How Great Coaches Ask, Listen, and Empathize
by Ed Batista - For Harvard Business Review - Leadership doesn't mean having all the answers - https://hbr.org/2015/02/how-great-coaches-ask-listen-and-empathize?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=facebook&tpcc=orgsocial_edit
Shona McDonald, CEO, Shonaquip, Awarded Lifetime Achiever at KoiGroup for Entrepreneurs and Innovators
The KoiGroup for Entrepreneurs and Innovators · by Neil Hinrichsen Congratulations to Shona, a 2015 IWEC Awardee from South Africa for this recognition! A huge congratulations to Shona McDonald of Shonaquip for winning the Lifetime Achiever title at the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards last night. This hybrid social enterprise [...]
Teresita Yujuico, CEO, Attitudes Group of Companies, Philippines, Featured in Chicago Booth Magazine
Teresita ("Ching") is a leader in philanthropy and is being recognized as such in this article. Congratulations, Ching, for giving back and paying it forward! We are so very proud of your successes as a business woman and also for your giving - a true role model for all! In [...]
Want to Instantly Become a Better Leader? Science Says Meetings That Don’t Start on Time Are a Third Less Effective
Plus, a research-based case for having fewer meetings, period. By Inc. https://tinyurl.com/y6n4e43y
IWEC Foundation Announces Board of Directors for 2024
The IWEC Foundation is thrilled to introduce the 2024 IWEC Foundation Board of Directors, set to assume their roles on January 1, 2024. After an impressive 17 years of dedicated service, Ruth A. Davis is retiring from her role as the Chairwoman of IWEC. Her pivotal role in giving birth [...]
Taylor Swift Just Pulled Off the Savviest Business Move I’ve Seen Yet
It's been a year for Taylor Swift. So much so that The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan says Taylor Swift should be named "Person of the Year." Published by Inc. http://tinyurl.com/3nznrpby
Science Says 3 Simple Habits Separate Exceptionally Productive People From Everyone Else
Researchers in Japan studied the productivity of 12,526 corporate employees, and correlated the degree to which they practiced 11 common lifestyle habits. By Inc. http://tinyurl.com/2tkvcyen
Jill Santos, CEO, Jill Santos & Co., Philippines, Presides at Confederation of Asian & Pacific Accountants Meeting in Sri Lanka
Jill Santos, in her capacity as co-chair of the International Affairs Committee of the Philippine Institute of CPAs (PICPA), attended the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) Members Meeting held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 5-6 October 2023. PICPA, one of the founding members of CAPA, was represented [...]
‘So much faster than GPT-4’: People are hyped for Google’s AI model Gemini in its first 24 hours
by Hasan Chowdhury For Business Insider "The wait for Gemini felt a bit like waiting for Godot this year. OpenAI, a relatively small upstart company, seriously upstaged Google when it fatefully released ChatGPT in November 2022. When would the tech giants, particularly Google, follow? Now we know." Continue reading....
What Amazing Bosses Do Differently by Harvard Business Review
by Sydney Finkelstein For Harvard Business Review We all know that job satisfaction often hinges on the quality of the relationships we have with our bosses. Yet in today’s rapidly evolving, 24/7 workplaces, it’s not always clear what managers should do to create the most satisfying work experiences and the [...]