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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. Blog Post ).

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The Teslatisation of the Boardroom

N2Growth Blog

My mind is spinning around as I try to defragment and reorganize the many experiences, images and memories that have made 2016 such a fascinating year. I recently met with a Board Member of a large global institution in Amsterdam, a successful executive in his mid fifties. Abyss of Boredom.

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The Wrong Way To Innovate: When Unrealistic Expectations Meet Antiquated Management

Strategy Driven

Innovation has always been culturally synonymous with ‘the latest and greatest’, the ‘next big thing’, and on the surface this true. Companies like to rollout their innovations at trade shows and industry events to garner attention and praise for their good work. Be purposeful in defining value creation for your innovation practice.

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Why Being an Ethical Leader Can Help Your Organization

Great Leadership By Dan

Whether in terms of profits, innovation or retention of staff. A 2016 study by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) used a Global Empathy Index to measure how much empathy was happening in a company. Major current influences on how one leads in business include teams, globalization and the need to retain talent.

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Three Key Strategies Any Business Can Adopt in 2016 to Boost Profitability

Strategy Driven

Robotic Process Automation (RPA), the practice of applying computerized applications to perform routine, task-oriented business processes, has become the standard in many businesses, globally. Drive Innovation. In an ever-changing, dynamic market, businesses must be able to brand themselves as unique by constantly innovating.

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The Future Of Work Post-Covid

The Horizons Tracker

The skills touted as most important for advancing careers are changing: 40% of business leaders chose innovation skills as most important for succeeding at work today, behind decision-making skills (39%) and leadership skills (35%).

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UK Immigration Rules Make It Harder For Domestic Workers To Gain Equality

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, so at risk are domestic workers that the Domestic Workers Convetion was adopted in 2011 to try and provide global standards to protect them. The paper suggests that the situation of domestic workers has worsened as a result of the Immigration Act 2016, as the act made “illegal working” an imprisonable offence.