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Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and the director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. She has authored and co-authored around 20 books, with her latest work being “Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time”. Professor Kanter shares her current undertakings at Harvard University and her thoughts about the subject of leadership while looking at examples such as today’s world and business leaders. --------------------- Companies with better employee experiences have more engaged and productive workers, higher profits, and the ability to attract and retain talent. In today’s competitive talent landscape, companies can’t afford not to invest in employee experience. Download your copy and start creating better experiences for your employees and customers today! --------------------- Get the latest insights on the Future of Work, Leadership and employee experience throug

We keep hearing about this concept of passion and whether or not you should follow your passion. It reminds me of a story about a man who visits a construction site. As he's going around the construction site, he sees a bunch of people working. He asks the first person what they do there. And the man responds that he lays bricks. He asks the second person, who says he is building a wall. He asks the third person, who says he is building a cathedral. I love this story because it's an example of three people who are doing the exact same thing with totally different mindsets. It's not that the person building a cathedral is passionate about what he's doing, it's the fact that he's bringing his passion with him to whatever he does. And that I think, is a far more scalable and realistic approach. Don’t follow your passion. Instead, bring your passion with you. --------------------- Companies with better employee experiences have more engaged and productive workers, higher profits, and the ability to attract and re

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the popular science bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. His writings examine free will, consciousness, intelligence, happiness and suffering. What will be the future course of humanity? Will Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality take over? Join us as we uncover these questions with Yuval!  --------------------- Companies with better employee experiences have more engaged and productive workers, higher profits, and the ability to attract and retain talent. In today’s competitive talent landscape, companies can’t afford not to invest in employee experience. Download your copy and start creating better experiences for your employees and customers today! --------------------- Get the latest insights on the Future of Work, Leadership and employee experienc

How to win the war for talent by focusing on employee experience. Employee experience is the process of redesigning your workplace practices around your people by focusing on three environments:

Molly Fletcher is the author of four books, one of the world's only female sports agents, and is acknowledged as the female “Jerry Maguire” by CNN. Over 300 athletes, including Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, PGA TOUR golfer Matt Kuchar, broadcaster Erin Andrews, and basketball championship coaches Tom Izzo and Doc Rivers, have signed contracts with Molly worth over $500 million. In today’s episode, we will discuss how you can succeed in business, build relationships, accept rejections, be authentic, and so much more. Tune in and learn a lot from Molly!  --------------------- This episode is sponsored by Namely. Working in HR isn't for the faint of heart. But whether you have 50 or 1,000 employees, Namely is the HR solution that supports you and your employees. With onboarding, performance management, payroll, and intuitive benefits enrollment – all in one connected modern platform. Grow with Namely, and get one free month when you make the switch! Learn more by going to Namely.com/fow today. --------------

Are you a current or aspiring leader who feels stuck in your career? If so, you’re not alone. But thankfully, there are six strategies you can implement to unstick yourself from your career and find a way to move forward. 1. Ask why. It's easy to feel stuck. But ask yourself why you feel stuck in your current role or your current environment and get to the root of the problem. 2. Focus more on who you work with and less on the dollar figure and the brand name. 3. Be open to the possibility of making a lateral or even a backwards move so that you can then make a forward move. 4. Have an honest conversation with your leader. If you feel stuck, talk with your leader and explain your feelings. Maybe you can both do something that makes you feel unstuck. 5. Take a step back and really define where you want to go. 6. When all else fails, consider quitting. The worst thing you can do is be complacent and simply feel like you're stuck without taking any kind of action. But the best thing you can do is act. ----------

Tom Gilovich is an American psychologist who is the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. He has conducted research in social psychology, decision making, behavioral economics. He is also the author of the book, The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology’s Most Powerful Insights. What you will learn in this episode:  The difference between wisdom and intelligence Why we misevaluate certain things Strategies and techniques to use to be the wisest person in the room How experiences have a different effect on us than purchasing material things --------------------- This episode is sponsored by Namely. Working in HR isn't for the faint of heart. But whether you have 50 or 1,000 employees, Namely is the HR solution that supports you and your employees. With onboarding, performance management, payroll, and intuitive benefits enrollment – all in one connected modern platform. Grow with Namely, and get one free month when you make the switch! Learn more b

For many years, there has been the assumption that anything related to people inside of an organization is only the responsibility of HR. HR does the recruiting, hiring, firing, benefits, compensation, policies, and all the people-related tasks. I'm not saying that as a leader you need to do all of these things. But as a leader, you are ultimately responsible for your people. And that is very much an HR responsibility. Sometimes we forget the power and responsibility a leader truly has. You have the power to make or break someone's day. As a leader, you need to know your employees as human beings, not just as workers. You need to know what your people care about and what they value. You need to know their strengths and weaknesses and how you can help them shine. You need to unlock their potential and make sure they succeed. People don't leave companies, they leave leaders. So as a leader, you are arguably the most important part of the HR department. --------------------- This episode is sponsored by SAP Conc

Navi Radjou is an Indian-born scholar and an innovation and leadership advisor based in Silicon Valley. He is a Fellow of Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and has spoken and written widely on the theme of frugal innovation. He has also co-authored the global bestseller Jugaad Innovation and From Smart To Wise. His TED talk on frugal innovation has garnered nearly 2 million video views. Is innovation just about adapting to climate change and sustainability and scarcity of resources from a broader perspective? As leaders, how can we lead intuitively from the heart? Tune in to learn more about what Navi says about Leadership, Innovation, Intuition, and Integration. --------------------- This episode is sponsored by SAP Concur. Integrate travel, expense, and invoice processes into one seamless, connected platform, for complete visibility into employee spend. Learn more at www.concur.com. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Org

Do you know how to increase your productivity? According to Dan Pink, author of When, you have to understand the three stages of your day. We all go through these stages at different times, but the stages themselves are consistent: Peak, Trough, and Recovery. The peak is when you have energy, when you're ready to go and you can accomplish anything. This is the time to work on your tough tasks. The trough is when you're mentally checked out, sluggish, and not really present. This is the stage where you want to focus on the administrative tasks and things that don't require a lot of cognitive energy and effort. The recovery happens much later in your day. This is where your mood is usually up, and it’s the best time to focus on tasks that are good for insight, such as creating tasks or brainstorming. The key is to identify when is your peak, when is your trough, and when is your recovery. After you identify those things, you'll know which tasks you should be doing at certain times in the day. ------------------

Daniel Coyle is a New York Times best-selling author. He wrote various books: The Talent Code and The Little Book of Talent, which focuses on a person’s potential for greatness, and The Culture Code, which is all about Culture. He has recently released a new book entitled The Culture Playbook, a supplementary book to The Culture Code. Daniel wondered how culture was made, and he thought it might be due to great leaders showing great signals. He discovered three patterns that make it a culture. Tune in as the episode discusses the concepts, importance, and impact of culture in people's lives. --------------------- This episode is sponsored by SAP Concur. Integrate travel, expense, and invoice processes into one seamless, connected platform, for complete visibility into employee spend. Learn more at www.concur.com. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking about work and they are struggling! In my new P

Christopher "Chris" Voss is an American businessman, author, and academic. Chris is a former FBI hostage negotiator, The Black Swan Group Ltd CEO in East Grinsted, England, and co-author of Never Split the Difference. He is an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, and a lecturer at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. What does Chris take on ways to make negotiations smooth and error-free? Are there any critical points one should remember when negotiating in sales or in real life to win in their favor? Is it essential to be more active in listening rather than just hearing surface-level reasoning? Should you show vulnerability when dealing with hostage negotiations? --------------------- This episode is sponsored by SAP Concur. Integrate travel, expense, and invoice processes into one seamless, connected platform, for complete visibility into employee spend. Learn more at www.concur.com. --------------------- The #1

I never liked the phrase soft skills. To me, it implies that things like communication, empathy, self awareness, and emotional intelligence are less valuable and less tangible than things like reading, math, and science. Many leaders and HR professionals actually agree that soft skills are more important now than these traditional hard skills. It's these human soft skills that ultimately distinguish us from machines. AI is already augmenting human decision making. It's out thinking, out maneuvering, out strategizing and outperforming us in many capacities. But not when it comes to the skills that make us who we are as human beings. It's because of these “soft skills” that we were still able to bring in new customers and close deals. We were still able to support and help each other. And create customer and employee experiences that matter. So let's call them what they really are, not soft skills, but skills. Let's recognize how crucial and invaluable they truly are for our personal and professional success. -

Carlos Gutierrez is the Chairman, and CEO at EmPath. EmPath uses machine learning to solve a problem that the corporate world has been trying to solve for at least 20 years, and that is to identify the skills of every employee. Identify the skills required for every job in the company. Once you have that database of information, the things you can do are endless, and the kind of environment you can create for people. He is also the former US Secretary of Commerce and former Kellogg's Chairman and CEO. In today’s episode, we will talk about how Carlos got into the business of helping people grow and what motivated him to upskill himself. He also shares what things they do to help businesses know their employee’s skills better, which will help them create a good environment for the employees,  is experience still important and how should leaders look at proficiency. --------------------- This episode is brought to you by EmPath. Empower your employees, raise engagement, and boost retention. The workforce of tom

What is the most dangerous quality a leader can have? Ego. Having an ego in itself isn't bad. But what hurts a lot of leaders is having an ego that goes unchecked. As you grow and excel in your career, you're going to get more power, authority, responsibility, and money. And as that happens, it's only natural that your ego is going to grow. As a result, you start to think that your ideas are better than everybody else's and that you shouldn't be questioned or challenged. This is when the downward spiral typically begins. In addition to creating a toxic work culture, you start to miss out on opportunities to create new products and services, and you start to make bad decisions. But the good news is there are a few things that you can do to avoid having this happen to you: 1. Practice empathy 2. Embrace and develop self awareness 3. Surround yourself with diverse people who are smarter and more talented than you 4. Get out of the ivory tower and spend time with people across different seniority levels and diffe

Daniel Pink is the author of several books about work, creativity, and the human condition. His books include the long-running New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. His books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world How does learning to address our regrets affect our way of life? Is the phrase “No Regrets” a good way of living our lives? Stay tuned as Daniel and I talk about the widely-held assumptions about emotions and behavior and the most fundamental part of our lives – Regrets. --------------------- This episode is sponsored by SAP Concur. Integrate travel, expense, and invoice processes into one seamless, connected platform, for complete visibility into employee spend. Learn more at www.concur.com. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking ab

Across all my years of research and hundreds of CEO interviews, the need to provide purpose and meaning keeps coming up, but these two things aren’t the same!  Today’s employees want to have meaning behind their jobs and work for purpose-driven leaders. They’ll even take a lower-paying job that delivers purpose and meaning. I put together all of my best research and takeaways into an interactive worksheet that can transform your organization to deliver more purpose and meaning for you and your teams.  This must-have resource will help you create a stronger employee experience for current and future employees. Tune in to this episode If you want to get it for free. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking about work and they are struggling! In my new PDF, I outline 7 ways the workforce is changing and what you and your organization need to do to adapt. The Great Resignation is The Great Opportunity if

Stephen Richards Covey was a well-known nonfiction author in the United States. He was a multi talented individual known for his accomplishments as a successful businessman, educator, and public speaker. He is credited with writing The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, one of the most important business books of the twentieth century. What are Stephen’s current opinions on managing and leading employees? Is it still possible to accomplish things the old way, such as managing people? Tune in as Stephen discusses the significance of trust and Inspiration vs. command and control and how to manage and contain people at work properly. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking about work and they are struggling! In my new PDF, I outline 7 ways the workforce is changing and what you and your organization need to do to adapt. The Great Resignation is The Great Opportunity if you are willing to take act

When researching organizations for my book, The Employee Experience Advantage, my goal was to explore what employee experience is, what the world’s top companies are doing, how to create frameworks that others can follow, and what the ROI of investing in employee experience is. After all of my research, I found the ROI of investing in employee experience is significant and translates into higher productivity, profit and revenue per employee, stock price performance, and much more. The organizations that invest in Employee Experience CRUSH the competition! You can learn what the world's leading organizations like Airbnb, Cisco, and Facebook are doing to create these employee experiences with my free employee experience training series here: http://bit.ly/2GcvaxF --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking about work and they are struggling! In my new PDF, I outline 7 ways the workforce is changing and wh

Kim Scott, the New York Bestselling Author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Co-Founder of Candor, Inc. She’s giving her take on why there are so many bad bosses, or at least the perception of so many bad bosses, today.  Today we are talking about Kim’s new book and how Radical Candor can make you a better leader at work and in life. During our conversation Kim shares  a pivotal moment in her career where she felt she had failed an employee by not giving them honest feedback. From that point on she promised herself she would never make that mistake again and that she would help others practice radical candor. --------------------- The #1 challenge for organizations right now is how to attract and retain talent. Organizations are stuck in old ways of thinking about work and they are struggling! In my new PDF, I outline 7 ways the workforce is changing and what you and your organization need to do to adapt. The Great Resignation is The Great Opportunity if you are willing to