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The Problem With Sandwich Feedback Video (and what to do instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

The sandwich method of giving feedback has long been taught as a coaching and feedback technique. What is the Sandwich Feedback Technique? You start by telling them something great about their performance. Then you give them the constructive feedback you really want them to hear. And you follow it up, with some more positive feedback. Why the sandwich technique doesn’t work.

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Vital signs: The growing impact of digital health innovation

McKinsey

Digital health solutions have the potential to dramatically improve patient care and slow rising costs. Yet achieving that at scale still has obstacles to overcome.

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The Most Thorough Guide to Executive Coaching in 2021

CoCaptain

60 years ago, executive coaching was virtually nonexistent; 50 years ago, it began to emerge as a service strictly reserved for CEOs and C-suite executives as the last resort when they weren’t performing at their best. In these past decades, executive coaching has slowly but surely been on an upwards trajectory in demand. Today, things have largely changed within the coaching world.

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Killing Innovation Projects with The Stage Gate Innovation Selection Process

Fortitude Business Consulting

An excellent approach for managing the effectiveness of your investment in innovation is the Stage Gate process. Innovation project selection and investment becomes particularity important as you move beyond the smaller low risk opportunities to large and more radical projects involving higher degrees of uncertainty. You must balance the need to invest in early-stage risky projects without over investing.

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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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How to Choose Who You Promote into Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

Who you promote into leadership sends a clear message of what matters most in your culture and business. Promote leaders aligned with your culture and you build momentum. Get this wrong and you’ll undo all the good you’ve done. In this episode, you’ll get two essential criteria to examine when considering who you promote into a leadership role.

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Financial services unchained: The ongoing rise of open financial data

McKinsey

If open finance continues to accelerate, it could reshape the global financial services ecosystem, change the very idea of banking, and increase pressure on incumbents.

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Innovation Driven — How UPS is Living its Strategy

FourSight

Like so many corporate leaders, Anne Price wanted more innovation, but wasn’t sure how to get it. As Director of Global Marketing Capabilities at UPS, Price wanted a way to help UPS marketers live up to their new corporate strategy: “Innovation driven.” Her solution came in the form of a training course, inspired by Shark Tank, called “Innovate Like an Entrepreneur.”.

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How to Deal with Team Conflict

Let's Grow Leaders

Handling team conflict well distinguishes outstanding leaders. You’ve got a clear focus on what matters most, your team seems to work well together, but then you get that call: “I need to talk to you about…” It’s conflict, a disagreement, or a clash of personalities. What you do next will reinforce your leadership and influence—or erode your credibility.

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Call for action: Seizing the decarbonization opportunity in construction

McKinsey

As decarbonization initiatives gain momentum, construction players can benefit from this growing trend—but only if they view ESG as a strategic opportunity and collaborate with other stakeholders in the ecosystem.

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7 Ways To Boost Your Employees Self-Discipline

Vantage Circle

Success begins with self-discipline. ~ Sunday Adelaja. Many important characteristics contribute to a person's success and happiness. But only one generates long-term success in all areas of life: self-discipline. Setting and achieving goals is one of the most vital attributes in life. Let's take a well-known example. To maintain a good lifestyle, you must exercise regularly, lose weight if necessary.

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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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PASSION

Charles Leon

Seven tips for living with creative passion P. Be Passionate. Believe in yourself. Take Pride in What You do. I studied Theatre Design and worked briefly for the National Theatre, UK. I had aspirations to become a world-famous film designer, so I went to Australia, where I thought I could make my mark. Full of ignorance and arrogance, I thought it would be easy to get into Australia's films; they were just waiting for me.

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How the automotive industry is accelerating out of the turn

McKinsey

While the early effects of the COVID-19 crisis presented a dip in the road, car sales and production are roaring back. Trends that have been long in coming point to significant changes ahead.

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Forward Thinking on technology and political economy with Daron Acemoglu

McKinsey

The influential economist connects the dots between artificial intelligence, productivity, wages, and inequality, and how to counterbalance the impacts of automation.

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Digging deeper: Trends in underground hard-rock mining for gold and base metals

McKinsey

While underground mining methods show higher cost than open pit, their complexity almost always means that there is opportunity in both productivity and cost improvement.

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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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Building distinctive European powerhouse brands

McKinsey

Innovative private brands that meet changing consumer requirements will be a distinctive component of success in the grocery world of tomorrow.

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Finding solidarity in an effort to vaccinate the world

McKinsey

Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, strengthens ties with partners to help increase global immunity in the context of COVID-19.

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How global companies can manage geopolitical risk

McKinsey

Global enterprises can proactively manage the threats that escalating international and internal political tensions pose to their operations, performance, and culture.

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Five areas of growth for digital marketing in ASEAN

McKinsey

With growth increasingly hard to achieve, Southeast Asian companies must make decisive moves in five areas of modern digital marketing to capture potential opportunities.

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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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Centered leadership creates connection in turbulent times

McKinsey

McKinsey’s Joanna Barsh discusses how you can become an effective and engaged leader.

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Finding the right (of) way to efficient road operation and maintenance

McKinsey

Comparing operation and maintenance performance of different roads is complex, but it can help improve efficiency for roadway owners and operators and unlock much-needed capital.

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Getting real about mitigating price inflation

McKinsey

Category managers can respond to inflation—and save their companies a lot of money in the months ahead.

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Author Talks: Melody Wilding on turning sensitivity into a superpower

McKinsey

In her new book, Melody Wilding explores the intersection of high sensitivity and high achievement at work.

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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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Don’t overthink your approach to valuation in emerging markets

McKinsey

The risks of investing in emerging markets are real, but it’s not necessary to amplify them by adding an extra risk premium to the cost of capital. Standard valuation principles still apply. Here’s why.

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The McKinsey Crossword: Furniture Store Leaders | No. 32

McKinsey

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.

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Roche’s Infinity model: Helping to transform the lives of patients with rare diseases

McKinsey

Anne Nijs explains how the rare-disease group at Roche Pharmaceuticals pioneered a new model that puts the patient experience at the center of healthcare innovation and delivery.

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Ron O’Hanley of State Street on corporate resilience and ESG

McKinsey

The CEO of the US financial giant reflects on the lessons about managing environmental, social, and governance risks that the pandemic delivered to global business.

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Human-Centered Cyber Security Training: Driving Real Impact on Security Culture

Speaker: Speakers:

In today's digital age, having an untrained workforce can be a significant risk to your business. Cyber threats are evolving; without proper training, your employees could be the weakest link in your defense. This webinar empowers leaders like you with the tools and strategies needed to transform your employees into a robust frontline defense against cyber attacks.

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The DRI dilemma: Could raw material shortages hinder the steel industry’s green transition?

McKinsey

Raw-material shortages have the potential to disrupt the market for direct reduced iron, but industry participants are already planning to implement new strategies.

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Seeds of outperformance: How M&A can help banks thrive in the next normal

McKinsey

The ‘next normal’ will pose challenges that banks can address through carefully planned M&A. A few broad strategies offer the greatest potential.

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Building national supply chain resilience

McKinsey

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of global supply chains and highlighted the public health and national security implications of supply chain vulnerability. Policy reactions have focused on limiting exports and encouraging domestic production. But building supply chain resilience will require a more rigorous assessment of risk and a strategic set of policy actions.

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Closing the job mobility gap between black and white americans

McKinsey

Today, Black Americans face stubborn gaps between their economic position and that of white people. Research estimates a $220 billion annual wage disparity versus a parity scenario, with Black workers currently concentrated in low-wage jobs, underrepresented in higher-paying occupations, and paid less than white workers on average within the same occupational categories, especially in managerial and leadership roles.

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Content Distribution Made Easy: Serving Customers Your High Compliance Training

You invest a lot of time and energy in creating high compliance and regulatory training for your customers. And chances are, you want to make it as easy as possible for them to take your courses and track training completion statuses for audit purposes for risk and compliance departments. And if they aren’t able to access your high stakes training, the consequences for your customers can be extremely costly.