Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The Conference Board, Executive Vice President, Knowledge Organization and Human Capital Practice Lead and study co-author. . Books Business Coaching Current Affairs Leadership Memes What is Work life best practices Executive Vice President financial HR Human Capital self-coaching guides talent management The Conference Board'

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

As Mancur Olson put it in his book, Power and Prosperity : “because uncertainties are so pervasive and unfathomable, the most dynamic and prosperous societies are those that try many, many different things. They are societies with countless thousands of entrepreneurs.”.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2010

With the absence of job security and the likelihood of lifetime employment with one company a thing of the past, the open labor market means you may be investing in talented people who will leave your firm for a competitor. The problem for talent management is to deal with and manage that uncertainty. So, what do we do instead?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

What are the components of innovation capital? One’s innovation capital—or ability to convince sponsors to support a novel idea—comes from three interrelated innovation-specific factors: . Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

That’s largely the ethos behind accelerators such as Entrepreneur First, who back exceptional people and help them turn their intellect into marketable products and successful businesses. ” Entrepreneurial team formation.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

When comparing the regular income provided by such work with the high levels of uncertainty inherent in entrepreneurial life and it can be challenging to make the leap, especially when one has family responsibilities and a mortgage to pay. This can be compounded by government policies that continue to tax stock options highly.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

  Tom Foster, Management Skills Blog : Nuclear Winter - Does the uncertainty of the current economic climate still have you hunkered down, playing it safe, and hoping for the return of more prosperous days?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

These were only some of the topics The HR Digest discussed with Shannon Bagley, Executive Vice President – Human Resources at Centene Corporation. Shannon Bagley: Even in the midst of uncertainty, I was taken aback by our organization’s incredible agility and speed in decision-making.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In this time of economic uncertainty, the pressure to control costs is at a peak. With hiring freezes and layoffs, companies increasingly are asking themselves how to produce the results they need with limited or decreasing human resources.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 28, 2010

  Financial markets seem to be in perpetual chaos, our environment is in peril due to natural and man made disasters, and feelings of uncertainty abound in our everyday lives.    Together, the newsletter and blog are a powerful one-two punch to knock the fear out of your life.   Fear.less can help. 

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

As a result of capital superabundancy, global quantitative easing and relatively low demand for investments in R&D and capital projects, the after-tax cost of borrowing for many companies is at or near inflation, making the real cost of borrowing close to zero. How can we manage human capital better? Measure it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

One thing we can say with confidence is that uncertainty will remain high for some time in politics, macroeconomics, and business, at both global and national levels. To respond to this challenge, companies will need to become more sophisticated about strategy during uncertainty in five ways. Match Your Strategy to the Environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Their greatest human capital concerns have shifted. And higher education isn''t offering the human capital cure. Amazon has its below-the-radar " Mechanical Turk " workplace market.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All the originally appealing simplicity vanished into uncertainty. For most organizations, identifying which processes deserve or need to become platforms – hiring, training, fundraising, marketing, innovation, software development – becomes strategically paramount. Would they defect to competitors?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

For all of the uncertainty and anxiety in headlines today, the world is a much better place than it has ever been. In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Political uncertainties and the absence of strong leadership contributed to social fragmentation. Massive layoffs ensued, and the labor market turned flexible far too rapidly, with many formerly middle-class workers losing permanent contracts and reliable salaries. Both countries’ uncertainties in political leadership are also alike.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

There’s urgency here because we believe the role of technology in the labor market will become more pronounced as artificial intelligence and machine learning affect white-collar jobs in much the same way that robotics has affected blue-collar jobs. trillion and $400 billion in capital and R&D expenditures, respectively.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

As an economist, my training in how individuals invest during times of uncertainty leads me to a much different prediction: America’s coastal cities are going to adapt, get ahead of climate change, and be just fine. As sea levels rise, are these cities doomed to an underwater future? I doubt it. How can I be so optimistic?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. In today’s market, tech platforms enable IP and relationships to scale rapidly, and at near-zero cost.

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