Corporate memos are banned at Accenture

Pride is good, to a point | Don't forget your remote workers | NYC retailers cut back on holiday window displays Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version] December 2, 2016 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [SmartBrief on Leadership] [SmartBrief on Leadership] Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP] ⋅ [FORWARD] Leading Edge [Pride is good, to a point] Although leaders should be proud and empower their employees to feel the same, there are limits to pride's benefits, writes James Heskett. Arrogance among proud employees can ultimately harm relationships with customers, investors or suppliers. [HBS Working Knowledge] (11/30) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Don't forget your remote workers] Managers should make an effort to increase engagement with remote employees if they want to keep them, cautions Wayne Turmel. 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ADVERTISEMENT Smarter Communication [Corporate memos are banned at Accenture] Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture's North American business, says banning corporate memos in favor of live-stream video was one of the best leadership decisions she's ever made. To have an open company culture, "you need people to show up to events and feel like leaders are being authentic with them," she says. [CNBC] (11/28) [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Google+] [Email] [Social media disrupts our notions of literacy] Social media platforms place a premium on sound-bite ideas that are easily consumed, pithy and memorable, much like the oral traditions of a pre-literate age, writes Joe Weisenthal. Similarly, argues Hossein Derakhshan, "we should write and read more, link more often, and watch less television and fewer videos -- and spend less time on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube." 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