Next Level Blog

JANUARY 19, 2021

In speaking to his online audience about the challenges we’re facing this year he encouraged us to remain optimistic because, as he said, “Optimism may not be the rational choice but it is the moral choice.” Optimism : Another leader I had the opportunity to hear from over the weekend was Dr. Jim Kim, the former president of the World Bank.

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Experience to Lead

JUNE 8, 2023

After that, he was appointed Deputy Chief Diversity Officer for KPMG International for over two years before he founded the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) in 2012. As you read the interview, consider how our newest program, The Inclusive Leader could propel your people development strategy to the next level.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When we think and speak at the same time trying to make sense of the topic ourselves, the audience receive blurred and incomprehensible messages. In 2012, I experimented with writing 100-word posts and stories. The author says that feeling at ease makes us talk too much. For those reasons, the book was very well received.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 9, 2014

Their team had been saddled with NCAA sanctions after the 2012 season, and was unable to participate in the 2013 tournament. Almost any group requires time to develop and grow together before they become a high-performing team. Athletic Teambuilding'

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Gen Z is set to have the buying power in the palms of their hands for at least the next ten years, so if your business is to survive throughout the ‘20s, you’re going to have to consistently find a way to appeal to this young audience. To do that, you’re going to have to advertise your company in a way that engages and interests them.

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QAspire

MAY 8, 2012

A child develops confidence as she experiences things around her. Share them with a wider audience through internal mechanisms like blogs and wikis. We buy into products for which we perceive experience to be positive. We support causes that deliver positive results. Eliminate barriers and ensure that team stays focused.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Springsteen has always been insistent and clear--with his band, producers, engineers, and audiences--about the sounds inside his head that he’s trying to recreate. The audience was noisily rustling during the introductory refrain and Springsteen demanded quiet. Hush ensued. He is good at letting people know what he wants.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 17, 2013

This mental practice, combined with intense physical practice, led to repeated Gold medals and the setting of world records during the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games. But I also recognized how critical it was to play mental movies depicting my presentation and the positive response I wanted from the audience.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

It’s easy to associate delivering presentations with standing in front of an audience and gesturing toward projected slides. This is quite a different scenario with greater constraints on the presenter and fewer tools to engage the audience. How do you prepare the deck for your audience? What else should you bring with you?

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2013

I had the privilege of meeting the late Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) a couple years ago at a seminar in Richmond, VA. Because of the way Zig Ziglar connected with his audiences, perhaps the most impactful takeaways are some of the inspirational quotes he shared. Home / Leadership Profiles / Leadership Profile: Zig Ziglar. January 7, 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In a joint study from Booz Allen and social platform developer Buddy Media, 57 percent of businesses surveyed plan to increase social media spending, while 38 percent of CEO's label social as a high priority. So what can we expect in 2012 in a world that seems to grow ever connected by the hour? How'd I do? The Cult of Influence.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 21, 2013

Garner Harvard Business Review Pfress (2012) “I’m writing a book. HBR Guide to Better Business Writing Bryan A. I’ve got the page numbers done.” ” Steven Wright This is one of the first volumes in a new series of anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard Business Review.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

APRIL 26, 2012

Artist Owen Garrett presents his portrait of John Rich to the talented musician at 2012 GKIC SuperConference. Not only did he entertain the audience with one of his hit songs, he inspired us with stories revealing a strong entrepreneurial spirit. John Rich made a strong positive impression on his audience that day.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 10, 2012

Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of the Servant Leadership Observer – your most comprehensive source of servant leadership news, events and blog posts. Anderson University : Bonte receives 2012 Nicholson Servant Leader award. Anderson University recently awarded the 2012 Student Servant Leadership award to Junior Ralph Bonte.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

The new Miller Ingenuity logo strongly asserts that it is a company that invents solutions to customers’ problems, develops products with expert engineering, and knocks itself out to deliver to customer expectations. When Kraft split off its snack division in 2012, they named it Mondelez. No wonder there’s a smile on the box.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

The amount of time it took to deliver the results to the global audience was, in fact, 30 times faster than the race itself—and at the same time, 15 other Olympic competitions were simultaneously having their results relayed. Together they develop a complete understanding of what the organizers, competitors, and audience expect.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Their reliance on alliances and licenses has increased in both product development and marketing and they have become aggressive acquirers. So far have they moved, in fact, that they sometimes sound as if they have altogether abandoned their commitment to internal development. Nonetheless we counsel CEOs to mind the rhetoric.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Specifically, your edge if your ability to communicate in imaginative ways, in a way that develops empathy with your listeners. In 2012 Google began a three-year study called Project Aristotle to identify the habits of the most effective teams. The thing to keep in mind is that machines are machines and we are human. Indra Nooyi.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In 2012, $10 billion in sales were made through mobile channels. Audience fragmentation. The top 250 apps on Android and iOS have a total audience of 52 million people — equivalent to the reach of three primetime shows on broadcast television. "Mobile first." That''s expected to rise to $30 billion by 2016.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In 2012, $10 billion in sales were made through mobile channels. Audience fragmentation. The top 250 apps on Android and iOS have a total audience of 52 million people — equivalent to the reach of three primetime shows on broadcast television. “Mobile first.” Those numbers have mobile advertisers salivating.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. But allowing others access to a piece of your business could open you up to criticism.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 9, 2012

Our recently released research, the 2012 Work-related Email Perception Study, provides unique insight into the workers’ perception of these strategies across role and function. For more information and resources related to the 2012 Work-related Email Perception Study visit www.yourthoughtpartner.com/email-research-and-resources.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Today, low-end Android smartphones retail for around $30 in many parts of the developing world, making them widely affordable to many consumer segments. In 2012, Amazon reported that one second of latency in page loading cost the company an average of $1.6 Making their sites lighter and quicker to load is an opportunity for all brands.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012," suggests concrete steps that governments and employers can take to tilt the scales toward success. Women are the primary caregivers for children, the elderly, and the sick, and this burden hampers their economic development. A new study from Booz & Co.,

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Still, its message — that intense passion and connecting to your audience (and backers) via storytelling will carry you further than a focus on shareholder value creation — has (dare we say it) struck a chord among the Swedish start-up community. Be a master. Be instinctive. Be sensory. Be forever. Be total.").

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

Since the advent of agricultural chemicals in the nineteenth century, a variety of people have warned of risks to public health and the environment, but these people largely struggled to attract an audience until the late 1960s, when organic farming, natural food stores and organic food start-ups started to gain traction.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

He is a proud and grizzled Vietnam veteran, standing in front of an audience of hundreds. By applying proven methods from Silicon Valley — such as lean startup, agile development and design thinking — inside government itself, the executive branch has since been able to do things long thought impossible.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

This was a big, albeit unplanned moment, but the beauty of real-time content is that there's always something interesting happening in the world, and always an audience who cares about it. We saw firsthand the power of tapping into big cultural moments when we celebrated Oreo's 100th birthday in 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. But allowing others access to a piece of your business could open you up to criticism.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Together, we developed a strategic communication plan to build HR staff engagement for this new HR orientation. Over the next two years, Xerox's joint team worked closely with Versant to develop the creative messaging, and roll it out to the internal HR audience.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

We audited a range of sites and platforms to see how CEOs are engaging socially and compared these results to its 2010 and 2012 findings. This rate jumped from 48% in 2012 to 80% in 2014. It’s more likely that new CEOs understand from the start that sociability allows them to reach wider audiences, faster.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

In the past, channels delivered messages to audiences. She developed compelling content to educate customers, prospects, advocates, and influencers on the new law. In 2012, they were ranked as the 4th fastest-growing tech company by Technology Fast 500. You either owned the pipe or paid to use someone else''s. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

When David Kenny became the CEO of the Weather Company in 2012, he realized that the TV-centric model of the company was in trouble, as consumers were increasingly checking weather on their mobile devices but spending only a few seconds doing it, which did not give enough time to monetize this audience by showing ads.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

In their 2012 book, Transformative HR authors John Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan detailed a case study of Ameriprise Financial, a diversified financial services company spun off from American Express in 2005. Furthermore, Ameriprise Financial had no framework for allocating HR time to talent issues with highest impact. Transformative.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Teams with one or more members who represent the culture of the team’s target end users are 158% more likely to understand that end user, boosting the likelihood of that team innovating for that audience. trillion within the next four years.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

. “If there ever were an antitrust case where the parties had a dramatically different assessment of the current state of the relevant market and a fundamentally different vision of its future development,” Judge Leon began his decision, “this is the one.” million viewers since 2012.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Business development. In 1877, Thomas Edison introduced the cylinder, developed originally for business office use. The two major labels went into research and development on non-breakable records that would play at slower speeds, with thinner grooves and more music on each side, producing a cleaner sound (without pops and scratches).

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