According to one poll, 68% of female respondents worried about contracting COVID compared to 56% of men. And that’s true despite reporting than men actually tend to suffer worse outcomes if they contract the virus. So the pandemic impacts men and women differently, and perhaps not in the ways you might expect. Some of those differences…
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During these difficult times, there’s constant anxiety on both a personal and professional level. Everyone is on high alert about their own health, as well as their loved ones. For those negatively impacted economically, there’s fear about making rent and paying bills. And for those still working, many are trying to adjust to an office…
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As globalisation has become the business norm (and frankly, our personal norms too), it’s become more important than ever to understand that almost nothing is local anymore. Or at least, not local in the way that it was thirty or even twenty years ago. It’s key to get the global understanding vital for corporate success…
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How to make working as a team remotely successful: Recognize this is not easy. With so much technology in our lives, it seems on first glance that dialing into a videoconference and getting on Slack can replace all our in-person operations. That’s not really true. For one, videoconferencing is really best for meetings – pre-planned appointments…
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High Potentials, through their specific abilities and skills, are accountable for the organization’s future performance and success. In the meantime, HR is currently facing a major challenge retaining these talented individuals, as well as anticipate and secure the implementation of strategic positions, combined with a necessity to ensure leadership skills development across the organization. According…
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Last 20th and 21st of November a representer of each of API’s members gathered in Barcelona to take part in a General Assembly.
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En octubre 2019 tuvimos la gran oportunidad de tener en Chile al Dr. Robert Hogan, fundador de Hogan Assessment Systems, quien nos presentó su investigación más reciente, enfocada en la importancia de la humildad en el liderazgo. Hogan define el liderazgo como la capacidad para construir y mantener equipos y organizaciones de alto desempeño y…
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Una de las fuentes más comunes de conflictos interpersonales es la violación (percibida o real) de algún acuerdo. Cuando alguien deja de cumplir lo que hemos acordado, tenemos una razón legítima para sentirnos defraudados y, lo que es más importante, podemos cuestionar si deberíamos confiar o seguir confiando en esa persona o grupo en el…
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A study states that parity in high-directive boards does not grow at the same pace as in executive positions and that the increase of the percentages depends, to a great extent, on a legal requirement. Madrid, October 2019: A study conducted by Alliance Partnership International (API), international group of consulting independent executive search…
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Una frustración común entre las personas que se inician en el mundo del emprendimiento o las ventas es que los resultados no se generan de forma lineal. Es decir que no hay un proceso que garantice que produciremos los resultados que buscamos dentro de un periodo definido. Estas personas piensan que los resultados se generarán…
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By Robert Kovach on the 29th Aug 2019 Need a supply of talent? If it’s time to hire, it’s already too late. The movie Glengarry, Glen Ross famously features a scene where Alec Baldwin lectures a room of salesmen on how to convince prospective investors to buy the real estate they’re pushing. “A-B-C!” he screams…
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Crear una nueva empresa es algo excitante, que puede cansarnos, pero también nos llena de energía. Esa energía proviene de la conexión con nuestro sentido de propósito y de la visión de aquello que todavía no existe más que en nuestra mente, pero que podemos ver como si ya fuera una realidad. Sin embargo, para…
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