HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

has announced cuts to the education program that it provided for employees via the Disney Aspire program. Previously, Disneyland employees received tuition perks as one of the benefits of working at the organization, having educational opportunities available to them for free. Walt Disney Co.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Yet, despite clear success stories, many companies remain fixated on hiring leaders with direct industry experience as a perceived safeguard against risk. Consider Fords decision in 2006 to appoint Alan Mulally a Boeing executive with no automotive backgroundas CEO at a time when the company was teetering on collapse.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Most managers forget that educating your troops is an ongoing process. Here are 5 simple actions to educate more like a leader: Use an assessment to uncover their strengths. For every educational growth level you present, show them the powerful purpose of it's effects and how it makes all ships rise in the organization.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2023

No institution—religious, military, educational, political or business—can be great unless it has a great leader at the top who develops leaders at all levels of the organization. Source: The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Companies are hiring and firing Gen Z graduates faster than ever, creating a very miserable work experience for everyone involved. Companies are quickly firing these Gen Z workers because they feel these employees are “unprepared for the workforce, can’t handle the workload, and are unprofessional.”

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 12, 2024

"Deciding to leave a company after decades is like finally deciding to change your favorite 20-year-old sneakers. In an era where the average tenure at a job is diminishing, dedicating 20 to 30 years to one company is not just commendable—it's a rarity. Acknowledge the mix of feelings—nostalgia, fear, excitement, and maybe even guilt.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Forward-thinking companies are now recognizing the immense value that unconventional thinkers and innovators can bring to the table. My clients in Europe implemented a program where executives change jobs every three years and hold different positions within the company, making them diversified leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

It is common knowledge that working for five days a week can cause stress and even depression, especially because the staff may not be as invested in the company as you are. Financial Education. To make sure they use their paychecks wisely, you should organise financial education programs. Show Gratitude. Conclusion.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 23, 2022

1) Invest in Employees: Investing in an employee is one of the most effective ways to benefit all company stakeholders. By investing in employees, companies can create a positive working environment where employees feel valued and appreciated. It also helps to retain top talent that otherwise would have moved on to other companies.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 29, 2025

In that case, youre voluntarily pulling your company over to the side of the road while your competitors blow by in the fast lane. Its like trying to run a company today without email or smartphonesyou cant do it effectively. Educate Your Team: AI isnt a solo journey. Learning ChatGPT isnt a luxury or a nice-to-have.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Rates of adult education vary considerably, however, and research from the University of Hamburg aims to help us understand why that is. Analysis at the macro level demonstrates that, with a few exceptions, ALE is often treated as a neglected component or an inferior counterpart to the mainstream school education sector.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

As we transition from the pandemic into post-pandemic life, many companies have adapted hybrid models, with many workers coming in part-time only, while others remain fully remote. When the COVID pandemic swept through the country last year, companies rapidly transitioned employees to working from home. Take things step by step.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

The future lies in embracing innovative methodologies and cutting-edge technologies to deliver executive education that resonates with the current business rhythm. From AI to Microlearning, VR to remote working strategy , technology will play an ever-bigger role in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The researchers tracked nearly 7,000 people who were each born in 1970 over a number of decades to see whether those educated privately had different voting behaviors in the elections between 1997 and 2010 than those educated in state schools. Within this sample, a mere 3.0% (3.3% Furthermore, 6.2% (6.8%

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

5:28 – Then Brittany introduces us to her company, Simpler Trading. What happened there and the education work Brittany’s company does to help. 22:17 – Next, Brittany shares what she tells every new hire as they join the company to ensure that they’re speaking up.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

From Airbnb to Ant Financial, Microsoft to Amazon, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional processes, allow massive scope increase, enabling companies to straddle industry boundaries, and create powerful opportunities for learning--to drive ever more accurate, complex, and sophisticated predictions.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence has transformed industries, improved efficiency, and provided innovative solutions, but it also brings along a set of ethical challenges that your company can’t survive without addressing. Imagine an AI-driven hiring system used by a company to identify potential candidates for job openings.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

New research from IESE explores “informal disruptors” companies that operate outside legal boundaries but quickly gain consumer acceptance due to the value they provide. It also examines how established firms can counter the threat of these innovators through collective lobbying and consumer education.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution. There are one-hundred companies with annual revenues of a billion dollars or more. Skill shortages are a major concern for a number of reasons but primarily Africa’s underperformance in education.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I had no intention of testing my ability to start an international leadership development company. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. I was exploring before I was exploring. When I started my Let’s Grow Leaders blog on Sunday morning.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2020

The New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks , on educating yourself: “The biggest way most colleges fail is this: They don’t plant the intellectual and moral seeds students are going to need later, when they get hit by the vicissitudes of life. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

A great leader knows that a company isn’t really successful if its numbers improve but its people aren’t happy. A study by Zenger Folkman found that good leaders can double company profits, simply with their ability to motivate and engage employees. Good leaders have a strong impact on the culture and overall success of the company.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 8, 2024

Image: Pexels Get a Headstart of Identifying Skill Gaps Within Your Organization Most companies can benefit from generic upskilling programs regardless of whether that’s a core quality required in their employees. Knowing the skills you need to target is the first step to building any program around the employees.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Humility—a deep regard for the dignity of others—is the key, says distinguished leadership educator Marilyn Gist. Individuals, companies and governments around the globe need to understand what tactics are required to survive and thrive in an increasingly global, automated, and post pandemic, distributed economy.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Companies that invest in board development programs equip their directors with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel, creating an environment where clear expectations, ethical guidelines, and open communication channels unite board members under a shared purpose.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

For example, “health is equated with hospitals, education with schoolhouses, news with newspapers, spirituality with the church, a city with city hall.” The same can be said of educational systems, city governments, and other institutions that we look to for answers. Moving outside of these castles is the beginning of innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Essentially, the CRO’s role is to turn the company’s ambitious visions into profitable actions. A high-performing CRO must thoroughly understand the company’s strategy and values, seamlessly combining technical proficiency with strategic insight.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. This article originally appeared on The Economist Executive Education Navigator. Click here to view the original article.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The workbook is perfect for anyone who wants to improve in their current position, educate the incoming workforce, or start a new opportunity empowered to do their best,” adds Vanderbloemen. Question: Which habits, if any, have become increasingly more important to companies during the past 15 years while running your executive search firm?

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Leading Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Similar to a company vision, clearly define the vision and purpose of the change initiative, outlining the desired outcomes and benefits for the organization and its stakeholders. In doing so, they’re able to promote change not as a disruptor of stability but as a catalyst for the organization’s necessary evolution.

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Leading Blog

MAY 24, 2018

In doing so the company went from $10 million in annual sales to $200 million today. It’s an ongoing process— a cycle of education, understanding, applying, and reflecting. Educate to Own. Leaders must educate to the point of ownership. Barter moved from educate-to-train to educate-to-own.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I was touring a large manufacturing company and, as I walked through the office, there was a gigantic display of their vision statement on the wall. He laughed and said, “No one in the company, including me, really knows our vision statement. 200-employee HVAC company. 100-employee commercial window manufacturer.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Policies and procedures are also implemented to educate staff on their data privacy and security responsibilities. The bootstrapped company serves individual health providers and SMBs that face significant challenges in this rapidly evolving industry.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As the sector evolves and expands, companies increasingly turn to executive search firms like N2Growth to help them identify and recruit top talent for critical leadership roles. Top executive search firms also bring a unique set of resources and expertise to the table when it comes to attracting top talent for biotech companies.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

VIDEO: Celebrating General Shoe Company , the Inaugural HBS Case via @HarvardHBS It’s like a great detective story: What’s gone wrong at General Shoe Company, and how would you fix it? The Rise of Importance of Personal Development Education in Higher Education via @pulitzercenter.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The positive impact of embedding managers as volunteers in struggling communities extended beyond the individuals involved, benefitting the companies themselves. Additionally, 59% of the companies noted a rise in customer engagement, underscoring the program’s ability to foster stronger connections with the target audience.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Last summer, the local startup Treehouse , a producer of online education courses, decided to create a no-boss workplace by eliminating all the manager positions from its 61-person workforce, thus creating the ultimate “flat” organizational structure. If enough of their colleagues sign on to help the project goes forward.

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