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SELF-AWARENESS & FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Coaching Tip

An analysis by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) shows that public companies with a higher rate of return (ROR) also employ professionals who exhibit higher levels of self-awareness. . Managing a Successful Career. The frequency of such blind spots was then gauged against the ROR of those companies’ stock. Related articles.

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Self-awareness (plus action) Translates to the Bottom-line

Great Leadership By Dan

Here’s more from a June 15, 2015 press release: An analysis by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), the preeminent authority on leadership and talent, shows that public companies with a higher rate of return (ROR) also employ professionals who exhibit higher levels of self-awareness.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

The report identified the top four skills that have the greatest impact on leader preparedness and confidence in addressing VUCA challenges: introducing and managing change; building consensus and commitment; inspiring others toward a challenging future vision and leading across generations. DDI Senior Vice President and study co-author.

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An Experiment in India Shows How Much Companies Have to Gain by Investing in Their Employees

Harvard Business Review

For many low-wage workers in India, basic skills training can be the difference between economic empowerment and persistent poverty. They were 15 percentage points more likely to request training in technical skills, and 7.7 India’s biggest garment export firm.

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Failure Isn't Enough

Harvard Business Review

Had Capecchi failed and wasted that money, his career would have been shattered. That is, allowing more failure should increase the overall rate of return. Specifically, without information on failure, it is easy to believe that continued success is based on skill rather than luck.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. But applied to U.S.

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Research Explores The Path Our Careers Take

The Horizons Tracker

The common conception of a working life is one of a fairly linear career progression, with earnings rising alongside our seniority and experience. The evolution of wages A recent study from Bocconi University explores the various factors that may contribute to changes in income throughout our careers.

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