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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Today I'm talking with Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney resort and currently a consultant, author, and speaker. In this episode, you'll hear: How Lee evolved as a leader by shedding defensiveness and operating in trust. Why you need to create a system to be a person of your word.

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Architect Your Business Joy with Jodee Peevor

Consulting Matters

How to build your business by operating in joyful work. About my guest: I launched my web design agency Jigsaw, back in 2005, which established me as a Joomla and WordPress expert. The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson. What you need to do to let go of work you no longer enjoy. Next steps: Be you!

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Replacing the Sales Funnel with the Sales Flywheel

Harvard Business

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. Back in the 1990s, sales reps had a lot of information, while customers had relatively little. Sales reps leveraged that information gap to create a lot of trust.

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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

MishTalk

Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Rate of decline in retail sales accelerates for second straight month. Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:17 AM.

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What does a Business Consultant do?

ConsultX

Wikipedia states: The consultant is in a role of sharing her or his knowledge and advice In recent years, we’ve seen sales-people take on the title of consultant, as they provide advice on the product they’re selling. What they actually do In the world of professional consulting, we generally see most consultants working on a project.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

They opened their first office in the region in 2007 after beginning to consistently work here in 2005. Oliver Wyman has been a player in the Middle East consulting sphere for a while now, and has now opened three offices in the region: Dubai in 2005, and Abu Dhabi & Riyadh in 2010. Deloitte M.E Oliver Wyman. Roland Berger.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23.

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