DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe looks back on the mistakes that led to the startup's collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Mitch Lowe, who has been a leader at Netflix, Redbox, and MoviePass, is releasing his book "Watch and Learn" on September 6. (L-R) MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe and Helios and Matheson Chief Executive Ted Farnsworth. I never tried to quiet people internally, if they said something wasn't going well I always embraced it. Like you wrote that you "didn't know jack shit" when you first started at Netflix. When I was offered to be CEO of MoviePass, I felt my whole career had led up to this moment.

☆ Boards are looking for CEOs with high emotional intelligence, new research shows. Here's how to develop the skill.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new study found that boards look for CEOs with high emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is one's ability to understand how people feel and react to make decisions. Managers with high emotional intelligence were found to be 11% more successful in completing projects than those who said they ranked low in emotional intelligence, according to research conducted by software reviews platform Capterra published in January. What emotional intelligence looks like and how to build itThere are multiple parts to emotional intelligence leaders (and managers in general) can work to improve. "One part of emotional intelligence is asking for feedback and being able to accept that feedback.

☆ 6 takeaways from the massive debate about the SEC's proposed new climate rule
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-12 | by ( Drake Baer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Gary Gensler, the chair of the SEC, told Insider the proposed plan is to make environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, reporting more formalized. The most popular is TCFD, a set of letters you should get used to if you're interested in climate policy. The task force developed its own set of international recommendations for climate reporting, with "core recommendations" centered around governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. How synced should ESG reporting be with preexisting quarterly and annual reports? "We believe ESG reporting will mature far more quickly but needs to follow a similar path."

☆ American employees are stressed, anxious, and disengaged. Here are 3 simple strategies managers can use to boost their workers' well-being.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-18 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Managers can use a number of research-backed interventions to foster employee happiness. Note to managers: Happiness drives business results. A study published earlier this year found that employees with high measures of self-reported happiness upon starting their jobs performed better than those with lower measures of happiness. Cultivate happinessWhen it comes to boosting an employee's emotional well-being, there is only so much a boss can do. Lester and his co-researchers have recommended managers lead team exercises geared toward improving employee well-being.

☆ I aspired to be a manager, but now that I am one, I'm lonely and worried that I'm not cut out for it
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-07 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's often lonely at first, but experts say there are things you can do to improve your situation. This should be my dream job: I'm making good money, I have a lot of responsibility, and I'm a senior leader in my organization. I've always liked to work, and I'm good at my job. But I've never been a manager before, and now that I am one, I'm not sure I'm cut out for it. Finally, the thing I'm struggling with the most is that while I'm ready for a challenge and ready for more, I want to focus on myself and my career, not on other people's.

☆ Warehouse giants like Amazon and others are desperate for more robots, but human workers worry they make the job more dangerous
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-31 | by ( Andrew Moseman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

As a new workday dawns in the warehouse, workers take their places around the floor to start their shifts. Amazon, the industry juggernaut, began bringing robots into its warehouses after purchasing the robotics company Kiva Systems in 2012. This year, it launched a billion-dollar fund focused on logistics and supply-chain robotics companies, the biggest splash in a sea of warehouse robotics investments and acquisitions. A Harvard Business Review survey of 77 warehouse workers in 2022 found that they viewed automation in warehouses slightly more positively than negatively. While workers worried about job loss and dealing with tech malfunctions, they were optimistic that robots could make their work safer and more productive.

☆ Журналистов с правого и левого берегов Днестра призывают преодолевать свои опасения и разрабатывать мультимедийный контент, чтобы быть ближе к читателям
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( ) media-azi.md time to read: +7 min

15 журналистов с обоих берегов Днестра приняли участие в тренинге «Журналисты с правого и левого берегов Днестра создают мультимедийный контент». На протяжении трех дней участники обучались разработке мультимедийного контента под руководством двух тренеров, журналистов, обладающих обширным опытом работы в области новых СМИ. Я уверена, что после этого тренинга вам понравятся сторителлинг и мультимедиа, и вы захотите заниматься ими больше», – сказала Ана Герчу. После тренинга 9 журналистов из учреждений СМИ с правого берега и 6 журналистов из учреждений СМИ с левого берега Днестра создадут смешанные команды из 2-3 человек и сформулируют темы, над которыми будут совместно работать. Тренинг организован Центром независимой журналистики при финансовой поддержке Миссии ОБСЕ в Республике Молдова в рамках проекта «Содействие диалогу СМИ на обоих берегах Днестра».

Persons: Мариана Табунчик, Гулим Амирханов, Гулим Амирханова, Ана Герчу, Каролина Буйместру, Луиза Дорошенко, Татьяна Сергеева, Елена Степанов, Дубэсарь, Елена Мотрикалэ, Криулень, Ирина Глушко Organizations: Harvard Business, Creative, Центр независимой журналистики, ЦНЖ, СМИ, НПО «ЭтЭкО», Межгосударственная телекомпания, МИР, Миссия, ОБСЕ Locations: Днестр, Днестра, Казахстан, Молдова, Кишинев, Мэлэйешть, Григориопольский район, Тирасполь, Криулень, Республика Молдова

☆ An army veteran made $1.8 million in a year self-publishing on Amazon. Here's how he turned his hobby into a career in less than 5 years.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Minda Zetlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But then a member of the Facebook group LitRPG Books posted a review to the group and tagged Krout. Group members took an interest in the book, and he made $5,000 in book sales in the month after it was published. So those earnings from the book sales got his full attention. By the end of 2017, he'd made more than $82,000 on Amazon book sales alone, plus more income from audio-book sales and non-Amazon revenue streams such as Patreon. AdvertisementTo keep that interaction going over Facebook, Krout joined other Facebook groups beyond the LitRPG group.

Persons: —, Dakota Krout, Krout, Brandon Sanderson, Mark Dawson's, Michael E, Gerber, Dragon Con, he'd, Danielle, I'm, Dakota, John Grisham, They've, superfans, you've Organizations: Service, Army, Business, Facebook, Harvard, Dragon, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mountaindale Press, Dakota, Moutaindale Locations: Kansas

☆ A CEO's guide to crafting a message that reassures and inspires staff during a crisis
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-09 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This article is part of a series called "IQ to EQ," which explores the management styles of inspiring business leaders. The CEO's role here is to be as transparent as possible, and to remind employees that their contributions are valued — in general, but especially right now. Insider asked a communications consultancy and a Harvard Business School professor how CEOs should craft a message to employees that both inspires and assuages fear. Remind employees why they come to work every dayPurpose is a powerful way to motivate employees — especially during periods of uncertainty. "People don't come to work just because they earn a wage," said Sunil Gupta, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

☆ Șefii nu au prieteni. De ce liderii sunt atât de singuri? — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( Diana Preașcă | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +6 min

Oamenii care ocupă funcții de conducere adesea nu își fac prieteni la locul de muncă și suferă foarte mult din această cauză – fiecare al doilea director executiv se simte singur. Persoanele care ocupă funcții de conducere de multe ori nu au prieteni la serviciu și suferă foarte mult din cauza acestei situații. Și șefii păstrează distanța. Datorită acestui club, Franklin a reușit să-și facă prieteni adevărați, să-și exprime liber gândurile și să-și dezvolte ideile. El a descoperit o rețetă pentru o viață de succes fără singurătate: propriul său cerc social în afara muncii.

Persons: Arthur Brooks, David Risman, Nathan Glazer, Denny, Wayne Oates, Oates, Barbara Killinger, Dumnezeu, John Cacioppo, Benjamin Franklin, Franklin Organizations: The, Virgin Pulse, Harvard Business Review Locations: SUA

☆ Harvard professor says 'winning a $20 million lottery won't make you happier in life'—but these 4 things will
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-31 | by ( Kyle Young | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Winning a $20 million lottery ticket won't make you happier. In the talk, Chopra explains the four things that have been scientifically linked to happiness:1. A study from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University found that giving, rather than receiving, leads to long-term happiness. "Those who spent money on themselves reported a steady decline in happiness over the five-day period. Gratitude"There's a wonderful anonymous quote that goes, 'If you don't know the language of gratitude, you'll never be on speaking terms with happiness,'" Chopra tells the audience.

Search resuls for: "Harvard Business Review"

11 mentions found