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Part of Leadership is to Create a Crisis

Destination Innovation

Under his leadership, Alcoa streamlined and improved operations. These committees were tasked with identifying safety hazards, developing safety protocols, and promoting a culture of safety awareness. By fostering a culture of transparency and accountability, employees felt empowered to address safety issues proactively.

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Ignite Your Leadership Journey: Embrace Emotional Intelligence for Success

Leapfrogging

Introduction to Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Emotional intelligence has become a cornerstone in the realm of leadership development, recognized for its pivotal role in enhancing a leader’s effectiveness. Conflict Management Effective leaders use EQ to resolve disputes constructively.

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Tony Hsieh – The Remarkable Cultural Innovator at Zappos

Destination Innovation

The remarkable culture which Hsieh developed at Zappos starts with the hiring process which is longer and more involved than traditional recruitment. Zappos hires slowly with the emphasis on cultural fit. Zappos has a culture book that is written and updated by employees. The company hires only about 1% of all applicants.

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How To Make Work Work for Women in Tech and Leadership

Business and Tech

Lack of representation in leadership Women in the IT industry are confronted with an imbalance that can be incredibly discouraging — they make up only 26% of the entire workforce. Female representation in the tech leadership space is still alarmingly low, often ranging between 15-25% (depending on the data set). What’s more?

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Business Models Changing the Landscape of Growth and Innovation

Speaker: Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President, Innovationedge

Webinar participants will walk away inspired and motivated to advance their leadership skills from building new capabilities, changing culture, piloting several innovation approaches, to tailoring unique solutions to win in very competitive markets. January 28, 2020 9:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM GMT.

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Podcast S6E138: Stefanie Johnson – Inclusifying your company

Idea to Value

Johnson is member of the MG 100 Coaches, was selected for the 2020 Thinkers50 Radar List, and is the author of the Wall Street Journal National Bestseller: Inclusify: Harnessing the power of uniqueness and belonging to build innovative teams. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:45 – The importance of inclusive leadership.

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Accelerating the Journey to HR 3.0: Key Insights from IBM’s 2020 Study

InnovationTraining.org

This 2020 report, titled “ Accelerating the Journey to HR 3.0 “, provided some compelling and interesting insights into disruptions that are already happening, as well as ten critical action areas that organizations need to do to move their HR forward now. Invest in the new role of leadership. Image courtesy of IBM study.

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