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The 3 Secrets To Becoming A Million-Dollar Consulting Author

Consulting Success

What’s the one thing you can do to make everything else easier — or even unnecessary — when it comes to growing your consulting business? Gary Keller hit the nail on the head in his book, “The One Thing.” “What’s the one thing you can do such that by doing it, everything else becomes easier.

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Can a Business Have Social Impact and Make a Profit?

Tom Spencer

When people talk about having an impact in the world, they are usually thinking about serving at a food kitchen or administering vaccines in Africa. Usually, these ideas are not associated with business or making money in general, which are often characterized as selfish. This idea likely stems from the history of philanthropy, which was […] The post Can a Business Have Social Impact and Make a Profit?

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60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP November 2, 2023

Johanna Rothman

My 60 seconds of WIP for November 2, 2023 The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 2, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a science fiction short story, which does not yet have a title. Hope Easton didn’t really mind posing a steward on the Shining Star , on the way to Mars.

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Enterprise Strategy Teams: Charting a Path to Success

Tom Spencer

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, enterprises face the challenge of charting a clear path towards success and sustainable growth. For instance, when the retail giant, Walmart, faced stalling sales due to stiff competition from e-commerce platforms, it was challenging to formulate a roadmap into the future. Navigating through uncertainty and making strategic decisions requires a […] The post Enterprise Strategy Teams: Charting a Path to Success first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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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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Why Big Projects Fail — and How to Give Yours a Better Chance of Success

Harvard Business

There are five reasons that large projects fail. Wrong projects are ones that defy conventional business rationale, creating outputs that either few people want, that add little to no real value, or that undershoot the desired benefits because they are so difficult to achieve. A second reason is unreasonable constraints — when the effort doesn’t have adequate funding, people, time, or other key inputs.

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How to Strengthen Your Curiosity Muscle

Harvard Business

Building our curiosity muscle is essential because it will aid in the efficiency of leadership, enables continual learning, and because it’s a sought after skill by employers. Like any muscle, to strengthen it, you must activate and exercise it. You can strengthen your curiosity muscle by ditching excuses, finding the right angle, changing up your routine, experimenting, and shifting your focus once you become uninterested.

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The First Steps to Strategic Action

LSA Global

Chess and The First Steps to Strategic Action Chess is a strategy game with only two opponents but with a variety of pieces that have their own way of moving. To win, you need to checkmate your opponent’s king by threatening an inescapable capture. That’s the goal and it’s always the same. The available moves to make for each player are multiple and varied.

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4 Fundamental Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Harvard Business

With the rise of hybrid and remote work, there’s a real danger — unless companies think deeply about what kind of a culture they’re developing — that workers may come to feel like “just another face on the zoom screen.” Employees need to know that their leaders value them and their unique perspective. If employees feel that their ideas and suggestions don’t matter, it’s very hard for them to feel engaged.

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The community orchestra

Seth Godin Blog

There are people who get paid to play the flute or bassoon. There are far more people who volunteer to participate in a community orchestra. For many, rehearsals or performances are the high points of their day. The metaphor is powerful, because it teaches us that we all benefit from having a community orchestra in our lives. The 1900 people who worked together on The Carbon Almanac were all volunteers, showing up when they could, working together to build something important.

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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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3 Ways to Build an Organizational Culture That Supports Mental Health

Harvard Business

The cultural shift toward greater mental health awareness has helped bring needed attention to psychological suffering, improve access to mental health resources, and reduce stigma. However, it may also be increasing the pathologization of ordinary life, leading people to think of themselves as mentally fragile and unwell. This creates a challenge for employers.

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The Skills Your Employees Need to Work Effectively with AI

Harvard Business

Leaders understand that the future will involve humans working with AI and feel immense pressure to “do something” to implement AI solutions. But how do they actually integrate AI with their workforce to achieve good business outcomes? Interviews with company leaders and CEOs shed light on a counterintuitive answer: invest more in two important human skills.

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The AI-Forward Blueprint: Charting a Course from Tactical to Transformative - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM UNISYS

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Unisys.

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