CEO & Founder @ReflectnPoint. @Forbes Contributor. Lifelong learner. Foodie. Opinions are my own.
Joined April 2011
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Lost institutional knowledge cost the average large company $47 million a year, before the pandemic. Our CEO, @anksmith1 writes about how to protect this asset…before it leaves the building. More in @Forbes: bit.ly/3-ways-Forbes.
#layoffseason #silvertsunami
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Cómo hablar en el trabajo cuando el mundo está enojado y dividido
Tres cosas que se pueden hacer para revisar el lenguaje, ampliar el pensamiento y bajar la temperatura cuando el ambiente está caldeado.
Por @anksmith1
#trabajo #psicologia #estrategia
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Ann Kowal Smith retweeted
"More empathy means happier people, more profits and, hopefully, far less spite."
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes in @Forbes about how to fix a mean workplace by growing empathy in your organization.
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Here are five red flags you can look for to avoid making a toxic leap: trib.al/oCOHGNC
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“Busyness robs us of our humanity.”
Our CEO, @anksmith1 writes in @Forbes about three ways to take back September (plus your time, empathy and sanity).
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“The questions you ask frame the directions you take and open your aperture to new ideas, no matter how disruptive they may be.”
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes in @Forbes about questions as a powerful tool for learning and innovation.
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“To avoid being blinded by your own beliefs, honor your expertise but don’t rest in it.”
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes in @Forbes about the need for mental flexibility.
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"Why Being An Expert Is Dangerous And How To Fix It In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few." by @anksmith1 via @forbes bit.ly/45tCCQN Keep your mind open to many possibilities #expert #smallbusiness #leadership
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"AI can pull and process information faster but it can't synthesize, empathize, or interpret nuance like we can."
Great article by @anksmith1 on the importance of soft-skills. #LeadershipDriven
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When times are hard, it’s the soft skills that will save us – says @anksmith1 in @Forbes. #AI has left CEOs scrambling to figure out how to equip people for the future. 8 of the top 10 skills future workers will need are soft skills. forbes.com/sites/annkowalsmi…
#adaptability
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“Soft skills are the drivers of our most important business functions: collaboration, learning and innovation.”
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes in @Forbes about why leaders need to take a hard look at soft skills as the key to the future.
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“We should be using storytelling to rebuild work from the rubble of the past few years.”
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes about three ways that story sharing improves your culture, develops skills and aligns people in new ways of working. @Forbes
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Counting Key Card Swipes Is Killing The Future Of Work trib.al/1jGQwL9
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If You Want To Be A Better Colleague Or Leader, Be A Better Listener trib.al/EfQKYtV
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"By its very definition, innovation is disagreement: the desire to change or disrupt a current situation."
Our CEO, @anksmith1, writes in @Forbes about healthy debate in the workplace.
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Epidemic levels of social disconnection cost businesses $154 billion a year through absenteeism and untold productivity loss, research shows. trib.al/Rxt7WMR
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“Disconnected colleagues are hurting and they’re hurting your performance and productivity." @anksmith1 on three science-based reasons why social connection should be on the C-suite agenda.
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“Incentivizing individual performance might get you good competitors but it certainly doesn’t always get you engaged collaborators. And that’s what we need … particularly as the world’s problems get more and more complex.” Our CEO, @anksmith1 @Forbes
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“Inclusion doesn’t revolve around work, it is the way we work. It drives collaboration, innovation and productivity. It helps companies attract and keep the best talent. It’s table stakes for a winning workplace culture.” Our CEO, @anksmith1 @Forbes
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“It was an open space and allowed for humility which in turn created a more human atmosphere.”
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