Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
A new wave of digital disruption will affect the business world broadly during the next few years. The future of your company depends on your ability to seize the opportunities. These principles lay out the timing, breadth, and scale of the change to come, and the most effective ways to respond.
Chad Barr
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
I recently had a great discussion with my dear friend and client, Phil Symchych, founder of Symco & Co. Our topic of discussion was how to significantly grow one’s business and enter new markets. I do acknowledge that when we help our clients grow their business and keep providing remarkable value, we become irresistible, which then brings in referrals, testimonials, inbound inquiries and significant new business.
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Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Hubris can be very damaging to companies, especially when CEOs suffer from extreme self-confidence. It leads to poor decisions, over-aggressive acquisitions, and poor morale. The good news, however, is that hubris is an acquired trait, which means it can be managed or even headed off entirely if companies and executive teams take steps to short-circuit it.
Seth Godin Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
The first is quite common. Learn to play the notes as written. Move asymptotically toward perfection. Practice your technique and your process to get yourself ever more skilled at doing it (whatever 'it' is) to spec. This is the practice of grand slalom, of arithmetic, of learning your lines or c++. The other kind of practice is more valuable but far more rare.
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Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
kenneth Andersson for hbr. While the word “cybersecurity” may evoke thoughts of highly sophisticated attacks that require fancy computing equipment and skilled hackers, the reality is that most attacks — especially in a corporate environment — involve simpler strategies that depend upon one thing: exploiting human behavior. Most companies are hard at work building technology to better protect themselves and their users or customers.
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Gina Abudi
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Engaging Employees to Contribute to the Plans. It’s business planning time again – especially if your fiscal year follows the calendar. Many organizations leave planning to the executives and other high level management. This year, get your employees involved in planning. When employees are involved, the organization achieves many benefits: Engaged employees are committed to [.].
LSA Global
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Great New Managers Are Accountable. Some new managers are so focused on making sure their team members do everything right, they neglect to take a close look at their own behavior. When things go wrong, they blame the team. But, guess what, new managers? Great new managers are accountable. Management Accountability Matters. Great managers manage themselves before managing others.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
jennifer maravillas for hbr. A lot of research has already been done on the significant contribution of immigrant scientists and engineers to the U.S. innovation system. Less research, however, has been done on the presence of migrant and immigrant leadership in corporate America. While there has been some research done on ethnic minorities’ representation in senior corporate roles in the U.S. — for example the study of the ethnic composition of boards in corporate America by Richie
MBO Partners
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Best practices and industry standards for engaging and paying independent contractors.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Gjon Mili/Getty Images. Companies often fail to address the tough questions about strategy and execution: Are we really clear, as a leadership team, about how we choose to create value in the marketplace? Can we articulate the few things the organization needs to do better than anyone else in order to deliver on that value proposition? Are we investing in those areas, and do they fit with most of the products and services we sell?
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Gary John Norman/Getty Images. The rise of the “gig economy” has prompted much soul-searching about the future of the economy. But portfolio careers aren’t only for stay-at-home parents looking to freelance a few hours a day while their kids are in school or grad students moonlighting as Uber drivers and Task Rabbits. Even senior executives who want to stay in their corporate jobs should strongly consider developing at least one side income stream, whether it’s consulting
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
gece33/Getty Images. When fire swept through Santa Rosa, Calif., last month, destroying 4,658 homes, 94 commercial buildings, and displacing tens of thousands of people, Keysight Technologies was in the direct path of the disaster. Most people might think of Sonoma County for its wine, but Keysight is the largest employer in Sonoma County and has had a strong presence in the area since 1972.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Ali Douglass/Getty Images. Up to 85% of women report that they have been sexually harassed at work, according to a 2016 report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. What happens next is often not captured in numbers, but in the fine-print details of recent media reports. Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” Or, “ I left that place.” Or “ maybe I shouldn’t be in
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