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Women Leadership Changes in 2013

Coaching Tip

Kathleen Taylor was named the next chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, December 19, 2013. It’s hard to believe that at the end of 2013 we still see more than a few all-male corporate boards and leadership teams.” Catalyst Take on Women Leaders in 2013. said Ilene H.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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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. Best Leadership Books of 2013. Blog Post ).

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33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013

Harvard Business Review

We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever.

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Managers in the Digital Age Need to Stay Human

Harvard Business Review

More than a year after its publication, I’m still reeling from the results of Gallup’s 2013 Global Workforce Study. The question of how to motivate people in organizations has been of interest to scholars and practitioners since the time of Frederick Taylor. Or are they? Managing engagement requires new leadership skills.

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Is Experiential Learning The Future Of Professional Education?

The Horizons Tracker

One of the pioneers of challenge-based innovation has been the XPRIZE, and I wrote recently about the growing number of student teams that are participating in competitions. Finding heroes. “We want to make it approachable for any organization, including smaller challenges and projects that incorporate a variety of approaches.”

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The Key to Change Is Middle Management

Harvard Business Review

doubled from 20% to 40% between July and December 2013, and has stayed at that level since. I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Change leaders move fast.