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Authentic leadership: Building an organization that thrives

CIO

Leadership styles have traditionally centered their focus on profits, share prices, and productivity, but a new approach increasingly taken up by today’s leaders, known as “authentic leadership,” takes a different spin on the concept. But ultimately, authentic leadership can be viewed as the opposite of traditional leadership in many ways.

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The Intangibles: Leadership Approach & Authenticity

N2Growth Blog

Two critical traits I look for in leaders and executives are 1 – leadership approach and 2 – authenticity. Authenticity in Leadership: The Power of Vulnerability If we created a buzzword bingo sheet of stereotypical leadership traits, “authenticity” would most definitely be on it. Where do you stand?

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Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

TechCrunch

Take Descope , for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. So why launch Descope now?

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AWS brings Amazon One palm-scanning authentication to the enterprise

TechCrunch

Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS (Amazon Web Services) has lifted the lid on a new palm-scanning identity service that allows companies to authenticate people when entering physical premises. The announcement comes as part of AWS’s annual Re:Invent conference, which is running in Las Vegas for the duration of this week.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. 47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement.

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Leadership and Authenticity: Transforming the Boardroom Dynamics

N2Growth Blog

The Quintessence of Leadership: Embracing Authenticity Jaco Erasmus, a distinguished Partner Executive Search and member of the Global Board at N2Growth , emphasizes authenticity’s pivotal role in leadership. “Authenticity is not just a virtue; it’s the bedrock of transformative leadership,” Jaco asserts.

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Managing the whole lifecycle for human and machine authentication

CIO

In my last column for CIO.com , I outlined some of the cybersecurity issues around user authentication for verification of consumer and business accounts. . FIDO as an industry initiative was set up a decade ago to standardize the need for strong authentication/password technologies. Well, yes, but there is more that tech pros can do.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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The Modern Encryption Software Checklist: The Secret to Understanding Your Data Security Needs

User authentication and advanced security factors. The following checklist is built to help you evaluate the scope of services offered by various encryption solutions on the market and covers questions on the following topics: Encryption. Key management system. Enterprise features. Flexibility and scalability.

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Your Guide to Using Conversational Marketing to Drive Demand Generation

Conversations have always been at the heart of our most authentic relationships. Whether it’s a business deal or a personal connection, they are a driving force to solidify a foundation of trust. Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes.