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    KB recommends
    • Jan 3
    • 3 min

    ARTICLE: ‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours

    A recent McKinsey & Company survey showed a record pace of US workers has been quitting—19 million and counting since April...

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    KB recommends
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: Why Leadership Trust Is Critical in Times of Change and Disruption

    Whether it’s leading teams in the office, remotely, or a hybrid of both, it’s critical for leaders to build and maintain trust with their...

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    KB recommends
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: Fight the fatigue that’s killing your team’s productivity

    Leaders and their teams fighting lack of motivation are finding that what they are actually suffering from is fatigue. Signs of...

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    KB recommends
    • May 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    ARTICLE: Beyond Burned Out

    Workplace expert Jennifer Moss wrote on hbr.com that chronic stress was rampant before the pandemic, and has increased to a level that...

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    KB recommends
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: Are Your Leaders Ready for the Next Normal?

    I have been using the Leadership Versatility Index, a 360 instrument for the assessment and development of versatility, with my clients...

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    KB recommends
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: Laughter Will Keep Your Team Connected — Even While You’re Apart

    Videoconferencing has been around for more than 20 years, but until the pandemic, most remote meeting attendees conferenced in from a...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: Hard Times Are Coming. Here’s How to Build Your Company’s Resilience to Endure Them

    The saying “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” needs an upgrade—because when hard times hit, what we need more than anything...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: How to Thrive in the 2020s

    The keys to competitive success in the new decade will be different from those of the past. This interactive bcg.com article explains...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    BOOK: This volatility expert wants to help you see around corners

    How do we assess and handle potentially volatile conditions, or high uncertainty situations, in business and beyond? Rita McGrath, a...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    ARTICLE: For Leaders, Decency Is Just as Important as Intelligence

    In a recent hbr.org article, Dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Bill Boulding, describes how successful leaders today...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Jan 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE: Finding “Flow”

    Korn Ferry contributor Daniel Goleman describes the spontaneous joy, even rapture, of optimal mental performance, or "flow", as a state...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • May 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE: Leveraging the Nature of Business Tribes

    As humans, we are conditioned to seek affiliation through families and tribes, together establishing rules to create safety, belonging,...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Apr 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE: Teaching Meditation to Employees Could Have Big Benefits

    A recent Chief Learning Officer article discusses how the practice of TM (Transcendental Meditation) has been growing in the financial...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Apr 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE: The New Science of Team Chemistry

    Organizations aren't getting the performance they need from their teams. That's the message we hear from many of our clients wrestling...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Jul 8, 2016
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE: The CEO’s Practical Guide to Energy

    With the heat wave hitting the 90s here, managing energy is a hot topic. So let's talk about it—not hot summer sun energy, or what heats...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Dec 23, 2015
    • 1 min

    ARTICLE & VIDEO: Why Agility Pays

    Over the past decade, McKinsey has studied the impact of a wide range of management practices affecting organizational health based on...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Oct 8, 2015
    • 1 min

    NEW BOOK: The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance

    Today's leaders know that speed and agility are the keys to any company’s success, and yet many are frustrated that their organizations...

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    Karen Boylston recommends
    • Oct 8, 2015
    • 1 min

    NEW BOOK: Dialogic Organization Development

    Dialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations...

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