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Today’s business leaders are adjusting to new ways to communicate and get work done. This means that digital savviness is becoming just as important as business acumen for managers and executives. The latest insights from MIT Sloan Management Review highlight how a diverse range of digital services from social media to artificial intelligence to crowdsourcing are influencing leadership styles, data-driven initiatives, and supply chain transparency.
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New research suggests that companies with digitally savvy executive teams outperform their competitors. Revenue growth is 48% higher for firms whose leaders understand how emerging technologies will impact business success, and net margins are 15% higher. Five roles have the strongest link to high performance: CEO, CFO, head of marketing, head of corporate communications, and head of compli
Centier Bank has named a new branch manager of its Hobart Strack & Van Til branch.
CEO and Chairman Michael Schrage appointed Lauren Staten to manage the in-store branch at the Strack and Van Til supermarket at 7760 E. 37th Ave. in the North Ridge Plaza.
More than 12,000 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19 since March 2020. There are real names, faces and human stories behind that staggering number. This Sunday, The Times partners with 11 Indiana news agencies to share the stories of dozens of âHoosiers Weâve Lostâ in a special print section and online presentation. Watch for it Sunday.
Staten has worked in the banking industry for 11 years, joining Centier Bank in 2015. She said she strives to make clients feel welcome and get to know them personally.
There’s a considerable amount of well warranted concern over the increase in the amount of account suspensions at Twitter and deplatforming/demonetization at YouTube. Under the excuse of going after
soi-disant right wing conspiracy theory, plenty of content on the other end of the spectrum is being removed…apparently for the sin of doing a good job of covering and calling out the right wing! The latest of many examples:
Attention @PamelaBrownCNN: the videographer you interviewed a few weeks ago, @JonFarinaPhoto, has had his footage taken down by @TeamYouTube. Yes, the same footage you interviewed him about. Does your network care? https://t.co/on6uVf5GoLhttps://t.co/CgEj5s5AsK
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Digital transformation â as business ideology and enterprise imperative â has won: Serious business leaders worldwide accept that their markets, customers, and workers have gone digital. In our recent global management survey, 93% of workers across industries and geographies affirm that being digitally savvy is essential to performing well in their role. The idea that effective digital transformation delivers agility, adaptability, and customer centricity is now both managerial mantra and leadership inspiration.
In real life, however, effective digital transformations also deliver unforeseen risks and unanticipated costs. Leadersâ emphasis on greater efficiency and productivity has provoked a backlash, particularly from a digitally savvy workforce. Digital talent now expects more from leadership than greater flexibility, better compensation, and/or productivity-supporting work environments. Our research suggests that digitally savvy workforces