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5 key leadership skills an executive coach can help you master

CIO

To do all of that, he sought help from an executive coach. I learned how to connect with executives,” says Cantrell of his experience enlisting a coach. Often lasting three to six months, coaching generally focuses on helping leaders who are in new roles or companies, or are nurturing growth potential.

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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

CIO

According to the Gallup State of the Global Workforce 2023 Report , 41% of respondents attributed their lack of engagement to leadership and the workplace culture. You can stop the quiet quitting by improving your work culture, so your people speak up before they nope out. The trick, of course, is doing this well. It’s hard to do.

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Metafy lands $25M to scale its gaming coaching platform

TechCrunch

Metafy , a startup that operates a marketplace for video game coaching, announced this morning that it has closed a $25 million Series A. Since that funding event, Metafy acquired rival games coaching platform GamersRdy, and the company said coaches using its service grossed over $1 million last year. million seed round.

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Investors and business leaders: It’s time to take coaching mainstream

TechCrunch

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. Return on coaching (ROC).

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The new CIO mandate: Selling AI to employees

CIO

Still, a report surfaced earlier this month that global banks and investment firms are examining the possibility of replacing entry-level financial analyst positions with AI. They need to have a culture of experimentation.” CIOs should be “change agents” who “embrace the art of the possible,” he says.

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Fostering community to help drive cultural change

Cloudera

We saw everything from street celebrations to usher weary medical personnel home after long days fighting to save lives to places like food banks receiving more donations and volunteers than ever before. During the Summit, voices echoed the need for more opportunities like this to come together and help drive cultural change.

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WorkBoard raises $75M as the OKR-focused startup bets on a growing economy, changes to business culture

TechCrunch

Paknad told TechCrunch in an interview that her OKR-focused business still had $35 million in the bank from its preceding rounds. So, what will WorkBoard do with its now $100 million or $105 million bank account? The company offers coaching, certification and other human-powered services in addition to software.

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