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8 Leading Areas for Change In Risk Management/Analysis In The Coming Years

Strategy Driven

Bottom-line performance is a vital aspect of any business. Managers and people in higher positions, in general, are always looking for ways to improve bottom-line operations and minimize the risks. Risk management helps them stay on top of the market challenges and trends in the relevant industry. Digitization. Risk Management in Real-Time.

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Do You Have a Passion for What You Do?

Your Voice of Encouragement

I was struck by his passion about a new personality test he’d created based on two areas of brain science – cognitive psychology and neuroscience. I’d never met anyone who knew so much about the brain, and his enthusiasm for the topic was contagious. Would you describe them as topics you’re passionate about?

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Have We Been Thinking About Willpower the Wrong Way for 30 Years?

Harvard Business Review

Psychological researchers have a name for this phenomenon: ego depletion. In the study, the researchers asked two sets of subjects to wait in a room where there were two plates of food. This theory would seem to perfectly explain my after-work indulgences. One plate held fresh-baked cookies and the other red and white radishes.

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The Condensed Guide to Running Meetings

Harvard Business Review

“Social psychology research has shown that when people perform group tasks (such as brainstorming or discussing information in a meeting), they show a sizable decrease in individual effort than when they perform alone.” We love to hate meetings. Can you really make meetings more effective and regain control of your calendar?