Business Over Breakfast

Our intelligence and well-being are linked in ways we’ve only begun to understand. Emerging evidence suggests a concerning trend: declining human intelligence accompanied by rising chronic disease and mental health challenges. These issues don’t just affect us personally—they ripple into the success of our organizations. Eric Holshouser, Adjunct Faculty at Emory School of Medicine and Affiliate Faculty at Goizueta Business School, shares a guilt-free, science-backed approach to:

• Boost your intelligence,
• Enhance your health, and
• Infuse more joy into the business community this holiday season!

Omar Rodríguez-Vilá, Professor in the Practice of Marketing, and Marc Mathieu, former SVP of AI Transformation at Salesforce, unpack the essential strategies for leaders navigating AI-driven change. They share insights on what it truly takes to prepare organizations for AI and how to lead successfully through significant transitions.

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Josh Crafford, Global Learning Leader, uncovers the competitive edge neurodiversity can bring to your organization. This insightful session reveals how neurodivergent individuals—who may already make up 10-20% of your workforce—possess unique skills that outperform AI in critical areas. Through a blend of compelling stories, actionable data, and lived experiences, you’ll learn how fostering an inclusive environment can unleash these hidden strengths to drive innovation and success.

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Discover seven key strategies to build resilience and avoid burnout with Dorothéa Bozicolona-Volpe. In this actionable session, you will learn practical tips for cultivating community, leveraging your digital footprint, and growing your business and brand with empathy.

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Uncover how to transform career development into a driving force for retention and performance within your organization. In this session, Chris Adams explores practical approaches to aligning employee goals with company objectives, ensuring your team feels valued, motivated, and prepared to excel. Learn how to create an environment where talent thrives, and ultimately leads to reduced attrition and stronger business outcomes.

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For many of us, our professional lives are shaped by the global nature of work – even if we aren’t always immediately aware of the international connections. As a result, cultural factors easily become challenges. How do we confidently address cross-cultural differences and how strategic are we in building bridges across the culture gaps we encounter? Since organizations are only as global as the people who work for them, a major task for leadership is finding solutions to cross-cultural conundrums.

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Employee well-being has become an increasingly important challenge for organizations. Emily Bianchi, Associate Professor of Organization & Management, in this webinar, shares insights on what science tells about the sources of well-being and some of the ways organizations can support employee well-being.

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Despite the critical role teams play in delivering great business results, when’s the last time we focused on the collaboration of a team, as opposed to just the results of it? Perhaps it’s time to redesign collaboration to be more human-centered. Collaborative Leadership is a simple methodology designed to transform how teams work by balancing results with process and relationships between people. In this session, Scott Sanchez, Adjunct Faculty, and Robert Berris, Brightwell Chief Innovation Officer, discuss Collaborative Leadership and leave you with the following these three actionable steps: 

1. Create and embed values to shape team behaviors and mindsets 
2. Intentionally design meetings to amplify collaboration 
3. Prioritize the right work and drive ongoing alignment to it

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Monique LaRue Wilson, relationship management consultant, podcaster, coach, and keynote speaker, will explore the critical period of being "in-between" career roles and how to make the most of it. Whether you are actively seeking your next role, or simply navigating a voluntary or involuntary pause in your professional journey, this conversation is designed to equip you with the mindset, skills and strategies to not just survive, but to thrive during these times. Monique covers three major points to ensure the audience makes the most of their critical in-between:

1. Inner Work (Mindset) -  Embrace the in-between as a period of growth and self-discovery.

2. Outer Work (Skilling Up) - Gain the skills and experience to strengthen and support a career shift or to expand your current skill set.

3. Staying Active and Engaged - Constantly learning, connecting and engaging with people, activities and subjects that feed and inspire you!

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• Define the scope of your personal BoD.
• Identify and invite the individuals that most complement your blind spots.
• Set guidelines for the BoD commitment and relationship management.

Miscommunication is common in the workplace, often distorting messages like in the telephone game. Clint Padgett, CEO/President of Project Success, uncovers the  differences between communication, conversation, and dialog, and how these elements can build a high-functioning team.

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Navigating change is the hardest task that leaders and managers face today. To succeed at this task, they need to master an essential process that only few have championed: discovery as an inventive process. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies to integrate discovery into your work and life. Karen Golden-Biddle shares her extensive research and compelling stories to illuminate the importance of discovery, and how leaders tap its creative power for positive change.

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When operating a business in an active real estate market, especially in high demand cities with large corporate presence and a growing number of relocations, organizations must rethink their space needs and clearly understand the leverage or opportunity that exists in securing that space. Hussain Moosajee shares insights from meaningful metrics and market indicators, to help your organization negotiate productively and make informed decisions about what is likely to be a sizable expense for your business. Through this webinar, you will gain insights on key factors - office product type, emerging trends in office space utilization, and occupier considerations, in the context of highly active Atlanta, DC and NYC markets.

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Do you ever feel like you are not good enough, doubt your abilities, or worry about being exposed as a fraud, despite your proven success and competence as a leader? You are not alone. Imposter Syndrome affects an estimated 70% of people at some point in their lives. And while it impacts all genders; women often experience it more frequently than men. Robin Mladinich, Executive Coach and Founder of Inspire 2 Impact Leadership Group, will provide you with practical strategies, tools, and insights to:

- Understand the origins and impact of Imposter Syndrome.
- Identify common signs and symptoms affecting leaders across all industries and sectors.
- Learn effective techniques to challenge negative thoughts, celebrate achievements, build self-confidence and advocate for yourself.
- Embrace your authentic self, overcome self-doubt, and unlock your full potential as a confident and successful leader.

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As AI advances, concerns grow about its impact on jobs, with predictions suggesting automation could eliminate 73 million jobs by 2030, but 85% of the jobs that will exist by 2030 haven’t even been invented yet. The transition emphasizes shifting from mundane tasks to creative, collaborative work. This evolving landscape suggests a future where AI enriches the workplace and society. In this session, Rajiv Garg, Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, will share his framework to measure if your business is AI-ready, and how AI will transform the way we work. 

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Corporate disclosure communicates financial health, promotes culture and brand, and engages a broad spectrum of stakeholders. Warren Buffet's annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders showcase corporate American writing at its best, featuring memorable quotes like “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful," and “When it's raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble."  Such writings are crafted with a human audience in mind.  However, what if 90% of the corporate filings these days are read by bots? Wei Jiang, Vice Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor of Finance, discusses how to navigate corporate communicates in the age of AI.

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Over the past decade we’ve seen how “one-size-fits-all” marketing has gone out the window as brands embrace multicultural marketing initiatives to help reach consumers who’ve often been ignored. Ivan Ibarra, Multicultural Campaign Strategist, discusses how brands can build brand loyalty with multicultural audiences, while avoiding being perceived as performative or superficial. 

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Serious, intelligent, commanding respect, charismatic, influencer ... these are just a few words one might hear associated with the word 'gravitas.'  What role does gravitas play in leadership and how might you exhibit gravitas in an authentic way? Allison Gilmore, Director of The Goizueta Business School PhD Program and Founder of DuMore Improv, demystifies this allusive component of executive presence.  

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Imagine the ability to duplicate , through AI, a critical decision made in your company and scale it so others could learn and benefit from it. Explore the ways in which Karl Kuhnert, Professor of the Practice in the Organization and Management, is employing AI and machine learning as powerful tools in teaching us to make better ethical decisions. 

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Few corners of the B2B enterprise have seen more disruption and change than the sales function. Consider just the past five years – a period which saw sales forces roiled by a global pandemic, then an uncertain recovery with accompanying swings in demand and supply. Adding to these challenges are tightened access to capital, an uncertain labor market, and the accelerated impact of AI. These factors are poised to disrupt sales organizations in unforeseen ways that many firms haven't yet anticipated. Bob Kelly, Goizueta Adjunct Professor, reviews the most important sales force trends, management practices, and research insights for high performing organizations to thrive amidst the changes and position your sales force for success.

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In today's leadership landscape the demands are ever evolving, over two-thirds of leaders struggle to keep up with work demands amidst rapid change and uncertainty. This challenge reveals an unspoken reality: we are currently incapable of adapting to change at the levels we are experiencing, and the stress is impacting organizational performance and personal health. Andrew Deutscher, Founder of Regenerate, explores The Rise of The Energy-Inspired Sustainable Organization and learn how organizations can prioritize energy over time for resilience and sustainable leadership.

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Would you like to make 2024 the best year of your career and personal life? This upbeat, fun, and action-oriented webinar where Jamie Turner, Adjunct Lecturer in Marketing, will discuss science-based tips on setting goals, connecting with co-workers, leading fellow team members, and performing at your peak.

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