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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

Let's Grow Leaders

In this week’s Asking for a Friend, I speak with Whitney Johnson, author of Smart Growth, about how to support your team along the S curve of employee growth. When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. You have a book that teaches creativity, one that teaches how to test and validate those ideas, and now this one which is unique. Indra Nooyi.

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The Coming of the Clairvoyant Computer

Leading Blog

I've faced some tough challenges, such as which surgery to get, how to invest for my business, and even how to deal with identify theft. How shall we attack the intricate problem of putting all these pieces together for each prediction? The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Formerly SVP in charge of wireless communication. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team.

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Access to Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

Harvard Business Review

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. Essentially, we looked at people’s ability to use technology in their everyday life and work, and how well they use it.

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How Cisco Is Helping Tweens Become Tech-Savvy Global Problem Solvers - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CISCO

Harvard Business Review

Now we are taking this experience to younger learners with Global Problem Solvers: The Series (GPS: The Series) , a new animated web series for kids exploring entrepreneurship, life skills, and how to use technology for social good. In the first season, they work to develop a solution to provide clean drinking water to communities in Malawi.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business Review

The lower reimbursement and need to provide 24/7 coverage that makes a primary-care-based system so appealing to policy makers and others has long been shown to be a source of burnout and challenges in getting medical students to choose careers in primary care. The last thing that this group of providers desires is more responsibility.