Friday Features: 17-May-2019
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BY Hayley Blunden et al. via Harvard Business REVIEW
When was the last time you sought someone’s advice? Perhaps you were navigating a tricky situation at work, searching for jobs, or making an important purchase. In these situations, we often focus on gathering all of the information we can in order to make the best choice. That’s why we may turn to a few or many people for different opinions. Research, after all, has shown that leveraging the “wisdom of crowds” can lead to more accurate decisions. But could turning to multiple people ever backfire?
BY Bill Snyder via Stanford Business Insights
David Petraeus is arguably the best known American general of the post-Vietnam era. He gained fame after leading the surge in Iraq, a controversial buildup of U.S. forces that was credited with a sharp reduction of violence during the American occupation. After retiring from the Army, he headed the CIA from late 2011 to 2012 and is now a partner at the private equity firm KKR. Petraeus has written about leadership and is known as a strategic thinker who emphasizes painstaking preparation
BY Gerald C. Kane et al. via Deloitte INSIGHTS
As businesses mature digitally, they stand apart from rivals. A survey by MIT SMR and Deloitte found digitally mature companies are better at developing digital leaders, pushing decision-making deeper, and responding faster to the marketplace, and are more likely to experiment.
BY Paul Daugherty et al. via Accenture Insights
Workers are becoming “human+”—empowered by a new set of technological capabilities integrated alongside their own skills and expertise. Human+ workers possess tremendous capabilities, but companies still recruit, hire and manage for the workforce of years past. To thrive in the post-digital era, organizations must leverage technology in the workplace to close that workforce gap, fostering a culture of continuous learning..
BY Gwen Moran via FastCompany
whether your company has thorough development programs or takes a more laissez-faire approach, the reality is that every day, you have opportunities to hone your leadership abilities [...]Often overlooked, these simple practices in your everyday life can help you on the job as well.
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Narayan Kamath
