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Imposter Syndrome: 4 Ways to Defeat Self-Doubt

Let's Grow Leaders

Do you ever feel like you’re just a bit under-qualified for your current role? Are you constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop? Do you lie awake at night, thinking of ways to cover up your weaknesses so no one will […]. The post Imposter Syndrome: 4 Ways to Defeat Self-Doubt appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Microsoft’s next act

McKinsey

CEO Satya Nadella talks about innovation, disruption, and organizational change.

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How Women Can Succeed by Rethinking Old Habits

Strategy+Business

Gender is only one factor in determining how each of us responds to feedback, observations, suggestions, or critiques. That said, women face various external barriers as they seek to advance in their careers, which shape their experience of work. And their responses to these experiences, over time, become habits. The good news is that our behaviors lie within our control, and uprooting those behaviors that are no longer serving us can improve our chances of success.

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BetterUp Raises $26 Million to Democratize Professional Coaching

BetterUp

If you ask most CEOs what the most important element of a company is, they will likely tell you that it’s their people. As a result, companies across the globe have invested a whopping $130 billion dollars on programs to improve employee performance and retention. And yet, the results are disappointing. . We’ve missed the mark on what organizations and front-line managers need for sustainable performance: the tools to power them through a marathon, not a sprint.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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How to Dramatically Improve Your Team Communication

Let's Grow Leaders

The best way to improve your team communication is to talk about it. Most team frustration stems from expectation violations, not just about what we’re communicating, but how. It’s always inspiring to see a team carve out some time, shut the door, […]. The post How to Dramatically Improve Your Team Communication appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Leading with inner agility

McKinsey

Disruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing complex problems. To navigate effectively, we must learn to let go—and become more complex ourselves.

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12 Illustrations about Management Thinking

Strategy+Business

A look at the artwork from the recent pages of strategy+business, on themes including overcoming bias at work, competitiveness in the age of digitization, and the ethics of CEOs.

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How do emerging technologies affect the creative economy?

McKinsey

Research suggests some ways artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and blockchain are reshaping creative work.

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Competing in the AI economy: An interview with MIT’s Andrew McAfee

McKinsey

AI has arrived, but are companies ready for it? According to an MIT scientist, executives are underestimating the speed, scope, and scale of the disruption it will bring.

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Leadership development as a competitive advantage

McKinsey

Talent should be part of every conversation in an organization, says the CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Group.

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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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Five Fifty: Jerk factors

McKinsey

Maybe you don’t act like a jerk in the workplace, but you might turn into one when exposed to the following triggers.

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Economic Conditions Snapshot, March 2018: McKinsey Global Survey results

McKinsey

Global respondents see trade-policy changes as rising risks to growth, and those in developed economies report a more cautious outlook overall than their emerging-economy peers.

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Harnessing the power of advanced analytics in transmission and distribution asset management

McKinsey

Advanced analytics is helping T&D operators improve performance, reduce asset-management costs, and capture value. Here’s how successful utilities approach the transition.

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How smarter purchasing can improve public-sector performance

McKinsey

Well-established best practices can generate billions of dollars of savings that can be better used elsewhere—without affecting services.

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

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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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The organizational agenda in consumer packaged goods

McKinsey

To continue to compete, CPG companies must increase agility, reskill the C-suite, and leverage millennial talent.

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How OEMs can seize the high-tech future in agriculture and construction

McKinsey

Our research showed that OEMs in North America should focus on five core areas to take advantage of the changing landscape.

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Is a greater focus on talent needed in the private equity industry?

McKinsey

As professional management takes hold in private markets, there’s renewed interest in talent issues.

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The Habits that Slow Down Women's Careers

Strategy+Business

Marshall Goldsmith and Sally Helgesen on how female professionals can change self-limiting behaviors. For related insights, read "How Women Can Succeed by Rethinking Old Habits.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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CEO Succession Planning in a Family Business

Strategy+Business

Warburtons, a British family-owned bakery business, believes that the next generation of family members interested in joining the company first need to get experience in business, and not expect to inherit an automatic role in the company. External talent also needs to be shown that it will be given a fair chance in a family-owned company. In this interview, part of s+b's "Inside the Mind of the CEO" series, Jonathan Warburton describes how his family business prepares for the sixth generation t

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Minding the Gender Gap

Strategy+Business

In That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together, journalist Joanne Lipman challenges men and women to overcome unconscious bias to address gender disparity in the workplace.

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Recovery continues in the OFSE sector, but margins stay under pressure

McKinsey

Higher oil prices should see the OFSE sector recovery continue, although margins remain under pressure.

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From semiconductors to life sciences: Building a global business out of Japan

McKinsey

The president and CEO of JSR Corporation discusses the company’s plans to grow a global healthcare franchise building from his lessons in the semiconductor industry.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.