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Help Your Global Talent Succeed and Lead - Cultivate Communication Skills

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Nancy Vason: As leaders of global businesses, you draw from a deep well of talent. According to the Harvard Business Review , English is now the global language of business, and more and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language. Are they leading global teams?

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

Last year I spent some time speaking with a senior HR director in a large, global FMCG company that illustrates the problem well. Diverse Team that Challenges You Diversity is no longer about simply sitting on cross-functional teams. Change requires diversity of thought.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business Review

When companies expand into foreign markets, they need to gain the trust of local business partners and prospective customers in order to succeed. For example, IBM manages a global network of “ IBM Futurists ” who are subject matter experts on emerging technologies, commerce, and marketing. William Andrew/Getty Images.

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Better Teamwork Through Better Workplace Design

Harvard Business Review

A report (PDF) from Gensler Architecture found that only half of the US workforce feels that their environment empowers them to innovate, while another white paper (PDF) from office design specialist Steelcase found that 70% of workers today waste up to 15 minutes just looking for a space to meet and 24% waste up to half an hour.

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Wild West Days of Social Media Are Over: Time For Some Discipline, Communicators

leaderCommunicator

79% of companies use, or are imminently planning to use, social media. Nearly half of the companies who were rated as “effective” in social media said it was integral to the company strategy. 52% of executives say that social business is important to their companies today. Harvard Business Review Analytics Services.

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How GE Uses Data Visualization to Tell Complex Stories

Harvard Business Review

GE, perhaps more than any other major company, is dedicated to the use of data visualization as a key part of its marketing and communications efforts. How do you think about using data visualization when it comes to different audiences and stakeholders, both within your company and outside of it? We''ve used it with thought leaders.

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Generations Around the Globe

Harvard Business Review

Western generational models cannot be applied broadly to a global workforce. Educational opportunities were a key differentiator for this generation globally. Almost every company will find it challenging to attract and retain top talent unless they are able to engage individuals of all ages and across multiple geographies.