In this week’s issue:
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It’s all about leadership
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IBM Connect 2013 – You still have time to sign up
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What’s new around The Greater IBM Connection
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It’s all about leadership
In the last few weeks, you might have noticed that a lot of our stories, social media posts, tips, and resources have focused on one essential idea: leadership.
After all, the start of a new year is a great time for assessing your life and career and for making new commitments. If one of your goals is to become a better leader, then here are some of the recent posts at The Greater IBM Connection around our central theme, for inspiration.
- IBM CEO Virginia Rometty Shares Her Leadership Philosophy
- 20 Years of IBM’s Patent Leadership (infographic)
- IBM Vice President, Dr. Matt Wang, Awarded 2012 IT Times Outstanding Leadership (China)
What are YOUR favorite leadership tips or quotations? Share them with your fellow community members in the Comments.
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IBM Connect 2013 – You still have time to sign up
Get Social. Do Business. IBM Connect 2013 is almost here. This large-scale annual event, January 27 – 31 in Orlando, combines the deep technical content that you’ve loved for 20 years with the learning you need to accelerate your move beyond social media to drive real business value with social and collaborative technologies. And there’s still time to register.
At IBM Connect 2013, you’ll have opportunities for:
- 1:1 executive connections
- Peer to peer connections
- Exchanging best practices
- Networking and partnering
What’s in it for me?
You’ll leave IBM Connect with a clear path on how to go beyond social media and embrace social technologies to drive tangible business value and results. You’ll be ready to start using key technologies such as collaboration, portal, Web experiences, content management, analytics, process management, and commerce to go from simply ‘liking’ on social media to truly leading.
How to register:
Register for this event and identify yourself as an IBM alumnus – we’ll let you know about special alumni networking opportunities at and around this event. When registering, you’ll be asked how you heard about the conference. Select “Other”, and then in the open field, be sure to include the code IBMALUM13. That’s all there is to it.
More:
Don’t miss this new Web lecture, From Liking to Leading(Note: may require a one-time sign-in)
In this brief video, learn more about what social business means to you and your business:
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What’s new around The Greater IBM Connection
The beginning of the year can be especially busy, with catching up on work missed over the holidays, setting goals for the new year, keeping resolutions. In case you missed these, here’s a roundup of some of the most widely read stories on The Greater IBM Connection blog:
- 10 Leadership Lessons from IBM Executive School
- IBM’s 5 in 5: Welcome to the Era of Cognitive Systems
- 9 Bad Work Habits and How to Break Them
- Why Is IBM Called Big Blue? The Uncertain History of a Colorful Nickname
Anything you would like to read more about at The Greater IBM Connection? We always like to hear from you; let us know in the Comments.
