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July 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Art Petty of About Money Management and Leadership provided Reinventing the Organization and Leadership for a Digital Era. Art Petty of About Money Management and Leadership provided Reinventing the Organization and Leadership for a Digital Era.

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Soft Skills Are Vital If Low Skilled Workers Are To Thrive

The Horizons Tracker

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. The importance of soft skills. When the researchers assessed the U.K.

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Looking Back: Best New Leadership Book Of 2016

Eric Jacobson

Flashback to 2016. After reading nearly 30 new books about leadership this past year, my pick for 2016's best new leadership book is, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , by H. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick.

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Technology Isn’t Destroying Jobs, But Is Increasing Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

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.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. How do we create the future while managing the present? Blog Post ). Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Blog Post ).

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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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Avoiding The Technology Trap In The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

The research was arguably the first study that attempted to predict how technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics would impact the labour market. While there are good reasons to be optimistic about the long run, such optimism is only possible if we successfully manage the short-term dynamics,” he writes.