of the company. Make the right decisions to increase intrinsic value and your share price will follow. You can do this by focusing your attention on three factors: investor expectations (embedded in your current share price), how value is created and consumed in your industry, and your o

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10 Questions Managers Should Ask When Their Team Won’t Listen

Let's Grow Leaders

One of the most challenging management experiences you’ll encounter is when it feels like your team won’t listen. You share your vision of the future, what the team’s capable of achieving…and are met with shrugs and silent stares. You share a new […].

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Replacing A to B with ABC for More Successful Initiatives

SchellingPoint

The post Replacing A to B with ABC for More Successful Initiatives appeared first on SchellingPoint Website.

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Women in the Workplace 2017

McKinsey

More companies are committing to gender equality. But progress will remain slow unless we confront blind spots on diversity—particularly regarding women of color, and employee perceptions of the status quo.

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Shaping a Better Future by Uniting Corporate and Higher Education Content

With the increased interest in reskilling and upskilling existing workforces, companies are looking for more training and development content and realizing that higher education has a lot to offer. Similarly, companies are finding value in providing training to students and preskilling their future workforce. The challenge is that the technology and platforms used to serve these two audiences have never had to work well together—until now.

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Are you having a break or a breakdown?

Penelope Trunk

So often in my life I have felt like I’m failing when I’ve actually been taking a break. After college I had various odd jobs and every night I read books. I read a book a night for a while. I used to ignore that part of my story — glossing over it and skipping from college graduation to professional beach volleyball. But the late-afternoon reading that slipped into late-night reading was my break.

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How to Get More Out of Professional Development Training: [PART 2] Retaining Information

Eat Your Career

This is part two of a three-part series where I’m covering the following topics: Part 1: Getting Leadership Approval. Part 2: Retaining Information. Part 3: Leveraging Learning. In this article, we’re diving into the big question: How do you effectively capture—and more importantly, retain —learning in a professional development training program? For many professionals, training isn’t an everyday occurrence.

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Why Larry Smarr Is Pioneering Collaborative Innovation

Strategy+Business

Physicist Larry Smarr has been among the most important synthesizers and conductors of innovation, discovery, and commercialization of new technologies -- including areas as disparate as the Web browser and personalized medicine. As director of Calit2, based at two University of California campuses in Southern California, Smarr oversees a sandbox in which researchers from different disciplines collaborate in such areas as renewable energy, medicine, and climate research.

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Three Connections That Energize Every Great Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

Let’s face it, leadership is hard. You give it everything you have, but sometimes, it feels like it’s just not enough. When that happened though, here’s what you have to tell yourself… You’re not alone. Or, I should say…you don’t have to […].

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Five Ways Managers Screw Up MBWA

Let's Grow Leaders

No matter what level leader you are, if you want to really make an impact on your team, get out of your office. Walk around. Connect with the human beings you’re supporting, and their customers. Listen to them. Act on what you […].

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Three Ways to Stop Your NPS Program From Destroying Your Customer Experience

Let's Grow Leaders

I love NPS programs (Net Promoter Score)--when they’re designed and executed well. When I was at Verizon, The Ultimate Question was required reading for every manager on my team. And today, most of my clients use NPS in one way or another and […].

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share About Employee Engagement and Customer Service

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is about employee engagement in relation to customer service. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Frontline Festival is […].

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5 Top Leadership Articles for the week of October 23, 2017

Let's Grow Leaders

Each week I read leadership articles from various online resources and share them across social media. Here are the five leadership articles readers found most valuable last week. Click on the title of the article to read the full text. I have […].

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Your Guide To Transitioning Into Product Management: Essentials For New PMs

Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager

Are you considering a shift to product management or just starting your journey as a Product Manager? Join Leslie Grandy and Drew Weaver for an insightful webinar designed to help you seamlessly transition into this dynamic role. Whether you're looking to pivot your career or enhance your existing skills, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to succeed!

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5 Top Leadership Articles for the Week of October 9, 2017

Let's Grow Leaders

Each week I read leadership articles from various online resources and share them across social media. Here are the five leadership articles readers found most valuable last week. Click on the title of the article to read the full text. I have […].

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How to Nail Your Next Interview–Honing Your Story

Let's Grow Leaders

Even if you’re the right candidate for the right job, if you don’t have your story together, the job’s going to the other guy. In fact, I’ve sat through too many panel interviews over the years with my heart breaking because I […].

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The future of risk management in the digital era

McKinsey

We, in collaboration with the Institute of International Finance (IIF), worked with more than 50 institutions around the world, including banks, regulators, and fintechs, to explore critical questions on the future of risk management. This report aims to answer these questions and shares insights to help organizations navigate a digital transformation of the risk function—now and in the long term.

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From ‘why’ to ‘why not’: Sustainable investing as the new normal

McKinsey

More institutional investors recognize environmental, social, and governance factors as drivers of value. The key to investing effectively is to integrate these factors across the investment process.

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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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Safe enough to try: An interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

McKinsey

Organizations are more likely to innovate and thrive when they unleash the potential of individuals and the power of self-organizing teams, says the online retailer’s CEO.

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Disruption, friction, and change: The hallmarks of a true transformation

McKinsey

A company transformation is a holistic, top-priority endeavor that requires aggressive focus from the management team to reach the full potential of a business.

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Women Matter: Ten years of insights on gender diversity

McKinsey

A decade into our research, we highlight key findings—and invite 16 global leaders to look at how to increase gender diversity in corporations and imagine the inclusive company of the future.

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Housing affordability: A supply-side tool kit for cities

McKinsey

Global housing stock has not expanded quickly enough to keep up with a surge in demand, but cities can focus on three supply-side solutions to make progress.

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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.