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From Zero to $300,000 in 18 Months — An Interview with Organizational Development Consultant Betsy Jordyn – Episode 2

Consulting Success

She is an organizational development and strategy consultant who previously worked with Walt Disney World. Her clients also include JCPenney, United Airlines, Hilton Vacations, and many others. Are you wired to become an Organizational Development consultant? Regardless of size, all companies all have the same basic issues.

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Research: When Being a Humble Leader Backfires

Harvard Business

Take United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz, whose initial response to the violent removal of a fare-paying passenger from one of the company’s planes led to a public backlash. Develop your humility. Companies can incorporate these skills into leadership training or coaching.

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3 Questions About AI That Nontechnical Employees Should Be Able to Answer

Harvard Business

Instead, employees throughout the organization will be able to spot the low-hanging fruit where AI could make your organization more efficient. Finding opportunities for this kind of clever improvement, saving human time and energy, is not just a leadership challenge. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

Most businesses focus on serving customers, owning resources, being efficient and growing — but the Centennials don’t. And they carefully manage leadership transitions, so nothing is lost along the way. Instead, they try to shape society, share experts, create accidents, and focus on getting better not bigger.

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Team

Prudent Pedal

When I became a people manager in my twenties, I had the leadership competence of a two-year-old. They recognized my potential, helped me manage my shortcomings, and developed me as a leader. Think Ritz Carlton, Southwest Airlines, or London’s Underground subway. First a little vetting. Keep the trains clean and running on time.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

Software doesn’t simply make existing products smarter or existing processes more efficient; it enables new models of delivery, engagement, and innovation that are far more productive and informative than the old. It purchased Cruise Automation, a startup developing self-driving software, for over $1 billion.