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These individuals identify the practice that will work best.":1,"#Two different OD approaches exist:":1,"#Experience has shown that OD interventions always require new learning throughout the organization. L&D professionals often serve as internal consultants during OD initiatives. In this role, they work strategically with the CEO and other senior leaders.":1,"#Organizational development (or OD) relates to techniques that organizations apply to enhance their effectiveness. Major organizational development themes include building employee skills and abilities, as well as facilitating change management.":1,"#Understanding Organizational Development":1,"#The global environment today is characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. For organizations to keep pace, both teams and leaders must engage in rapid learning. Learning and development (L&amp;D) professionals must engage in new ways of thinking about learning. In <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Learning for Organizational Development</strong>, Eileen Arney discusses a wide variety of learning theories and concepts that L&amp;D specialists can integrate into their portfolios.":1,"#©2017 by Eileen Arney":1,"#How to Design, Deliver, and Evaluate Effective L&D":1,"#To meet today’s complex social and environmental challenges, companies must set aside traditional corporate philanthropy and develop a set of social values that support and benefit consumers, the community, and society—in other words, a social mind. In The Corporate Social Mind, Derrick Feldmann and Michael Alberg-Seberich present the eight fundamental traits that executives, marketing and communication teams, and social impact consultants need to develop a corporate social mindset.":1,"#Michael Alberg-Seberich, Derrick Feldmann":1,"#The Corporate Social Mind":1,"#The belief that sustainability is exclusively about altruism is dangerously outdated. In The Future of Value, strategy management consultant Eric Lowitt demonstrates that sustainability is an essential component of business, one that allows companies to create new value and stay ahead of the competition. Lowitt provides readers with the necessary tools and research to develop effective sustainability strategies, attract new customers, and enter new markets.":1,"#The Future of Value":1,"#Sustainability is one of the most important issues in business today. To remain competitive, companies must actively work to combat global warming and social injustice. In Trust Inc., Matthew Yeomans uses real-world examples to define the parameters of successful corporate sustainability initiatives. He argues that by using social media to discuss the progress of their sustainability efforts, companies can win the public’s trust.":1,"#Companies have moved from creating value for shareholders, through risk management and stakeholder capitalism, to being at the forefront as agents of positive social change in the world. In Sustainability to Social Change, Philip Mirvis and Bradley Googins highlight the challenges facing businesses in the midst of significant social problems that include health pandemics, social unrest, economic inequity, and climate change. Business leaders that take concrete actions to meet these challenges and develop new ways of thinking to address social problems will create a more inclusive form of capitalism and effect positive systemic social change.":1,"#Sustainability to Social Change":1,"#green-to-gold":1,"#Environmental issues today are very real and pressing. Stakeholders are increasingly concerned about how companies act and are not afraid to pressure them to be more environmentally aware. While the risks are high, the potential rewards are also great. Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston spent four years talking to hundreds of people at companies, industry associations, and environmental groups. The resulting book, <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Green to Gold</strong>, is a thorough review of what works and what does not work when companies fold environmental thinking into business strategy. The authors go inside leading companies, across industries, and around the world. They...":1,"#Senior executives are noticing the potential of <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Green to Gold</strong> to help organizations craft an environmental strategy. For example, Antony Burgmans, chairman, Unilever, stated, “Environmental issues and community concerns are increasingly part of the core business model and day-to-day operations of many companies. <strong ljsid-3=\"\">Green to Gold</strong> provides cutting-edge guidance for executives on how to execute this agenda – and gain an ‘eco-advantage.’” Or consider the words of Larry Linden, advisory director, Goldman Sachs, who commented, “<strong ljsid-5=\"\">Green to Gold</strong> is rich with both big-picture thinking and practical ‘how-to’ suggestions that will help bankers, analysts, fund managers, and investors stay on top of the ‘Green Wave.’”":1,"#Throughout the book, case studies are provided to reinforce core concepts. <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Green to Gold</strong> is designed to be read from cover to cover, as content builds from chapter to chapter. The book includes three appendices. The first contains an exhaustive list of resources related to the environment and business. The second provides an overview of the authors’ research approach, and the third offers a synopsis of the most relevant tools for different Green-to-Gold plays. In addition, there is a comprehensive index for those who seek to review information on a specific topic.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Green to Gold</strong> is relevant to a wide variety of people ranging from individual contributors, managers, and executives. The book provides tools and frameworks that can be used to develop environmental strategies.":1,"#ISBN: 9780300119978":1,"#© 2006 by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston.":1,"#by Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston":1,"#How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage":1,"#Yale University Press":1,"#Daniel C. Esty<span ljsid-1=\"\">, </span>":1,"#In The Triple Bottom Line, authors Andrew Savitz and Karl Weber look at how businesses can prosper financially while protecting and renewing the social, environmental, and economic resources they need-and how they can fail if they do not protect and renew these resources. The authors contend that sustainability should be thought of as the common ground shared by a company's business interests (those of its financial stakeholders) and the interests of the public (its nonfinancial stakeholders). A fruitful way to think strategically about a company's sweet spot is to think in terms of minimization and optimization. Sustainable businesses stand an excellent chance of being more successful tomorrow than today, and of remaining successful not just for months or years, but for decades or generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]":1,"#The Triple Bottom Line":1,"#Financial advisers Ron Carson and Scott Ford share their proprietary tools and long experience running successful businesses in The Sustainable Edge. They propose that using their IQ Grower process just 15 minutes per week will help entrepreneurs achieve not only business success but a better work-life balance. The process involves completing exercises to define personal values and life goals; taking steps to define, measure, and achieve rapid and sustainable business growth; and following quarterly rituals for setting goals and maintaining awareness of overarching values. They advocate keeping all processes for managing information, team members, and finding new business simple.":1,"#Ron Carson, Scott Ford":1,"#The Sustainable Edge":1,"#For businesses, “doing good” versus “doing well” has become a false choice. Every organization needs to work toward a sustainable future, and that requires brave, forward-thinking leaders. In Sustainable Leadership, Clarke Murphy explains how you can guide your organization toward sustainable success. Drawing on the insights and experiences of leaders from a broad cross section of industries, Murphy presents a framework of sustainable leadership principles and processes for merging an organization’s sustainability initiatives with its mission. His book is for current and next-generation leaders, as well as entrepreneurs, who want to better understand and implement sustainability strategies.":1,"#Sustainable Leadership":1,"#A sustainable business is an organization that tries to limit its negative impacts and solve some of the challenges facing society and the environment. In The Sustainable Business Handbook, David Grayson, Chris Coulter, and Mark Lee outline steps businesses should take to upgrade their sustainability efforts, which are also known as their environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) efforts. Sustainability isn’t just a buzzword, and the work of becoming more sustainable can help a company to solidify its purpose, strengthen its resilience, attract more talent, and discover new business opportunities.":1,"#The Sustainable Business Handbook":1,"#113 Results found for <span ljsid-1=\"\">\"desarrollos sustentable y medio ambiente\"</span>":1,"#the-environmental-capitalist":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Dematerialization, or making consumption move from the physical to the virtual, is another environmentally friendly opportunity</em>. Turning a product, such as a car,...":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Scarcity of resources is an opportunity for entrepreneurs</em>. Scarcity of resources, such as water or energy, can cause scarcity of other goods that require those resources. An innovator who finds a substitute or other way to produce those goods can profit.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Sustainability efforts are wrongheaded.</em> Instead of taking baby steps on the environment, businesses that want to be successful environmental capitalists need to think big and find opportunities to solve the problems that come with climate change.":1,"#Key Concepts":1,"#In <strong ljsid-1=\"\">The Environmental Capitalist</strong>, Carl Hall explains that the answer to climate change is not limiting growth but finding ways to solve the scarcity of resources so the economy and global prosperity can keep growing. In fact, Hall believes climate change presents the biggest business opportunity the world has seen. Businesses that find ways to solve the world's environmental problems, he asserts, can have a big impact and financial success.":1,"#ISBN: 9781907794780":1,"#Adapted by permission of LID Publishing Ltd.":1,"#©2014 by LID Publishing Ltd":1,"#by Carl Hall":1,"#Making Billions by Saving the Planet":1,"#Though the human resources function was once a strong advocate for employees, in the 1980s things changed. As labor markets became slack, HR shifted its focus to relentless cost cutting. Because it was hard for employees to quit, pay and every kind of benefit got squeezed. But now the pendulum has swung the other way. The U.S. unemployment rate has been below 4% for five years (except during the Covid shutdown), and the job market is likely to remain tight. So today the priorities are keeping positions filled and preventing employees from burning out. Toward that end HR needs to focus again on taking care of workers and persuade management to change outdated policies on compensation, training and development, layoffs, vacancies, outsourcing, and restructuring. One way to do that is to show leaders what the true costs of cur- rent practices are, creating dashboards with metrics on turnover, absenteeism, reasons for quitting, illness rates, and engagement. It’s also critical to prevent employee stress, especially by addressing fears about AI and restructuring. And when firms do restructure, they should take a less-painful, decentralized approach. To increase organizational flexibility and employees’ opportunities, HR can establish internal labor markets, and to promote a sense of belonging and win employees’ loyalty, it should ramp up DEI efforts.":1,"#Giant leaps can happen in short spans of time. These leaps aren’t always triumphs of technology. More often, they’re the result of a process, one that pushes people to study old problems with a different lens. In Think Like a Rocket Scientist, real-life rocket scientist Ozan Varol shares how leaders, professionals, and others can borrow this lens to achieve breakthroughs through constraints. He offers a practical roadmap to help people tap into their creativity and critical-thinking skills, question assumptions and classic patterns of thought, recognize opportunities, and proceed toward solutions that look like anything but the status quo.":1,"#Think Like a Rocket Scientist":1,"#<var hour=\"\"></var>:<var minutes=\"\"></var> minutes":1,"#You are signed in as <var signed_in_as=\"\"></var>":1,"#Cable explains how to replace negative inner chatter with positive self-talk, making challenges feel like opportunities for growth rather than obstacles to success.":1,"#Self-Talk Your Way into a Growth Mindset":1,"#In The Green Marketing Manifesto, John Grant, a British marketing professional with over 20 years of experience, provides a green marketing blueprint for people in the field of marketing. He outlines three approaches – green, greener and greenest – for using new media technologies to convince consumers to make lifestyle changes necessary to help save the environment. Grant also stresses that green marketing and being profitable are not mutually exclusive. He proposes that all companies should embrace green marketing because it will help them make money and because it is the right thing to do.":1,"#<a ljsid-0=\"\">Robert G. Hagstrom</a> is one of the best-known authors of investment books for general audiences. He has written seven books, including <em ljsid-2=\"\">The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy</em>, the first book to analyze concentrated, low-turnover portfolio management. Hagstrom has been an investment professional for 40 years. He was the portfolio manager of the institutional growth equity strategy at Legg Mason Capital Management, the chief investment officer of EquityCompass Investment Management, and the senior portfolio manager of the Global Leaders Portfolio.":1,"#When Buffett eventually retires as Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway’s culture of permanence, rationality, and curiosity will persist far into the future. He pledges to give away 99 percent of his wealth to charitable causes, which amounts to $160 billion if he retires today. Buffett’s life is filled with insights that he readily shares with all who want to learn, and his legacy will be preserved by those who listen.":1,"#As a process-oriented investor, Buffett appreciates investing for the practice itself, not just the financial returns. He finds meaning in teaching others his methods and aspires to be the mentor that his father and his professors were to him. In the 30 years between the first edition of <strong ljsid-1=\"\">The Warren Buffett Way</strong> and today, Buffett hasn’t lost an ounce of his enthusiasm and energy. What has changed is Berkshire Hathaway, which has expanded into a dominant American institution filled with the brightest money minds.":1,"#In 2017, Buffett spoke at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting and said that his company wouldn’t do well if managed by someone who didn’t have a <em ljsid-1=\"\">money mind</em>. There are plenty of investors who apply Buffett’s principles and follow in his footsteps, but the only ones who find success are those with Buffett’s temperament and mindset. He defines a money mind as a mindset that values learning, long-term investing, and rational capital allocation. However, having a money mind correlates to success in life far beyond wealth accumulation.":1,"#Buffett only thinks about the market when it presents new opportunities, but most investors tie their portfolio success and emotional state to the volatility of the market. Investors must think like businesspeople instead of speculators if they want to experience real long-term growth.":1,"#The <em ljsid-1=\"\">Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMT)</em> states that the efficiency of the stock market causes the unpredictability of prices. If accurate information is always reflected in the market and investors use the information as it becomes available, prices continually adjust before anyone can profit. However, if EMT were accurate, no one could ever beat the market. Irrational investment behavior, inaccurate information processing, and the prioritization of short-term results all prevent EMT from being true. Buffett believes that while the market is frequently efficient, it’s not always efficient.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)</em> is an investment strategy that prioritizes <em ljsid-2=\"\">risk mitigation</em>, which is the practice of reducing the emotional effects of price volatility. When risk is valued above investment return in a strategy, there’s a built-in ceiling that prevents investors from achieving Buffett-level returns. In addition, MPT defines risk in terms of the investor instead of the company, which displays a separation from reality. Buffett defines risk as harm done to the value of a business, which is the perspective of a private business owner, not a speculator.":1,"#Considering the historic and unparalleled success of Berkshire Hathaway, it’s surprising that other investment firms don’t copy its strategy. Buffett is transparent about his management style, principles, and methodology, but other investors don’t have the same detachment from the stock market that Buffett does.":1,"#It’s Not That Active Management Doesn’t Work":1,"#Long-term holding also provides value to investors through reduced transaction costs and increased post-tax returns. By keeping portfolio turnover low, brokerage fees decrease and capital gains taxes are postponed, which improves the compounding effect on a portfolio.":1,"#However, focus investing often comes with long periods of underperformance that make investors uneasy. Professional portfolio managers are often fired for short periods of underperformance, which contributes to a money management culture of short-term buying and selling. Buffett uses performance benchmarks other than price, such as <em ljsid-1=\"\">look-through earnings</em>, which account for earnings reinvested into companies in addition to generated shareholder value.":1,"#Focus investing might appear risky, but Buffett believes that the more knowledge he has about a company, the safer his investment is. He’s also comfortable not buying or selling stock for a long period of time, as high portfolio turnover decreases compounded growth. In a study of 12,000 simulated portfolios, focus investing returned both the highest and lowest returns compared to the market, which explains why it’s favored by expert business analysts like Buffett.":1,"#Modern portfolio managers diversify their investments across funds, industries, and markets to insulate their portfolio from downturns. However, Buffett practices <em ljsid-1=\"\">focus investing</em>, which is the investment in a select number of high-performing companies. Rather than picking stocks in a diversified portfolio or investing in index funds, Buffett beats the market by identifying companies that adhere to his tenets, purchasing shares at reasonable prices, and holding during periods of economic uncertainty.":1,"#Managing a Portfolio of Businesses":1,"#Buffett, usually wary of technology stocks, saw potential in Apple because of its high-quality product and 37 percent return on equity. CEO Tim Cook also displayed Buffett’s hands-off leadership style and rational capital allocation ability, which gave Buffett confidence in long-term growth.":1,"#Like his GEICO investment, Buffett saw excellent leadership qualities in newly appointed Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta, who was candid with shareholders and focused on increasing return on equity. Following the 1987 stock market crash, Buffett took action and bought 7 percent of the company.":1,"#Capital Cities and American Broadcasting Company merged in 1986 with $517.5 million in funding from Buffett. Experienced from his ownership in the Post, Buffett saw value in the broadcasting merger and trusted CEO Tom Murphy to run a decentralized business similar to Berkshire Hathaway.":1,"#In 1976, GEICO almost went bankrupt. Buffett recognized that the financial issues were due to poor leadership, and when managerial expert Jack Byrne took over, Buffett made a large investment. Byrne’s cost-cutting strategies and smart corporate investments contributed to an astounding 30.8 percent return on equity.":1,"#When <em ljsid-1=\"\">The Washington Post</em> became a publicly traded company, Buffett recognized that it was undervalued, dominant, and had low capital needs. His initial $11 million investment netted a $1.1 billion return due to the <em ljsid-3=\"\">Post</em> maintaining high profit margins and business-minded management values.":1,"#When Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway, he turned their $2.9 million common stock portfolio into $5.4 million within his first year. Buffett’s history of investment in five key common stocks reveals how he applies his tenets to his investments.":1,"#Common Stock Purchases":1,"#The job of an investor is to compare a company’s estimated value with its current share price. Buffett uses predictable cash flows and cost of capital to determine the value of a company. If he isn’t certain about future cash flows or prices are too high, he won’t make the investment.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">The one-dollar premise</em>. Every $1 of retained earnings should equal at least $1 of market value.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Profit margins</em>. Low-cost operations have larger profit margins.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Owner earnings</em>. Cash flow alone doesn’t paint a full picture.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Return on equity</em>. A high ratio of earnings to shareholder equity signals long-term success.":1,"#When assessing the financial health of a company, Buffett is guided by the following four principles:":1,"#If a company’s leadership allocates capital rationally and reports their financial performance transparently, Buffett feels confident investing in it. At Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett reports his biggest mistakes and missed opportunities every year so that shareholders know the accurate financial state of his company.":1,"#Buffett believes that success is correlated to the investor’s business understanding, so if a company is simple and understandable, it’s likely to be a better investment. He also values consistent operating history and long-term potential, since a solid foundation is necessary to support future growth.":1,"#Whether Buffett is buying shares of common stocks or entire businesses, he approaches investment through the perspective of a business analyst. The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report reveals the business, management, financial, and value tenets that Buffett considers when investing.":1,"#Business-Driven Investing":1,"#As vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, renowned investor Charlie Munger taught Buffett to prioritize a company’s quality even when the price tag was high. Munger was fiercely dedicated to research, rationality, and the study of failure, which made him an excellent collaborator to Buffett. He believed in embracing methodologies from all disciplines, which developed Buffett’s worldliness and encouraged decision-making guided by thorough research.":1,"#Philip Fisher’s <em ljsid-1=\"\">Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits</em> further inspired Buffett through an approach that valued equity and capable management in the companies he invested in. By focusing on profitability and excellent leadership, Fischer chose companies that could survive hardships and adapt as industries evolved.":1,"#Investor, author, and professor Benjamin Graham was a major influence on Buffett’s early investing methodology. His books <em ljsid-1=\"\">Security Analysis</em> and <em ljsid-3=\"\">The Intelligent Investor</em> taught Buffett how to use price-to-earnings ratios to identify valuable investments and how to keep his mindset focused on present success, not historical performance.":1,"#Buffett recognizes how lucky he was to be born in the right country, at the right time, and to the right parents. His father, Howard Buffett, was a political and religious man who valued integrity, freedom of choice, and self-reliance. These ideals were closely held by Buffett and supported his unrelenting self-confidence.":1,"#Investors are differentiated by their worldviews, philosophies, temperaments, and methods. These traits are informed by decades of research, education, and investment experience, so exploring Buffett’s background provides unique insights into the factors that shaped his expertise.":1,"#The Education of Warren Buffett":1,"#Buffett spent his early twenties working for his father in Nebraska and his professor, Benjamin Graham, in New York City. He dedicated himself to learning mathematically sound investing methodology and took his skills back to Nebraska, where he started the Buffett Partnership investment firm. Between 1956 and 1969, Buffett turned an initial asset base of $105,000 to $104 million for his partners. Buffett then used his personal returns to purchase ownership in Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate that gave him access to long-term capital investment.":1,"#Buffett’s first foray into the business world was as an entrepreneur. In high school, he teamed up with a friend to purchase and then rent out pinball machines, a Rolls Royce, and eventually a 40-acre farm to profit $6,000 by graduation. As a child of the Great Depression, Buffett had a strong drive to become wealthy and independent from a young age. He read books about investment and entrepreneurship at the library and learned how to turn an idea into a business. After graduating high school, he completed an entire bachelor’s degree in one year at the University of Nebraska and continued to Columbia University, where he took classes from the authors he read in his youth.":1,"#Buffett’s key to long-term investing is learning, long-term investing, and the rational allocation of capital.":1,"#Long-term holding during periods of economic uncertainty is critical to realizing extended gains.":1,"#A concentrated portfolio of well-managed companies will outperform the market.":1,"#Investors shouldn’t attach their mindsets to the volatility of the stock market.":1,"#Truly excellent investors like Warren Buffett approach investment through the perspective of business analysts, not speculators.":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Author Robert G. Hagstrom.":1,"#Buffett’s first foray into the business world was as...":1,"#Modern investors prioritize risk tolerance and portfolio diversification to protect themselves against price volatility. For many, keeping a concentrated portfolio of common stocks would be too risky. However, Warren Buffett achieved a compounded annual gain of 19.8 percent over 58 years by identifying patterns in industries, financial returns, and management styles. From another perspective, $1 invested in Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s investment firm, in 1965 would have been worth $37,875 in 2022. As the greatest investor in the world, Buffett’s skillset and history offers valuable lessons for investors and leaders everywhere.":1,"#World’s Greatest Investor":1,"#Warren Buffett is commonly known as the greatest investor in the world, but contemporary investors fail to properly apply many of his strategies. In the 30th anniversary edition of <strong ljsid-1=\"\">The Warren Buffett Way</strong>, Robert G. Hagstrom details the life, methodology, and investment history of Warren Buffett to help investors follow in his footsteps. Buffett operates with a research-based, self-confident, and business-oriented mindset that separates him from other investors who focus on short-term gains. By approaching valuation from a business analyst perspective, detaching yourself from the stock market, and holding firm principles in the face of turmoil, you can successfully apply the tenets of the world’s greatest investor.":1,"#©2024 by Robert G. Hagstrom":1,"#by Robert G. Hagstrom":1,"#30th Anniversary Edition":1,"#Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2014 The scope of corporate responsibility is changing, and sustainability efforts are no longer limited to companies like Ben & Jerry’s. Today, large organizations must consider the social, environmental, and economic impacts of their actions. Operating in accord with sustainability principles is now seen as a way to add to shareholder value. Organizations are grappling with how to make sure day-to-day activities meet sustainability goals that will eventually improve their financial performance. In Making Sustainability Work, Marc J. Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac provide a framework for an organization to develop and implement a sustainability program, and they provide guidance on measuring the impacts of the program so that the organization can continually improve its sustainability efforts while improving its bottom line.":1,"#Making Sustainability Work":1,"#Contrary to the current media hype, your company can be sustainable and profitable at the same time. In The Sustainability Scorecard, Urvashi Bhatnagar and Paul Anastas use their background in engineering and chemistry to illustrate how numerous unexpected products and industrial solutions can be successfully designed, implemented, and assessed using a science-based metric that advances both profit and sustainability. The authors offer design, strategic, and operational executives of both start-up and large organizations alike a framework that will enable their companies to leap over competitors and drive new, nondepleting industry trends that will satisfy shareholders and last more than a lifetime.":1,"#The Sustainability Scorecard":1,"#Professional recruiters are playing a larger role in C-suite hiring processes. Candidates vying for senior roles can prepare using five key strategies: (1) Adopt a development mindset—embracing the evaluation process as a learning opportunity can help you better understand your strengths and weaknesses and help your career growth. (2) Craft a bold vision memo that addresses critical business challenges and demonstrates strategic thinking. (3) Anticipate every assessment, from psychometric tests to case study simulations to proprietary leadership diagnostics. (4) Delve deep for interviews, understanding the stories from your past that highlight your suitability for the job. Finally, (5) line up strong references, building a credible network of advocates who can speak to your most relevant capabilities.":1,"#Mark Thompson, Byron Loflin":1,"#How to Stand Out to C-Suite Recruiters":1,"#The global environment today is characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. For organizations to keep pace, both teams and leaders must engage in rapid learning. Learning and development (L&D) professionals must engage in new ways of thinking about learning. In Learning for Organizational Development, Eileen Arney discusses a wide variety of learning theories and concepts that L&D specialists can integrate into their portfolios.":1,"#Learning for Organizational Development":1,"#Trust Inc":1,"#Share...":1,"#Share why they or their work inspires you. Be specific. And if they're legit, they'll keep reading.":1,"#Establish some familiarity. Make it warm and not cold. Here's how we know each other, or here's a mutual connection that we share, or simply, \"I'm a fan of you and your work.\" Share that familiarity.":1,"#I love a good introduction and connection request, but let's face it—not all introduction emails are created equal. So, want to know my not-so-secret formula of how to write an email that can help you connect with almost anyone? There are five steps. Let's go through them.":1,"#By following this formula, you'll be able to connect with almost anyone.":1,"#Ask for those 15 minutes of their time.":1,"#Show how they can help advance your work, and":1,"#Share what you're working on,":1,"#Share why they and their work inspire you,":1,"#Establish some familiarity,":1,"#Those are the five points:":1,"#And finally, ask for 15 minutes of their time. \"Do you drink fluids?\" you can ask. Invite them out for a coffee or a tea or a walk, or simply connect with them for an online conversation.":1,"#Share how you feel that they may be able to help you. Share how their help would help advance you and their work.":1,"#Share what you're working on. Because of the inspiration you just mentioned in the point above, here's how you're trying to advance their worthwhile efforts and work.":1,"#The article focuses on the importance of honesty in building trust within entrepreneurship and business relationships. It argues that admitting one's limitations rather than presenting a flawless image fosters deeper trust with clients, investors, and partners. By being upfront about when one is not the ideal fit, professionals demonstrate care for others' success and enhance credibility, often leading to stronger connections and future opportunities. The author illustrates this approach through personal experiences in keynote speaking and draws parallels to leadership and customer service scenarios. Ultimately, the article emphasizes that trust, earned through transparency and prioritizing others’ needs, is fundamental to successful business interactions.":1,"#How to Build People's Trust":1,"#The Green Marketing Manifesto":1,"#How can you create meaningful connections in a digital world? By teaching. In Make Yourself Clear, educational experts Reshan Richards and Stephen J. Valentine reveal how to leverage the tools of professional teachers to build engagement and understanding with their audiences. Readers will learn how to ground business communications in proven techniques, engage customers, and boost sales.":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Book Summary</span> <span ljsid-2=\"\">|</span> Reshan Richards, Stephen J. Valentine":1,"#Make Yourself Clear":1,"#In today's business environment where people have flexible schedules, sometimes we fail to communicate specifically enough. Lee Caraher gives examples of how to communicate with clarity and specificity in order to improve workflow.":1,"#Communicating with Clarity and Specificity":1,"#36 minutes":1,"#Eric Lowitt":1,"#In today’s business landscape, sustainability and social good drive profitability. No trend illustrates this fact better than the rise of Green Giants, which are environmentally and socially conscious companies that earn more than $1 billion in annual revenue from sustainable products or services. In Green Giants, E. Freya Williams illustrates the six essential traits of sustainable, multibillion dollar companies through the stories of real-world Green Giants like Tesla, Whole Foods, Chipotle, and Unilever.":1,"#Green Giants":1,"#In The Environmental Capitalist, Carl Hall explains that the answer to climate change is not limiting growth but finding ways to solve the scarcity of resources so the economy and global prosperity can keep growing. In fact, Hall believes climate change presents the biggest business opportunity the world has seen. Businesses that find ways to solve the world’s environmental problems, he asserts, can have a big impact and financial success.":1,"#The Environmental Capitalist":1,"#Today’s leaders need to be ambidextrous—focusing on both short- and long-term priorities. Antonio Nieto-Rodriquez explains how leaders can balance running the business with changing the business.":1,"#Project Management: Balance Short-Term Projects and Long-Term Ideas":1,"#Eileen Arney":1,"#This article presents information from a survey of 1,150 U.S. employees that indicates many of them regularly send and receive low-quality, AI-generated content -- referred to as \"workslop\" -- that results in a poorer perception of that employee by their colleagues. The survey indicates that those who received workslop from a colleague viewed them as less creative, capable, and reliable.":1,"#\"Workslop\" Causes Reputational Damage":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\"><a ljsid-0-0=\"\">Stephen Shedletzky</a></strong>—better known as Shed—helps leaders make it psychologically safe and worth it for the people around them to speak up. After more than a decade working with and helping to build Simon Sinek’s platform, Shed now leads his own leadership development practice as a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and coach at Shed Inspires. He’s the author of <em ljsid-2=\"\">Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up</em> and host of the <em ljsid-4=\"\">Shed Some Light</em> podcast.":1,"#learning-for-organizational-development":1,"#ISBN: 978-0-7494-7744-8":1,"#by Eileen Arney":1,"#With <em ljsid-1=\"\">diagnostic OD</em>, attention is given to groups, and the focus...":1,"#Chris Coulter, Mark Lee, David Grayson":1,"#Weber Karl, Andrew W. Savitz":1,"#E. Freya Williams":1,"#Carl Hall":1,"#Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston":1,"#Peter Block":1,"#Marina Arshavskiy":1,"#Introduction":1,"#In Getting Green Done, Auden Schendler, goes beyond the typical treatise that substantiates the climate change crisis and the need for immediate action. He draws on personal experience to define meaningful action. His inside look at carbon emissions reduction includes examples from his own experience ranging from insulating mobile homes to retrofitting one of the most expensive resorts in the U.S., and examines the interconnected elements of the sustainability puzzle. Schendler believes that the key to creating sustainability is government-driven regulatory change, but also that every energy-saving action makes a difference, no matter how modest it is.":1,"#Getting Green Done":1,"#(<var hour1=\"\"></var>:<var min1=\"\"></var> minutes)":1,"#<var num-hours=\"\"></var> hours ago":1,"#The Warren Buffett Way, 30th Anniversary Edition":1,"#To stay ahead, organizations must act on the future today. Peter Fisk explores how businesses can anticipate shifts, embrace innovation, and take bold action to shape their industries before the future arrives.":1,"#How to Be Future Ready Now":1,"#Technological advancements, economic dysregulation, and evolving employee expectations are generating change at a pace that most organizations can’t keep up with. In <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Agile L&amp;D</strong>, Natal Dank describes the proven success of the Agile methodology and outlines five Agile principles for learning and development (L&amp;D) teams to implement in their organizations. By designing with a human-centered approach, delivering value in consistent intervals, and encouraging experimentation, you can transform your organization with an Agile framework.":1,"#Natal Dank":1,"#Agile L&D":1,"#Matt Haller":1,"#Erick Lauber":1,"#Today, every company faces many compelling reasons to “go green”: Both consumers and government agencies are demanding more environmentally responsible goods and services. Employees are demanding more environmentally responsible workplaces. Environmental concerns have mobilized the most well-informed and powerful watchdog groups in history. And ethical or socially responsible investing is having a major impact in the financial world.":1,"#Corporate Realities and Environmental Truths":1,"#Keith Keating":1,"#Environmental issues today are very real and pressing. To see what is happening at the interface of business and the environment, Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston spent four years talking to hundreds of people at companies, industry associations, and environmental groups. The resulting book, Green to Gold, is a thorough review of what works and what does not work when companies fold environmental thinking into business strategy. Green to Gold highlights the key strategies, tactics, and tools that are needed to establish an environmentally based competitive advantage. Companies are facing an unavoidable new array of environmentally driven issues. Like any revolution, this new “Green Wave” presents an unprecedented challenge to business as usual. Organizations that do not add environmental thinking to their strategy arsenal risk missing upside opportunities in markets that are increasingly shaped by environmental factors. Esty and Winston see three basic reasons for adding the environmental lens to core strategy: the potential for upside benefits, the management of downside risks, and a values-based concern for environmental stewardship.":1,"#Green to Gold":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Topics Managing Risk.":1,"#, Donald Summers details how nonprofits can become social enterprises by scaling their operational processes, revenue streams, and management systems. Nonprofit organizations are home to some of the most innovative, socially conscious, and passionate people, but they often lack the business expertise to foster long-term impact. By committing to a process of continual improvement, collaborative planning, business-oriented funding, and growth-minded leadership, you can grow your nonprofit into an enterprise capable of changing the world. Summers presents a seven-step process to get you there.":1,"#Donald Summers":1,"#Scaling Altruism":1,"#The article focuses on the concept of \"value reengineering\" within franchise operations, highlighting how brands can adapt to challenging economic conditions without sacrificing quality or service. It discusses five franchise brands—Dogtopia, Dunkin', We Sell Restaurants, Chicken Salad Chick, and GoTo Foods—that successfully identified and addressed operational inefficiencies by leveraging technology, redesigning store layouts, simplifying sales processes, and modernizing offerings. Each brand's approach emphasizes collaboration between franchisors and franchisees to enhance customer experience and profitability, demonstrating that reengineering is about clarifying and investing in what truly matters to both customers and franchise owners.":1,"#Raise Prices or Cut Staff? What About Neither?":1,"#There was, perhaps, a time when people could credibly wonder whether human actions really play a role in determining the fate of the planet, but no longer. Awareness of green issues has reached a tipping point. The potential environmental and humanitarian consequences of global warming are catastrophic and widely discussed. Humans must either “innovate, or face the consequences of not having enough energy or resources to accommodate the growing demand.” The fact is that old ways of doing business have the potential to drastically affect living standards the world over. However, this sobering realization brings with it stunning business opportunities. There has been a rush to invest in new, sustainable ways of doing business, and the market for sustainable products and services is exploding. In Smart Green, author Jonathan Estes lays out his case for the intersection of “the entrepreneurial spirit and the ideals of sustainability” and provides a practical guide for businesses who want to navigate the transition from business as usual to ‘Smart Green’ business.":1,"#William Baldwin":1,"#Recently Viewed <span ljsid-2=\"\">(29)</span>":1,"#The Strategic Side Gig":1,"#In Action-First Learning, Karl M. Kapp advocates for a change in the way businesses teach. Most often, traditional, passive-learning experiences are used for instruction, but people learn best when they’re active, interested, and immersed in the learning process. In understanding Kapp’s insights into the fundamentals of action-first learning, you can create learning experiences that engage teams early in the learning process, encourage practice and reflection, and build tangible results.":1,"#Action-First Learning":1,"#Adapted by permission of <a ljsid-1=\"\">John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</a>":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Video</span> <span ljsid-2=\"\">|</span> Lisa Jenkins Brown":1,"#Money Grows on Trees, Slowly":1,"#The article focuses on the investment opportunities in timberland, particularly through the perspective of Angela Davis, president of Campbell Global, which manages $10 billion in assets. Davis emphasizes that timberland investments offer a yield, serve as an inflation hedge, and provide environmental benefits by absorbing carbon dioxide. While the returns from timberland can be modest compared to more volatile investments, Davis highlights the importance of strategic land management and the potential for long-term gains through careful harvesting and reforestation practices. The article also discusses the challenges and costs associated with timberland investment, including environmental regulations and market fluctuations.":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Book Summary</span> <span ljsid-2=\"\">|</span> Ben Guttmann":1,"#Innovation<span ljsid-1=\"\">, </span>":1,"#Source: Yale University Press":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Topics Business Finance.":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Topics Finance.":1,"#Managing Risk":1,"#John Wiley & Sons, Inc.":1,"#Peter C. Oppenheimer":1,"#Doug Howarth":1,"#The article discusses the growing interest of private equity and credit firms in accessing the vast retirement savings of American investors, particularly through 401(k)s and IRAs, which collectively hold $29 trillion in assets. It highlights a strategic alliance between Vanguard and Blackstone, aiming to offer hybrid investment products that blend private and public market assets, reflecting a shift in investment strategies as traditional public equity returns have lagged behind private equity in recent years. The article also addresses potential risks for ordinary investors, including higher fees, liquidity concerns, and the complexity of valuing private assets, while emphasizing the importance of careful evaluation of these new investment options.":1,"#The $29 Trillion Opportunity":1,"#Stephen George, Richard Freierman, Steven J. Bennett":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Topics Job Searching.":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Video</span> <span ljsid-2=\"\">|</span> Lee Caraher":1,"#Accelerate your learning journey and unlock full access to this full book summary and more!":1,"#SUBSCRIBE":1,"#Looking for individual or team access?":1,"#Already have an account?":1,"#Any Happy Returns":1,"#Understanding financial cycles is one way that investors can better predict economic cycles, business fluctuations, and other drivers that affect long-term returns. In Any Happy Returns, Peter C. Oppenheimer offers insights into the economic landscape by explaining structural trends and super cycles and analyzing economic swings from post–World War II to the present day.":1,"#Hypernomics":1,"#Source: Canadian Manager":1,"#The Art of Uncertainty takes a unique approach to helping leaders and others navigate uncertainty. David Spiegelhalter leans into his statistical expertise to provide a mathematic-driven approach to analysis and option selection, but he also welcomes a humanistic perspective, acknowledging the challenges people face when encountering uncertainty.":1,"#Peter Fisk":1,"#Terrible Beauty":1,"#Jeremy Berman, Nick Black":1,"#Climate change is an undeniable crisis as carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow and global temperatures continue to reach record highs. Unfortunately, the world has bought into an established system of fossil fuels that makes it very difficult to change the status quo. In Terrible Beauty, Auden Schendler shares how we got to this point and what businesses, governments, and individuals can do to enact change.":1,"#In Hypernomics, Doug Howarth explains a novel economic theory based on multidimensional market mapping and analysis. Classic economic theory is limited in its ability to map dynamic markets with many variables. Hypernomics allows businesses to find market gaps, analyze competition, and make accurate predictions about the states of future markets by accounting for as many economic variables as possible. By thinking beyond the limitations of our three-dimensional world, we can find new ways to visualize market movements and maximize value.":1,"#Clicking this link will redirect to relevant products for the Speaker Stephen Shedletzky.":1,"#by Stephen Shedletzky":1,"#The Art of Uncertainty":1,"#One-Click to Give":1,"#Social media has taken nonprofit fundraising away from expensive galas aimed at big-ticket donors and allowed organizations to find ardent supporters online. In One-Click to Give, Jeremy Berman and Nick Black explain how your nonprofit can harness social media platforms that offer free fundraising tools. These platforms allow you to communicate with your donors one-on-one, reach out to thank donors, and demonstrate their donations’ impact. By taking advantage of these tools, you can build a deep connection that will encourage further giving, learn what motivates your donors, and discover more ways to gain their continued support.":1,"#Matt Chanoff, Mark Wegman, Merrick Furst, Daniel Sabbah":1,"#Elizabeth Bieniek":1,"#Peter Fisk explores how brands can become more than just products by building communities and fostering shared experiences. Learn how to create deeper customer connections by turning your brand into a platform for belonging and impact.":1,"#Building Brands as Communities":1,"#Diana Verde Nieto":1,"#In Instructional Design on a Shoestring, Brian Washburn explains how you can build, borrow, and buy your way to effective formal and informal learning experiences with limited time, money, or resources. Whether you’re a talent development professional or a leader who’s been tasked with designing a learning initiative, you’ll learn how to design effective learning experiences for a range of training modalities, including in-person, virtual, and self-paced e-learning.":1,"#Brian Washburn":1,"#Instructional Design on a Shoestring":1,"#Help your teams build leadership, communication, and confidence skills in minutes—without disrupting their workday":1,"#Accelerate Success":1,"#Bridge to Leadership Series":1,"#Product Hub":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Video</span> <span ljsid-2=\"\">|</span> Victoria Labalme":1,"#Much of what’s considered as innovation isn’t really innovation; it’s invention. True innovation is motivated by the desire to make a meaningful difference in the world and results in solutions that are embraced by customers because those solutions improve their lives. In The Heart of Innovation, innovation experts Matt Chanoff, Merrick Furst, Daniel Sabbah, and Mark Wegman explain innovation types, explore the difference between accidental and deliberate innovation, and share how you can innovate in a way that fulfills your passion and meets the life-changing needs of your customers by uncovering authentic demand.":1,"#The Heart of Innovation":1,"#Attracting and retaining talent goes beyond competitive pay. Julie Winkle Giulioni explores how leaders can address compensation challenges while fostering engagement and growth within their teams.":1},"version":203770}]