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The fortune at the bottom of the org chart
How inexperienced and entry-level colleagues can deliver some of your biggest opportunities.
Organizations & people
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How productivity tracking can empower employees
It’s important to know what your workforce is actually doing, yet many employees balk at being monitored. But if monitoring is done right, employees benefit.
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Learn to pivot like a dolphin
Get yourself unstuck by paying close attention to cues and experimenting until you figure out what’s needed of you.
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Update your leadership skills to bridge the digital–human divide
Classic “soft skills” need new definitions and applications for workplaces of the future.
GMO
Diversifying the high-tech talent pool
Pinnacle Group CEO Nina Vaca’s top priorities are to keep growing fast and expand the talent pipeline.
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Managerial hubris brought down MacArthur
As the general’s example shows, too much confidence and pride are a recipe for leadership disasters.
GMO
Organizational effectiveness goes digital
New technologies offer leaders an agile way to assess their company’s health and embark on improvement.
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Rethinking Brand You
Excellence provocateur Tom Peters sharpens the career advice he’s been giving for the past 20 years.
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Why Net Promoter Score is past its prime
The metric was useful in simpler times, when companies were beginning to understand the importance of customer experience. But it’s time to replace it.
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The new company towns
Cash handouts and high-speed Internet are attracting people to unlikely places now that remote working is on the rise.
How to create happier employees
Professor Jochen Menges on the ways companies can develop well-being initiatives that genuinely make people feel better.
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Why office spaces should include Wi‑Fi‑enabled buses
As traffic gets worse and commuting times lengthen, companies could improve productivity and employees’ well-being by providing dedicated transit.
VideoGMO
How new leaders can step out of the shadow of a legendary CEO
Five game-changing practices to help those waiting in the wings succeed. For further insights, read “Succeeding the long-serving legend in the corner office.”
GMO
Succeeding the long-serving legend in the corner office
According to the 19th annual CEO Success study by PwC’s Strategy&, boards and new CEOs can reduce the risk associated with handing off the baton after a long tenure. See also “How new leaders can step out of the shadow of a legendary CEO.”
The case for general excellence
In his new book, Range, David Epstein argues that although specialization has its virtues, businesses need people with wide horizons and ranges of interests in order to succeed.
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Don’t be a “leader”
Successful leaders must recognize that their role is much more than the endgame of a specialist. Leading requires constant learning and a balance of specialized and broad knowledge.
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Uniting creatives and consultants
If professionals want to change the world, they need to master the Four Cs.
Three ways to better understand disappointments at work
The next time you’re confounded by an unexpected or confusing situation at work, use these practical strategies to move forward with greater success. For further insights, read “Three ways to demystify disappointments at work.”
PwC Insights
A five-year projection of consumer and advertiser spending data across 14 segments and 53 territories.
