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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

The best leaders build the ‘social capital’ of their organizations,” says Dr. Wayne Baker, author of " Achieving Success Through Social Capital" (Jossey-Bass, 2000). Find out more about social capital by clicking here. Effective social networks that are built on the "law of reciprocity" flourish.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. When Edison and his team invented the phonograph, he immediately took it to the editor of Scientific American to show it off.

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Leading HR: Harnessing Social Power

LDRLB

Jay Galbraith describes the “reconfigurable organization” and argues that this type of organization must be able to reconfigure itself by forming teams and networks across organizational departments. This social power is especially important as Millennials continue to infiltrate workplaces. Retrieved from link. Galbraith, J.

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Leading HR: Harnessing Social Power

LDRLB

Jay Galbraith describes the “reconfigurable organization” and argues that this type of organization must be able to reconfigure itself by forming teams and networks across organizational departments. This social power is especially important as Millennials continue to infiltrate workplaces. Retrieved from link. Galbraith, J.

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Saving Face – How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Leading with Trust

She emphasizes that face is a form of social currency. The more face you have, the easier it is to accomplish things at work, the smoother your relationships, and the more social capital you have at your disposal. Losing face provokes shame, guilt, fear, vulnerability, and a wide range of negative emotions.

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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that technology has created large employment and sector shifts, but also widened job opportunities. Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually. Coronavirus has changed the way Americans work. What should companies do now?

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Pro: Breakthrough technology can offer customers things they didn’t even know they needed.