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WorkPod Minisode: Rapid Fire With Ben Pring

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Sometimes the most honest answers come from spontaneity.

In this video, Ben Pring co-founded and leads the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant gives us candid answers in a snappy question-and-answer session revolving around various work-related topics.

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WorkPod: Leading The Diversity

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In this show, Melissa Riberio shared her journey as a diversity candidate and now a diversity champion and leader. She shared how companies should embrace and thrive in diversity. She shared some quick tips/tricks for businesses and leaders to create a more inclusive workforce.

Introduction:
Across my global career, Melissa has had the opportunity to serve as a change catalyst and people development expert to establish strong workplace cultures that attract and retain high-performing talent and level up internal capabilities into collaborative, powerhouse teams worldwide.
As a trusted advisor for CEOs and executive teams, Melissa also helps elevate their internal brands, visibility, and loyalty across the company.

TIMING:
1:09 Melissa’s journey.
7:32 What is it like to be a woman leader?
13:04 Strategies for career growth for women leaders.
18:33 Tips for career development.
23:17 Surviving in a diverse work environment.
30:23:00 The growth of the HR function in the last two decades.
36:02:00 The relevance of HR in the future.
40:52:00 Work from home, gig, freelance.
45:36:00 Events and HR.
48:08:00 Rapid fire.
50:55:00 Melissa’s success mantra.
53:09:00 Closing remarks.

Here’s the GPS for the questions (These are just the boundaries questions to give a rough journey for the conversation):

Segment 1: Lead-in
1. Starter: Give your starter pitch 1 point that you wish as a central theme.
2. Vishal briefly introduce guest

Segment 2: State of organizations
3. What is the state of organizations today?
4. How to control an organization when the control lies outside[pandemic]
5. How is automation impacting the state of organizations?
6. What does it mean to learn/develop a worker, in the age of work?
7. How you make an impact in your current company as well as previous companies?
8. How do you build a high-performing team?
9. Throughout your career, what were the moments or occasions that built the leader, the influencer?
10. What are some common traits that you see inspirational leaders have?
11. How to handle toxic leadership?
12. People get hired for culture but leave for managers, how to bridge the gap?
13. Who is your inspirational role model when it comes to leaders leading organizations into the future?

Segment 3: Rapid Fire [Say what comes to your mind quickly]
14 a. #FutureOfWork
14 b. #Technology
14 c. #Leadership
14 d. #RemoteWork
14 e. #Equity
14 f. #Diversity
14 g. #Legislature
14 h. #JobsOfFuture
14 i. #FutureOfLearning
14 j. #Something exciting
14 k. #Things that keep you up at night?

Segment 4: Your personal journey
15. What are 1-3 best practices that you think are the key to success in your journey?
16. Do you have any favorite read?
17. As a closing remark, what would you like to tell our audience?

About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World’s largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World’s largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai

About WorkPod:
Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace.

About Work2.org
WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders.

Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to [email protected]

Keywords:
#FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2

Do These Five Things to Up Your Remote Working Game

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Remote meetings have long been a prominent alternative for nationwide or worldwide companies with individuals throughout the globe. However, these virtual conferences have ended up being the standard in the wake of Covid-19, with many workplaces closing down or restricting their in-person ability.

While remote conferences have the noticeable advantage of permitting individuals to connect from anywhere, they also include distinct challenges. Luckily, these difficulties can be gotten over if you recognize precisely how to get ready for them. To make your next remote meeting a success, try these 5 methods:

Prepare a common area.

What is the most significant advantage of an actual meeting? It is face-to-face interaction, which is a result of sharing a particular space. However, a shared space is not equal to a meeting room. Likewise, it includes standard flip charts, chats, shared displays, or shared online whiteboards. A combination of different shared rooms favorably influences remote workers’ visibility in a meeting.

This approach is commonly used at Rentbits– Dan Daugherty (CEO) shared that they utilize a mix of Slack and Skype for all remote meetings to involve employees. In addition, Skype’s screen-share enables them to watch item advancement while they add notes and updates into Gitlab project administration boards in real-time.

Plan the schedule meticulously as well as share it in advance.

Congregating for a remote meeting takes effort, so do not waste time during the session. Instead, have a strategy with specific things to cover and stick to that plan. It is better to share the program ahead of time with those who will undoubtedly participate to ensure that every person can prepare.

Michael Sueoka, Head of User Experience at The Mobile Majority, sends out the plan and the meeting’s goals before the meeting, then ask individuals to review it and comment on it if they have any comments or ideas. Michael considers this is engaging before the actual meeting so that they don’t spend precious time thinking of ideas, but they include suggestions.

Be engaging

Monotonous meetings are tough to sit through. Considering that you put the work into organizing a great conference, make it intriguing with dynamic interaction, good visuals, or set up your meeting customs. Plan time to start the ball rolling and also make some fun asking ice breaker questions.

Send out a follow-up.

Remind those who got involved the main points of the meeting and the instructions article meeting. This both enhances the forum’s performance and reinforces the importance of remote meetings to your team members.

Nevertheless, it’s only effective when it’s read, so make the letter or chat message as enjoyable as possible– fill it with gifs, videos, funny pics from the meeting, and so on. Make it a habit, so the meeting participants will undoubtedly be waiting on your email each time after the meeting.

The future of work means differently to each one of us: some see it as more technology and less human, some expect a more humanized space and some others imagine it to be a no-workplace world. In our journey to unwrap FutureofWork, Work2.org invites leaders from various industries to help our global community to understand what the posterity holds for workers, leaders and organizations. While our team is busy at bringing this fresh ideas directly to you, we would appreciate our community help in making it possible. If you like what you’ve read, we would appreciate if you could spread the word within your circles and let us know if anything you want us to bring into this #FutureOfWork conversation.

5 Things to Improve Personal Brand at Work

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Personal branding, in its simplest definition, is all about how you present yourself. If you endeavor to position yourself as an expert or end up being an influencer within your specific niche, self-branding can help to improve your reputation as a leader. By showcasing a distinct personality and having a robust online presence, you can create an individual brand name that reverberates with people throughout the globe. This short article will direct you with the steps to branding yourself with five personal branding suggestions.

Act honorably and treat others with respect

Always do the right thing, even when nobody’s watching. That’s how you create a positive business reputation. Reputation can’t be purchased; it’s gained. We have all heard this: “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”  This is the principle that needs to guide your attitudes, thoughts, words, and activities.

Identify personal core values.

Clarifying your core qualities highlights what you represent. Your core values furthermore express your originality as well as personal style. They lead your actions and also give you a personal code of conduct. When you live by your core values constantly, you experience fulfillment in every part of life. And when you do not, you come to be incongruent in your organization’s methods.

Remain true to your authentic self

Remaining faithful to your beliefs helps you in connect authentically with others. Pretending to be something you’re not makes managing a company hard. You can not fake your personality to look for approval or stay clear of disapproval.

Authenticity isn’t defined by your title, position, or work. It’s all about being true to your heart and also your destiny. This needs you to trust yourself, welcome your individuality, share your gifts, and also find a way to live in the moment.

Commit to good business ethics

Employing good business ethics ought to be an obvious thing to do. So why are there still a lot of dishonest business people out there? Ethics are your moral judgment about what’s right and also what’s wrong. Good ethics simply make good business sense!

Success is easily achieved when you show honesty and integrity in all times. High ethics require dealing truthfully in your business, supporting your product or services, and treating everyone fairly. A lack of business ethics jeopardizes your future success as well as threatens your track record.

Build confidence to make stronger connections

Being confident can get you respect from others. Self-confidence is reflected in many ways, including your mannerisms, look, and how you talk, walk and pay attention to people. To become more confident, you need to respect and accept yourself as you are right now. You are unique in your very own way. Accepting yourself and also your imperfections with no internal dispute helps develop confidence.

Take responsibility for your success by having confidence, which is an independent phenomenon within you beyond your external situation. Confident people talk assertively, strike an assured pose, and use a specific tone of voice. Self-confidence enables you to take tough decisions. Having absolute confidence is about being daringly honest as well as genuine at all times.

The future of work means differently to each one of us: some see it as more technology and less human, some expect a more humanized space and some others imagine it to be a no-workplace world. In our journey to unwrap FutureofWork, Work2.org invites leaders from various industries to help our global community to understand what the posterity holds for workers, leaders and organizations. While our team is busy at bringing this fresh ideas directly to you, we would appreciate our community help in making it possible. If you like what you’ve read, we would appreciate if you could spread the word within your circles and let us know if anything you want us to bring into this #FutureOfWork conversation.

WorkPod Minisode: Journey From Non Living to Living Organizations

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The quantum is often restricted to the field of physics but Jeff Kavanaugh, the author of The Live Enterprise, introduces this concept in the field of organizational functioning. This video tries to define a “Quantum organization” and its an equation with a living organization.

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5 Easy Things You Could Do Today to Gain Influence

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Influence is power. Regardless of who you are, where you work, or your professional goals, achieving even more influence in the workplace is essential for success. Having influence on a team can help you collaborate and work more effectively. Gaining influence if you’re in a managerial position makes you more respectable and appreciated. Getting influence in a meeting can make your voice more likely to be heard and acknowledged.

Influence has plenty of advantages, yet obtaining that influence, like learning a skill, requires time and effort. The good news is, there are numerous ways you can make develop this important skill.

Talk to others about what they want to hear

Individuals usually hear just what they want or require. The things potential customers intend to listen to most are precisely how you can serve their objectives, interests, ideas, experiences, and aspirations. Speak about that, and also, you’ll capture their attention effortlessly.

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Invest in finding out exactly how to communicate more effectively. This effort will pay off in every facet of your business and your personal life. The highest-paid and most influential people in the world are all master communicators who have learned just how to take control of one of the challenging situations, know the art of persuasion, and precisely understand how to identify and use effective methods. Good communication results in success!

Show appreciation

Make it a routine to say thanks to others for whatever they do to support you. A mere “thank you” makes others feel appreciated. You benefit in return by having a good feeling of having shown kindness to someone. And you also earn the goodwill of others, making them want to do likewise more good for you in return. The more you genuinely show others you care, the easier it will certainly be to make an excellent impression on them.

Give genuine, sincere compliments

When you compliment someone concerning a particular trait of theirs, skill, success, or achievement, it provides feeling of recognition and also worth. The more you pay close attention to consumers, the more important they feel. When you pay compliments typically, also on small things, it helps form a connection.

Tackle problems with a positive mental attitude

Positive thinking enables you to try to resolve problems through effective action. A positive mindset allows you to develop strength and conquer weaknesses. It helps you to realize you’re born for greatness because within you is the power to make any dream achievable.

The future of work means differently to each one of us: some see it as more technology and less human, some expect a more humanized space and some others imagine it to be a no-workplace world. In our journey to unwrap FutureofWork, Work2.org invites leaders from various industries to help our global community to understand what the posterity holds for workers, leaders and organizations. While our team is busy at bringing this fresh ideas directly to you, we would appreciate our community help in making it possible. If you like what you’ve read, we would appreciate if you could spread the word within your circles and let us know if anything you want us to bring into this #FutureOfWork conversation.

WorkPod Minisode: Parameters And Frameworks for Creativity

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Creativity is a subjective field. It’s difficult to put a number to it. So one tends to wonder “how does one truly know if one is creative? How much creativity is just the right amount? Is there any accurate method to improve this quality within us or in an organization?

Josh Linker, the author of Big Little Breakthroughs, recounts to us his personal experience with working with individuals, companies and leadership on matters of creativity.

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WorkPod Minisode: How Not To Fail At Exits or Sales

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There are variously internal and external factors involved in bringing down a business. How can leaders and organizations prepare themselves for this catastrophe?

In this video, Michelle Seiler Tucker, author of EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit and the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated lists down some of the things that leaders and organizations get it wrong while selling or exiting.

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WorkPod Minisode: Misconceptions, Skills, Trust, And #FutureofWork

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The reality of future of work vastly differs from the perception of future of work. For every revolutionary idea there’s the ideal and there’s the stark reality.

In this video, Ben Pring co-founded and leads the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant discussed some of the challenges, misconceptions, surprises that he faced in working with companies and leadership to bring in transformative change.

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What we get wrong about competitive advantage

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In this session, Ram discussed the ever-evolving world of competitive advantage. He shared how current changes desire to rethink of competitive edge strategies. He shared some data-driven strategies and some best practices that are executable and easy to implement.
Bio:
Ram Charan is the co-author of the bestselling Execution and Confronting Reality, written with Larry Bossidy, and the author of Know-How and a dozen other books. A former award-winning Harvard Business School professor, he is a worldwide expert on business strategy, execution, corporate boards, and building a high-performance organization. He has worked with the CEOs of some of the world’s most successful companies, including GE, Bank of America, Verizon, Coca-Cola, 3M, Merck, Aditya Birla Group, and Tata Group.

Ram’s Book:
Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age https://amzn.to/3x5cU3w

Discussion Timeline:
0:52 Ram’s journey.
4:55 How has the world of competitive advantage changed?
9:36 Advice for legacy old corporations on gaining competitive advantage.
13:30 How can companies adapt to the new work paradigm?
19:00 Implementing change through influencers in a company.
21:06 How much of digitization is good for a company?
23:34 Competitive advantage strategy during a crisis caused by external forces.
26:19 Misconceptions about competitive strategy.
28:19 Is competitive advantage a comparative feature or a tool for self-improvement?
31:41 Art of doing business Vs science of doing business.
34:27 The right time to start a competitive advantage plan.
35:17 What apprehensions leaders have towards transformative change?
36:57 Challenges leaders face in implementing a competitive advantage.
39:30 Rethinking part in the book “Rethinking Competitive Advantage”.
41:25 Money-making model Vs business model.
46:23 Ideal reader for “Rethinking Competitive Advantage”.
50:03 What’s the future of the competitive landscape?
52:03 Rapid fire.
56:15 Ram’s success mantra.
58:43 Ram’s favorite reads.
1:01:05 Closing remarks.

Stage 1: Lead-in
1. Starter: Give your starter pitch 1-2 points/key takeaways that this book points to:
2. Vishal briefly introduce the guest and kicks off the session

Stage 2: Subject Matter Expertise
3. What is the state of organizations today?
4. How to steer an organization when external forces influence your internals [pandemic etc.]
5. What are some good habits you surfaced for a constantly evolving organization
6. What are some signs that you are steering in the wrong direction?

Stage 3: Introduction as an author
7. Explain your journey to your current role?
8. Could you share something about your current role?
9. What does your company do?
10. Explain your journey to this book?
11. Why write this book?

Stage 4: Main points on the books
12. What has changed about business today that has rendered obsolete the classic rules of competitive strategy established by Michael Porter and others and requires a new playbook?
13. As an advisor to some of the world’s top CEOs, how worried are they about competing with digital giants right now and what is their best hope?
14. Does Wal-Mart stand a chance at competing with the ultimate digital giant of Amazon?
15. Why is imagination such an important skill for competing today?
16. What is the reason companies should spend more time thinking about their ecosystem than on their direct competitors?
17. Why do you say that companies need a money-making model, not a business model, and what’s an example?

Stage 4: Rapid Fire [Say what comes to your mind]
18 a. #FutureOfWork
18 b. #Technology
18 c. #Leadership
18 d. #Competition
18 e. #Partnership
18 f. #Capitalism
18 g. #GoodBusiness
18 h. #BadBusiness
18 i. #FutureOfLearning
18 j. #CompetitiveAdvantage
18 k. #1ThingsMisunderstoodAboutCompetition

Stage 5: Closing
19. What are 1-3 best practices that you think are the key to success in your journey?
20. Do you have any favorite read?
21. As a closing remark, what would you like to tell our audience?
About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World’s largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World’s largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai

About WorkPod:
Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace.

About Work2.org
WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders.

Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to [email protected]

Keywords:
#FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2

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