January 2017 L&D News
Clarity Consultants
JANUARY 4, 2017
We’ve scoured the web for all of the cutting edge learning and development stories and curated them for you in one, easy to read newsletter. Take a look!
Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders
Epicflow
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
HHI had delivered more than 2,150 ships to 320 shipowners in 51 countries as of 2017. Credit: HHI’s Integrated Report 2017 According to the HHI Integrated Report 2017 , the shipping industry was severely impacted by the global recession and confronted stagnation. billion in revenue by 2022.
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How Companies Can Champion Sustainable Development
Harvard Business
MARCH 14, 2017
Given political climates around the world and a new wariness around international cooperation, the private sector could find itself in the hot seat: trying to pick up the slack on big issues from climate change to sustainable development. The inclusive innovators we studied have developed that integrated case and a narrative about it.
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How Diligent Biz Dev Led to a Six-Figure Consulting Project
Successful Independent Consulting
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
The short answer: business development. The long answer: diligent business development that built a relationship over time. I've written about this before, that business development = relationship development , but let’s walk through the steps I took to foster this half-million-dollar contract. (If
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25 ideas to help you set good goals in 2025
Halo Psych
JANUARY 13, 2025
Create SMART goals Psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham developed Goal-Setting Theory which suggests that realistic, hard, specific goals produce better performance than easy or ambiguous goals. framework is an evidence-based approach developed by Gabriele Oettingen. Try the WOOP framework The W.O.O.P Burchard, B. 2014, May).
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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did
Harvard Business
MAY 4, 2018
In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. In 2017, Facebook transitioned to a continuous delivery model.
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Global Capital Markets 2017: Mastering the Value Migration
BCG
MAY 2, 2017
Report Tuesday, May 02, 2017. BCG’s sixth annual study provides a detailed examination of key market developments, current trends, and the steps that various types of players must take to thrive.
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How To Grow Your Small Business Exponentially
Henry DeVries
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Here are some of the top business development growth secrets he has learned since founding his company in 2017. Justin Breen preaches the gospel of exponential growth.
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Stop Setting Goals You Don’t Actually Care About
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Many people fail on their professional development goals for the year because they take on a lot of goals — goals that they feel they “should” do but ultimately don’t energize them. For example, this year, I decided to make writing a book proposal for a new book my primary professional development goal.
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Why Germany Still Has So Many Middle-Class Manufacturing Jobs
Harvard Business
MAY 2, 2017
Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Manufacturing creates jobs at home and at the time same allows companies, through exports, to participate in the growth of emerging countries.
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Examples of Organizations Who Have Top Business Training Programs
Clarity Consultants
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Everyone is trying to do more with less, and to help them achieve this goal, organizations are leaning in to their learning and development programs to help them fill that gap. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Bain & Company is listed as the best place to work in Glassdoor’s 2017 awards list. Bain & Company.
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A Study of Thousands of Dropbox Projects Reveals How Successful Teams Collaborate
Harvard Business
JULY 20, 2018
To address this question, we studied the virtual interactions of research teams at universities around the word on Dropbox , analyzed how the collaborative dynamics related to performance and developed a list of best practices that organizations can use on any file-sharing platform to improve team performance.
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4 Ways Managers Can Be More Inclusive
Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2017
Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Use opportunity as your primary development tool. In fact, that’s precisely the kind of thing an inclusive leader likes to see.
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133 Looking into the Future of Artificial Intelligence
BCG
JANUARY 4, 2017
Video Wednesday, January 04, 2017. Teams led by Schmidhuber have been publishing research on AI applications for fields as diverse as art, medicine, and music—while he continues the quest he began in the 1980s to develop general problem solvers.
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Lights, Camera, Impact with Adrian Salisbury: Attract Consulting and Coaching Clients Using Video
Consulting Matters
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
He paints a vivid picture of his early course development, which focused on long tail keywords, and the art of crafting a concise yet impactful three-page website. We exchange insights with Adrian on the persuasive power of video as a tool for establishing trust and fostering deeper connections with viewers.
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3 Reasons to Invest in A Leadership Development Program
Organizational Talent Consulting
JUNE 27, 2022
When companies look for a competitive advantage, there is often talk about making leadership development investments. But during these conversations, leadership development programs are typically questioned. The truth is that leadership is more than a position, and event-driven development often fails to create lasting change.
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59 How to create your consulting brand
Jacq Hackett Consulting
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
For those of us who’ve moved from the public sector into consulting, thinking of ourselves as a ‘business’ might be counter-intuitive, and the concept of ‘developing a brand’ for our business, daunting. Choose a business name and register it. The easy option is to use your name.
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Why Women are Better Servant Leaders than Men
Rick Conlow
JUNE 13, 2021
Incredibly, in 2017, men in most nationalities still believe that they are superior to women. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website. Over 140 micro-learning and career development resources at your fingertips! Few second chances.
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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation
Organizational Talent Consulting
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Maybe you're skeptical of whether it is possible to develop a creative and innovative team and believe you should just hire for it. A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members.
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Best Business Books 2017: Innovation
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
And in Machine, Platform, Crowd, the best business book of the year on innovation, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson go beyond considering how technology and machine learning can help companies develop new products and services -- the authors delve into the way they will help us make decisions, solve problems, and collaborate.
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Bulger Partners – Strategy Consulting for the Software Economy
Management Consulted
MAY 28, 2017
Bulger Partners has a target of on-boarding 17 new hires in 2017 across all levels, a majority of whom will be Associates and Sr. The firm is launching an intern program starting Summer 2017 from 3 target programs. 2017 Consulting Salaries. Experienced hires generally enter the firm at the Manager level (and sometimes Sr.
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165 We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive
Harvard Business
APRIL 25, 2017
Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Could we make growth more inclusive?” ” That’s a huge question, and I hope it’s a catalytic one.
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107 How Lilly Is Getting More Women into Leadership Positions
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Dave Ricks, who was then president of one of our largest business units and who became CEO in January 2017, commissioned the research and supported it throughout the process. The development and marketing teams for our new medicine to treat metastatic breast cancer were led by women and made up almost entirely of women, for example.
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How Regulation Could Help Cryptocurrencies Grow
Harvard Business
JULY 17, 2018
This is a welcome development. Although still nascent, cryptocurrencies worldwide are nevertheless on the rise, with money raised by issuers in the first half of 2018 already exceeding the amounts raised in all of 2017. As “ crypto czar ,” her job will be to rationalize the application of U.S. policy on cryptocurrencies.
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What’s in Store for Consulting Industry Trends in 2017?
SkillQuo
APRIL 3, 2018
The consulting industry has had some interesting developments within the past year. Below is an examination of some key consulting trends that 2017 may bring. All of the consulting firms surveyed stated that they would be increasing their hiring in 2017. What 2017 May Bring to the Consulting Industry.
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Meaningful Work Should Not Be a Privilege of the Elite
Harvard Business
APRIL 3, 2017
But their way of thinking about prosperity also offers direction for any managers who want to work harder to make the world better off: your mission is to imagine, develop, and launch more life-improving solutions, especially the kinds of goods and services that improve ordinary people’s lives.
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Building the Digital Car Company of the Future
BCG
APRIL 12, 2017
Article Thursday, April 13, 2017 The digital revolution and new social trends are changing the way automakers develop products, engage customers, and organize themselves. To transform themselves from “hardware” manufacturers into mobility solutions providers, established automakers must follow tech industry rules.
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69 When Companies Should Invest in Training Their Employees — and When They Shouldn’t
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 29, 2018
companies spent over $90 billion dollars on training and development activities in 2017, a year-over-year increase of 32.5 %. Photodisc/Getty Images. According to one industry report , U.S. Unless those issues were addressed, a workshop would prove useless. There is commitment to change.
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Why Public Health Organizations Should Partner with Academic Institutes - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM QATAR FOUNDATION
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
” It suggested that collaboration in research, education, and clinical practice too often remain unexplored in many developed countries across the world. The result of this association was an evidence-based report recommending best practices in autism services for developing and middle-income countries.
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123 How to Gain and Develop Digital Talent and Skills
BCG
JULY 19, 2017
Article Wednesday, July 19, 2017 As digital transformation continues to disrupt the workplace, companies must begin now to hire, train, and retain new pools of skilled digital talent.
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45 How Self-Reflection Can Help Leaders Stay Motivated
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
For example, in 2017, Gallup reported that only 38% of managers and executives are engaged at work (the number is 29% for middle-level managers). Given these disconcerting numbers, we were interested in developing an intervention that enhances leaders’ engagement at work.
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The Virtual Work Skills You Need — Even If You Never Work Remotely
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Keep it simple and sincere, and the conversation will develop naturally over time. For example, on a new-product development project, you might say, “I’m really looking forward to contributing to the market analysis, as it focuses on a market that I researched last year on another project.”
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How Personalities Affect Team Chemistry
Harvard Business
MARCH 30, 2017
Her firm has developed a classification system to help companies better understand personality styles and capitalize on their cognitive diversity. Johnson Vickberg coauthored the article, “ Pioneers, Drivers, Integrators, and Guardians ” in the March-April 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review. She and Suzanne M.
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Research Shows That Organizations Benefit When Employees Take Sabbaticals
Harvard Business
AUGUST 10, 2017
According to a survey from the Society for Human Resource Management, the percentage of companies offering sabbaticals (both paid and unpaid) rose to nearly 17% of employers in 2017. That’s a significant gain from 1977, when McDonald’s instituted what was arguably the first corporate sabbatical program in the United States.
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134 Higher Wages Aren’t Enough to Turn Mediocre Jobs into Good Ones
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Bureau of Labor Statistics cited $23,210 as the median annual wage for a retail salesperson in 2017, but that assumes a regular 40-hour week. Part-time hours might make sense for high school or college students looking to make extra money, but in 2017 , the median ages of a retail salesperson and a cashier were 36 and 26. Career paths.
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4 Behaviors of Top-Performing CEOs
Harvard Business
MAY 26, 2017
Botelho is the co-author of the article “ What Sets Successful CEOs Apart ” in the May-June 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review. Download this podcast.
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96 What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care
Harvard Business
MARCH 24, 2017
For example, the cryptocurrency used for the Ethereum network, called Ether , saw its value double in just a few days in March 2017. While the price of Ether has been rising , Bitcoin has dropped 20% to $1,000 dollars from a record $1,290 on March 3, 2017. Yes, in three days, people who invested in Ether doubled their investment.
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131 What U.S. CEOs Can Learn from GM’s India Failure
Harvard Business
JUNE 15, 2017
General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. In this mix, an American company must develop a unique, India-specific strategy and product road map. Local autonomy makes important decisions possible.
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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
At Treehouse, an online school that helps companies hire developers and designers, we’re seeing the same problem. In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups.
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5 essential tips to enhance your influence skills
Halo Psych
OCTOBER 25, 2024
However, the most effective influencers understand that influence is an iterative process, involving: Listening to people Testing your position Developing an updated position which reflects input from others Testing your updated position Incorporating compromises Trying again Here are my top 5 tips to help you become more influential.
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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting
Harvard Business
MARCH 7, 2017
All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development. As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR.
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Nearly Half of Companies Say They Don’t Have the Digital Skills They Need
Harvard Business
JULY 28, 2017
In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. Jump ahead to 2017, and that same metric is just 18%. Unfortunately, for many companies, that’s exactly the situation they find themselves in. On a global basis, companies are losing faith in their digital smarts. Insight Center.
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AI’s Potential to Diagnose and Treat Mental Illness
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 22, 2018
New tools are being developed by tech companies and universities with potent diagnostic and treatment capabilities that can be used to serve large populations at reasonable costs. Just as in drug development, we’re going to need careful regulation to make sure that large-scale treatment protocols remain safe and effective.
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Rebranding ADEI for the Culture Wars
UPD Consulting
JANUARY 29, 2024
But these developments, predictably, have brought considerable backlash. One 2017 study found that teams with ample gender, age, and geographical diversity outperformed individual decision making 87 percent of the time, compared with a 58 percent rate by all-male teams of similar age and geographic distribution.
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