Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly , a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” ” They summarized their finding into the four main issues that led to a lack of results in most leadership development programs.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McKinsey 147

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

With fall officially here, children are now fully settled in at school, businesses are back up to full speed after summer vacations, and many of us are taking stock of our 2017 resolutions – and how to accomplish them before the holidays approach. Learning not only benefits ourselves but helps advance our communities as well.

Execution 247

Execution Education Learning-by-Doing Agility 247

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research points to one possible reason: employers increased skill requirements during the recession, when high-skill workers were more plentiful, making it more difficult to fill those positions as the job market began to recover. That share jumped to 35% in 2010 has since fallen to just 12% as of 2017.

Education 10

Education Skills Marketing Industry 10

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2019

Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. The thing is, those with low skills have been on the receiving end of pretty much every shift in the labor market over the past decade.

Technology 69

Technology Osborne Education Skills 69

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

We also found that the professionals we spoke with at Accenture, in offices on three continents, consistently lauded the firm for its willingness to support innovations, from Accenture Development Partnerships to professional programs for First Peoples in Canada and support for call centers in native communities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. They are subject to more rigorous stress testing by regulators and have to develop plans aimed at ensuring that they can recover from a crisis. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. Lehman Brothers toppled.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. However, in recent years many high-skilled Zimbabweans have emigrated to neighboring South Africa.

Banking 8

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