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The Anatomy of High-IMPACT Sales Pages and Proposals

Consulting Matters

Unsure how to convey the powerful value of your offers. Here’s what you need to know There’s a six-letter word that reflects one of the biggest reasons why accomplished, mid-career professionals would give up their secure, lucrative career to start their own consulting or coaching business. I’m referring to the word I-M-P-A-C-T because what drives us as consultants and coaches isn’t just money anymore.

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It’s Time to Rethink Traditional Career Trajectories

Harvard Business

As a society, we are gradually beginning to reframe the midlife crisis — and indeed any life transition — as a period of transformation and rebirth. Crisis then becomes chrysalis, where the best is yet to come. Applying this lens to our careers can yield insights and new opportunities, especially when the world seems upside-down. The ability to see unexpected and unwanted change from a place of hope rather than fear, and as an opportunity to learn and grow rather than to resist or deny, is calle

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Finite Attention Spans and Employee Agility Driving Corporate Training Trends

Clarity Consultants

Rapid change and the need for employees who can adapt to uncertainty with flexibility and proactiveness will continue to drive corporate training budgets. The advantages of having a potent corporate learning program have been accentuated in the past three years. L&D leaders have been instrumental in helping employers and employees pivot to pandemic protocols and navigate both remote and hybrid operations and corporate culture.

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3 Ways to Successfully Manage Large-Scale R&D Projects

Harvard Business

Managing extended R&D projects comes with its unique challenges, with even the popular agile method struggling in such contexts. Drawing from a recent significant build at Lattice, an HR software startup, three key factors emerge as essential for success in managing large projects. First, securing executive commitment ensures risk acceptance and a flexible budgeting approach.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Power of Business Consulting: How Companies Reap Benefits

Business Consulting Agency

In an era defined by rapid advancements and dynamic market landscapes, the role of business consulting services has evolved into a cornerstone for fostering sustainable growth and ensuring strategic business success. From startups to established corporations, businesses of all scales and industries are recognizing the transformative impact of expert guidance and strategic insights offered by business consultants.

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Can managers still learn from Adair fifty years on?

The Management Centre

John Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership is a classic leadership model, first shared in 1973 [i]. It’s used widely in management development to help managers get to grips with the multiple responsibilities that they need. A lot has changed over the last fifty years, and the situations we face as managers feel increasingly complex. Is this model still relevant?

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To Sell an Unconventional Product, Tell a Compelling Story

Harvard Business

Selling original or quirky products is often an uphill battle. But research that involved an analysis of quirky products sold by some 7,000 craft entrepreneurs on Etsy suggests that effective storytelling that helps people relate to such offerings can turn them into successes. This article shares three storytelling techniques that work.

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The end of writer’s block

Seth Godin Blog

I was delighted to share this short talk with my friend Sue. I thought it might resonate with you. I hope it’s helpful. More interviews and talks are here. And my books are here.

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4 Ways Your Marketing Team Can Advocate for Responsible Marketing - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SAS

Harvard Business

Sponsor Content from SAS.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Transforming from a Good to Great Coach

Rick Conlow

Transforming from a good to great coach equals turning disengaged employees into top performers. However, employees today are restless. They quiet quit, loud quit, quit without notice, and are more disengaged, and disloyal than ever. Furthermore, 70% will quit for a better offer. About 38% of quitters leave in about a year. And people 25-34 have a tenure of 2.8 years which is significantly lower than other age groups Have you noticed?

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Key Drivers in the Evolution of the Professional Services Industry

Progressus

The professional services industry is undergoing a transformation driven by familiar yet powerful forces. These forces encompass digitization, the adoption of data-centric business strategies, the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. These transformative elements, while well-recognized, are evolving at an unprecedented pace, affecting how professional services firms operate, make decisions, collaborate, and structure their services.