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LeadershipNow 140: December 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

Be aware in 2014 by @TomAsacker. Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally | McKinsey & Company. Wisdom For Your Future Self by Karin Hurt. The Dark Side of Technology by John Hagel. @NYTimes: Underdog Against Amazon, Best Buy Charges Ahead. Noonan: The Most Memorable Words of 2013.

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Learning & Development’s Role in Operational Efficiencies in 2022

HR Digest

According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.” Moreover, employees are increasingly doing self-learning with the availability of YouTube videos, massive open learning courses (MOOCs), and other resources. Training Remote Managers.

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'Woman Up' (and Win in Business): How Valuing Traditionally Female.

Strategy Driven

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. Know how others perceive you.

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How Men Can Become Better Allies to Women

Harvard Business Review

A study by McKinsey projects that in a “full potential” scenario in which women participate in the economy identically to men, $28 trillion dollars (26%) would be added to the annual global GDP when compared to the current business-as-usual scenario. What’s at stake? First, there’s the dreaded wimp penalty.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. Praekelt identified previously unused messaging space on their network that could be used to send HIV awareness SMS texts.

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Are Chore Wars at Home Holding You Back at Work?

Harvard Business Review

Jane is a marketing director at a technology firm, where she manages a small team, works late, and travels once per quarter. A 2015 study from McKinsey and LeanIn.org found that “women in senior management are seven times more likely than men at the same level to say they do more than half of the housework.”

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

If the company management feels it is operating below this standard most of these practices can be self taught by studying them on the internet or visiting a bookstore. Institute a program of education and self-improvement. Informed Management [Experienced User or Management 2.0].