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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Clearly, not all trainings are equally good — and none are a silver bullet.

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The Best Cybersecurity Investment You Can Make Is Better Training

Harvard Business

The scale of the Yahoo breach disclosed in 2016 , combined with the fumbling response , cost the company and its shareholders $350 million in its merger with Verizon and nearly scuttled the entire deal. It’s better to assume your defenses will be breached and to train your people in what to do when that happens. Insight Center.

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How a Federal Ban on Ransomware Payments Could Help CISOs

Harvard Business

This is a significant shift: after Uber’s former chief security officer was convicted for his role in covering up a 2016 cyberattack, CISOs had more reason to worry of the personal liability that came with the job.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

With that in mind, we compiled the 2016 Top 10 U.S But more than just teamwork, Kellogg also knows how to train you up in problem-solving skills. Tuck is also very strong in its technical skills training, especially regarding Excel modeling and executive presentations. The post 2016 Top 10 U.S. Do you agree with our list?

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2016 Top 10 Global MBA Programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

The program prides itself on giving students strict time constraints to finish projects, training them to work well under pressure. Does anything sound like better training for the consulting world than being thrown in to a team with diverse members and being asked to solve challenging problems under time constraints?

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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

This is almost 10% higher than in 2016. As stated in the report, between fiscal years 2010 and 2016, MHI successfully secured a cumulative free cash flow of nearly $14.4 Nearly 56% of survey respondents believe they cannot demonstrate improvements in on-time project delivery, organizational efficiency, or profitability.

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Servant Leaders Achieve Extraordinary Results

Rick Conlow

In addition, research by Hoch, Bommer, Dulebohn & Wu (2016) showed an additional 12% gain in outcomes beyond other studies. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website. Servant Leaders are Better than Great. To sum up, superb leadership involves being and serving.