Inter-generational role transitions are often bumpy when it comes to the family business. Power and authority are not always easy to lay down when the baton is passed to the next generation, despite best laid plans.
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The frequency and scope of cyberattacks are growing rapidly, with breaches becoming a significant threat to a business’s reputation and sustainability. No industry or business size is immune to a cyberattack, and small and midsize businesses typically face more acute risks. With cyberthreats evolving and becoming more prevalent, what can your organization do to reduce the potential of suffering a cyberattack and hopefully minimize the cost of the incident?
10 Common Mistakes Managers Make
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Managing individuals is tough, especially if they are family members or from a different generation. Managers are bound to run into situations that they feel ill-equipped to handle, which leads to mistakes that can cost the organization in time, talent, money, and reputation. In this session, we’ll explore the typical situations where managers can err as well as strategies to help stay compliant in potentially hazardous areas such as company communications, talent recruitment and management, and performance management.
Diversity Matters: Beyond Policies to Progress
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Diversity of perspectives, experiences, cultures, genders and age is essential to any U.S. organization’s success today. It’s that collection of differences that pushes a company’s ability to innovate and grow in a fast-paced, competitive environment. Learn where they stand, what they’re doing now and what they can do to move forward.
Companies have been employing digital technology for years, but they are only now committing themselves to pursuing durable digital transformations. The shift signals a changed outlook from recent years, when digitization efforts tended to be more tactical than strategic. Companies invested in technological upgrades, remaking individual functions such as sales support and customer service. But a clear majority of companies now invest in digital transformation for long-term growth, not short-term improvements, according to a recent survey of finance executives.
Innovation doesn’t happen in a straight line. A wide diversity of perspectives and experiences is needed to spark the new connections so critical to innovation.
Women in Business: Beyond Policy to Progress
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With the current volatility in the global economy and ongoing technological innovation and disruptions, gender diversity is more important than ever.
Despite highly publicized handwringing over geopolitical uncertainty, corporate misbehavior, and the job-killing potential of artificial intelligence, the 21st CEO Survey reveals surprising faith and optimism among chief executives in the economic and business environment worldwide. Ironically, it is the CEOs who have been in office longer—11 to 25 years—who are rosiest in their assessment of the global economy and their own organization’s prospects. They’ve weathered the previous storms and can see the opportunities ahead.
When it comes to preparing their people for the future, U.S. CEOs know there’s work to do. They’re increasingly concerned about finding the right skills for growth.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies are becoming more and more popular, and with good reason. As the capabilities of tablets and smartphones continue to rapidly expand, the mobility revolution has been a boon for businesses and employees alike, enabling greater productivity and more flexibility. BYOD amplifies those efficiency gains, reducing administrative headaches for the business and encouraging employee participation. The key is to find an appropriate balance that protects the business while allowing employees to take advantage of the technology.