Building A Mutually Beneficial Relationship With Your Manager … Or Managers

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by Janice Molloy | November 14, 2016

Remember “Office Space”? The cult classic 90s movie that united its fans around the world in their shared disillusionment with the monotony of day-to-day work? Among the litany of complaints that protagonist Peter shares with the consultants at Initech is the fact that he has eight bosses: “That means when I screw up, I have eight people coming to tell me about it.” That was in the 90s. The business world was a different place then, but the concept of having multiple stakeholders – many of whom have a say in your career progression and daily responsibilities – is still […]

What Does It Mean To Be Customer-Focused In Today’s Business World?

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by Joanna Maunder | October 31, 2016

In 2015, Lay’s Potato Chips launched its third annual Do Us a Flavor contest, in which customers all over the world submit ideas for the next flavor of Lay’s Potato Chips. 2015’s winning flavor, Southern Biscuits and Gravy, won the hearts and taste buds of potato chip aficionados everywhere, rising to the top of the nearly 4 million flavor submissions. The chip’s flavor is a combination of the winner’s creativity and company’s ability to make that flavor profile realistic to hungry snackers. The winner’s prize? $1 million or one percent of her flavor’s net sales – whichever was higher. But […]

Anything Is Possible In The Panorama Of Learning: Learning 2016 Recap

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by Marisa Naughton | October 28, 2016

As Astronaut Scott Kelly looked down at Earth during his 340-day sojourn in space, he realized one thing very clearly: If we can figure out how to send a human being to space to live for one year, we can figure out how to do anything. Nothing is beyond our ability or our comprehension. For the 1600-plus L&D practitioners at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2016, held this past week in Orlando, Florida, who sat in rapt attention as Kelly delivered one of the conference keynotes, that message resonated louder than others. Over the course of the four-day conference, sessions and discussions […]

More Value From New Content And Capabilities In Harvard ManageMentor®

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by Diane Belcher | October 24, 2016

For over 20 years, Harvard ManageMentor® has set the standard for on-demand leadership development. It combines the highest quality content with a unique learning design focused on putting learning into action. This combination has helped organizations around the world inspire generations of leaders while elevating their performance. As the Product Manager for Harvard ManageMentor, I am proud of the impact that we have on learners across the globe. Whether we’re helping a manager prepare for a difficult conversation, or providing a tool to drive stronger organizational alignment around strategic goals, we are committed to developing better, stronger managers. We recently received an email […]

From Business Need To Impact: The ROI Of Leadership Development At Emirates NBD

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by Sumit Harjani | October 12, 2016

We are featuring blogs this month on all of our gold-medal-winning clients in this year’s Brandon Hall Excellence in Human Capital Management Awards. In September, the team from Emirates NBD received gold medal honors from the Brandon Hall Human Capital Excellence Awards for “Best Advance in Measuring the Impact of Leadership Development” for their Managerial Leadership Program (MLP). A lot has been written about the need and importance of leadership development, but actually being able to measure its business impact remains an elusive goal for many organizations. Here are the three key measurement principles that Emirates NBD employed to help […]