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  • Thawing the frozen middle

    As businesses put trillions of dollars into digital transformations, they need a plan to ensure that middle management is helping make the most of the investment.
    November 26, 2019 by Carol Stubbings, Darren Homer, and John Francis
    Related tags: agility, automation, digital transformation, management, management strategies, personal development, skills, workplace
  • 10 principles of workforce transformation

    How to raise the skills of your employees to meet your digital challenges. See also “A guide to workforce transformation.”
    September 25, 2019 by Deniz Caglar and Carrie Duarte
    Related tags: 10 principles, career development, digital transformation, employee engagement, human capital, skills, talent, the Katzenbach Center, training
  • A guide to workforce transformation

    How to raise the skills of your employees so that they can move successfully into the future. For further insights, read “10 principles of workforce transformation.”
    September 25, 2019
    Related tags: career development, digital transformation, employee engagement, human capital, skills, talent development, the Katzenbach Center, training
  • 6 steps to upskilling your people

    A comprehensive way to build talent and fill jobs in our rapidly changing digital economy.  For further insights, read “A strategist’s guide to upskilling.”
    August 8, 2019
    Related tags: career development, digital disruption, next industrial revolution, organizational learning, public-private partnerships, skills, talent development, training
  • A strategist’s guide to upskilling

    Companies and local governments can unlock opportunity by working together to raise the quality of talent.  See also “6 steps to upskilling your people.”
    July 25, 2019 by Laurent Probst and Christian Scharff
    Related tags: career development, digital disruption, next industrial revolution, organizational learning, public-private partnerships, skills, talent development, training, upskilling
  • Update your leadership skills to bridge the digital–human divide

    Classic “soft skills” need new definitions and applications for workplaces of the future.
    May 31, 2019 by Jesse Sostrin
    Related tags: digital, leaders, leadership, skills, workplace
  • Uncovering the hidden talent on your staff

    Worried about a skills gap? CEOs can try these strategies to find the employees who have what it takes to transform a business.
    April 26, 2019 by Vicki Huff Eckert
    Related tags: human capital, innovation, innovators, skills, technology, transformation
  • The silver lining of an aging population

    Economists often warn that an abundance of elders will be problematic for the economy. But new research shows that such a demographic shift could be a good thing.
    March 4, 2019 by Matt Palmquist
    Related tags: age wave, careers, demographics, economy, recent research, skills, social responsibility
  • Who Are Your Company’s Keystone Employees?

    A framework borrowed from nature illuminates why these workers are valuable and why they should be nurtured.
    January 30, 2019 by Eric J. McNulty
    Related tags: human capital, human resources, leadership, management ideas, skills, teams
  • Closing the Skills Gap Could Be as Simple as ABC

    More collaboration between businesses and schools is vital to ensure that the next generation of workers is “future-fit.”
    November 19, 2018 by Sara Caplan
    Related tags: ceo, education, human capital, innovation, personnel, skills, training
  • Try a New Hiring Framework to Attract Knowledge Stars

    Traditional HR practices won’t suffice when firms seek to attract the sometimes quirky, and always necessary, idea people.
    November 15, 2018 by Matt Palmquist
    Related tags: hiring, human capital, human resources, personnel, recent research, skills, talent
  • Leaders: Break Through Your Learning Blockers

    Spot and resist the bad habits that hinder your innovation potential.Take our quiz to find out if you are seeking opportunities to grow: “Are You Increasing Your Learning Agility — Or Are You Missing Out?”
    September 18, 2018 by Jesse Sostrin
    Related tags: agility, corporate leaders, effectiveness, leadership, personal development, skills, success
  • Are You Increasing Your Learning Agility — Or Are You Missing Out?

    To be a more agile leader, nurture the habits that accelerate your learning capacity and be aware of the ones that block new experiences. For more insight, see “Leaders: Break Through Your Learning Blockers.”
    September 18, 2018
    Related tags: agility, corporate leaders, effectiveness, leadership, personal development, skills, success
  • Increasing Your Global Fluency

    For recent grads and seasoned executives alike, on-the-ground experience in foreign locales can help you bridge your global skills gap and increase your ability to innovate.
    September 10, 2018 by Eric J. McNulty
    Related tags: career development, communication, corporate leaders, culture, globalization, global perspective, skills, travel
  • A Practical Plan to Become a More Agile Learner

    To gain experience and build your transformation readiness, turn these learning accelerators into habits. Take our quiz to find out if you are seeking opportunities to grow: Are You Increasing Your Learning Agility — Or Are You Missing Out?
    August 21, 2018 by Jesse Sostrin
    Related tags: agility, corporate leaders, effectiveness, leadership, personal development, skills, success
  • How Transformation-Ready Leaders Learn

    Take the time and effort to look for new ways of doing things, and turn away from old habits that block that process. Take our quiz, “Are You Increasing Your Learning Agility — Or Are You Missing Out?”, to find out if you are seeking opportunities to grow.
    August 7, 2018 by Jesse Sostrin
    Related tags: agility, corporate leaders, effectiveness, leadership, personal development, skills, success
  • Desperately Seeking Workers

    With roughly equal numbers of open jobs and unemployed people, companies are scrapping their talent plans and looking for workers wherever they can find them.
    June 6, 2018 by Daniel Gross
    Related tags: economy, employment, human resources, jobs, skills, talent development
  • The Balancing Act of Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

    Employees often take a pay cut to participate in CSR programs, but many do so to gain career skills.
    May 31, 2018 by Matt Palmquist
    Related tags: career development, employee engagement, global issues, motivation, personal development, recent research, skills, social responsibility
  • Art Is Good for Business

    Supporting the arts can help companies address many modern concerns.
    May 24, 2018 by Shellie Karabell
    Related tags: company growth, creativity, diversity, human resources, innovation strategy, skills, value proposition
  • Build Your Leadership Resilience. It’s an Act of Defiance.

    To develop the skills you’ll need to respond to adversity with strength, follow these three steps.
    May 22, 2018 by Jesse Sostrin
    Related tags: career development, corporate leaders, effectiveness, leadership, personal development, skills, success
  • Ask Not What Your City Can Do for New Jobs

    Towns in the U.S. are scrambling to attract Amazon’s second headquarters, but there are more effective ways to put people to work. Fill the vacant jobs in your area.
    March 21, 2018 by Daniel Gross
    Related tags: economy, employment, jobs, skills, talent development
  • The need for digital know-how starts at the top

    Your entire organization needs the right skills to make the most of the digital future and its emerging technologies — and that begins with your senior leaders.
    February 14, 2018 by Tom Puthiyamadam
    Related tags: digital strategy, digital technologies, emerging technology, leaders, skills, talent development
  • How to Spark “Next-Gen” Creativity

    Leading for creativity isn’t about being an artistic free spirit — it’s about having the necessary skills to think in ways that get things done.
    November 14, 2017 by Eric J. McNulty
    Related tags: automation, creativity, economy, global economy, skills
  • Looking for a Better IT Project Manager? Try the Hybrid Model

    As business and technology strategies become more integrated, companies need an IT manager who can watch the bottom line and communicate, as well as do the hard coding.
    August 24, 2017 by Matt Palmquist
    Related tags: internet, project management, recent research, skills, strategic planning, technology
  • Can Ex-Cons Ease the Labor Shortage?

    Employers are running out of creative ways to lure workers — and those coming out of prison are a largely untapped pool.
    August 3, 2017 by Daniel Gross
    Related tags: economy, human resources, skills, talent development
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