Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 24, 2018
“Karin, TRUST me. I would LOVE to delegate more of these decisions and loosen up the reigns, but then I go out into the field and find all this crap. I just don’t think we have the critical thinking skills we need […]. The post Critical Thinking: 5 Ways to Build Your Team’s Capacity to Think appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
Advancing women’s equality in the countries of Asia Pacific could add $4.5 trillion to their collective annual GDP in 2025, a 12 percent increase over the business-as-usual trajectory.
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BetterUp
APRIL 23, 2018
Robin Ely and Fern Mandelbaum recently spoke in a fireside chat moderated by Ellen Levy at BetterUp Shift 2018. The event brought together the most innovative leaders and thinkers in HR and people development to discuss how to infuse greater meaning into the employee experience. Ely and Mandelbaum discussed some of the most effective practices for creating diverse and inclusive work environments, and recruiting diverse teams.
IQ Matrix
APRIL 23, 2018
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. — Maxwell Maltz. The Purpose of this Exercise. The Self-Esteem Builder exercise is designed to provide you with a boost of confidence when you need it most. It’s especially of value if you lack the confidence you need to achieve a desired outcome. So whether you’re struggling with something tangible or finding it difficult to overcome challenging emotions , the Self-Esteem Builder exercise will help you find the co
Advertiser: Paycor
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 26, 2018
What are the one or two behaviors, if you did them consistently, would dramatically improve your sales team performance? “Build deeper, trusting relationships.” Table stakes. “Add real strategic value.” Amen. “Invest deeply in truly understanding my business.” Please! “Become an extended go-to member […].
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
Smart machines are giving storytellers and risk managers alike a helping hand.
Professional Development Brief brings together the best content for development professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Penelope Trunk
APRIL 24, 2018
Men do a lot more housework today than they did ten years ago, but they do the same amount of housework regardless of whether they are single or married. This means men are more self-sufficient than they used to be, but also that they are only doing what women would call “the basics.” Women do more housework when they are married than when they are single — even with no kids.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2018
Understanding what it takes to act like a tech company requires a few key breakthroughs, as this interview with the CIO for DBS Bank highlights.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2018
Organizational simplicity. Clear accountabilities. Nimble planning processes. All characterize a scrappy oil and gas company you may not have heard of. Learn more from its CEO.
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
How do you get incumbent companies to perform like a start-up? By rethinking organizational culture.
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
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
Artificial intelligence has the potential to create trillions of dollars of value across the economy—if business leaders work to understand what AI can and cannot do.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2018
By focusing on valuable and meaningful workforce experiences, utilities can move from incremental improvements to transformative ones.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 22, 2018
In The Tyranny of Metrics, history professor Jerry Muller reminds us that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
McKinsey
APRIL 25, 2018
A decade ago, the state decided to make its energy system cleaner and greener. How is it doing?
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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.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 24, 2018
How to navigate from task to task with greater efficiency.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 24, 2018
How to navigate from task to task with greater efficiency.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 22, 2018
E-sports has emerged as a force on the entertainment and media landscape slowly -- and all at once. Over the past decade or so, innovations, the spread of broadband Internet, and changing consumer habits have spurred gaming to morph into a vibrant, viable, and sustainable industry. As a media business, e-sports has a compelling set of attributes. In an era of distraction and short attention spans, e-sports commands the focus of young people who are otherwise shifting away from established modes
Strategy+Business
APRIL 25, 2018
Your company may have a big problem in the stories people tell each other. Deceptive organizational messages may be embedded in the culture and repeated throughout the company as a matter of course. Four types of deceptive messages are prevalent in business: misperceptions of risk, value, proficiency, and validity. The principle of neuroplasticity suggests you can relabel and reframe these messages, bringing them to the surface and consciously developing new narratives that more closely express
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.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 25, 2018
Your company may have a big problem in the stories people tell each other. Deceptive organizational messages may be embedded in the culture and repeated throughout the company as a matter of course. Four types of deceptive messages are prevalent in business: misperceptions of risk, value, proficiency, and validity. The principle of neuroplasticity suggests you can relabel and reframe these messages, bringing them to the surface and consciously developing new narratives that more closely express
Strategy+Business
APRIL 23, 2018
The emergence of intelligent technologies is offering companies a new opportunity to use technology to improve process performance and realize significant cost savings. These technologies can be implemented in short sprints, focused on a specific problem, with manageable costs. Thus, if big automation is the creation of core enterprise systems that drive commonality, standardization, and centralized control, "small" automation is the fast implementation of flexible and adaptable technologies tha
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
Education levels and skills will determine how disruptive automation is to the region’s labor markets.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 25, 2018
Your company may have a big problem in the stories people tell each other. Deceptive organizational messages may be embedded in the culture and repeated throughout the company as a matter of course. Four types of deceptive messages are prevalent in business: misperceptions of risk, value, proficiency, and validity. The principle of neuroplasticity suggests you can relabel and reframe these messages, bringing them to the surface and consciously developing new narratives that more closely express
Advertiser: Paycor
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.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2018
Owners and contractors can share “integrated project delivery” benefits on any project—including digital work flows and increased visibility—through a connected data environment.
McKinsey
APRIL 23, 2018
Getting the most from zero-based budgeting requires deft action from the start. Here are some crucial lessons from the front lines.
McKinsey
APRIL 27, 2018
As construction moves into the cloud, here’s what industry leaders must do to lay the groundwork for change.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 23, 2018
The emergence of intelligent technologies is offering companies a new opportunity to use technology to improve process performance and realize significant cost savings. These technologies can be implemented in short sprints, focused on a specific problem, with manageable costs. Thus, if big automation is the creation of core enterprise systems that drive commonality, standardization, and centralized control, "small" automation is the fast implementation of flexible and adaptable technologies tha
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
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