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Effective Governance: Overcoming Bias and Inertia

Tom Spencer

Organizations can also adopt agile governance practices that allow for iterative decision-making and faster adaptation to the changing business landscape. Agile methodologies empower teams to make decisions so that they can embrace flexibility, take calculated risks, and experiment with new approaches.

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How to Create an Effective L&D Strategy

Clarity Consultants

Along with prioritizing training, you must align what will be offered and the needs of the organization and the learners. Identifying associated benchmarks to gauge the success of the program is also essential. Embrace Flexibility and Personalization Rigid training programs are typically less successful than those that are flexible.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

Even though we were following the typical playbook — posting open positions on job boards that specialize in attracting candidates from underrepresented groups, sponsoring events, giving scholarships, and training our employees on inclusion and hidden bias — we weren’t seeing progress. Native American, 18.1%

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, companies that rely solely on full-time employees are finding they have neither the skills nor the agility to sustain success. ” Managers should be trained on managing scope, launching teams, and providing feedback and coaching to individuals they do not formally control.

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Interview with Pat Kramer CEO of BDO Canada On Future Of Work

Cheryl Cran

We are focused on arming our leaders with the ability to lead change, to increase agility and innovation skills. We are embarking on effective and impactful leadership training that is needed to prepare them for the future and to give them the tools to be effective leaders. What do you think that leaders need to do to be future ready?

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What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession

Harvard Business

Our recent benchmarking of nearly 900 B2B companies underscores the importance of these tools. Those behaviors can serve as the basis of training, reinforced daily by front-line managers. Training on such behaviors, consistently reinforced by managers, can lift the productivity of lower performers. Automate account management.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.