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Chris Hoff’s Guide for Consultants and Coaches Navigating Radical Change

Consulting Matters

Christ Hoff came to this work because he is passionate about helping individuals become more fulfilled in their personal and professional lives, assisting organizations to meet and surpass their goals, and dissolving conflict between individuals, teams and in organizations in more creative ways.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Avalanche of City Debt.

MishTalk

According to Moodys Chicago has $19 billion in unfunded pension liability and faces a "tremendous strain" in meeting their budget and paying law enforcement. Philadelphia : 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales. 2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

From being vulnerable to saying what others don't want to hear to endless Zoom meetings. 18% reported a failure to close a sale. The next time you find yourself in a meeting, and you don't know why you are there. Try asking using these powerful questions during your next one to one meeting: What's on your mind?

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Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

MishTalk

Though council members did not extensively discuss the PEL letter Thursday, council Finance Chairman Frank Joyce said after the meeting, "The tax increase they (PEL) recommend is far too expensive for taxpayers to handle.". 2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122).

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Consultant Ninja: Mealy-mouthed consultant speak: Management.

Consultant Ninja

My visit started with meeting the President of XXX. We also discussed the importance of the expansion of their services business as a counter to lower sales as well as the very active management of their pipeline given the volatility of their customer base. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Mealy-mouthed consultant speak. Sent in by a reader. "My

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Purchasing Managers Have a Lead Role to Play in Cyber Defense

Harvard Business

firms in 2017 were launched through the IT systems of suppliers or other third parties such as contractors, up from less than one-quarter of attacks in 2010. Key suppliers should have to meet performance and training standards and then should be regularly assessed to ensure that they are meeting them.

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Today the Fed released minutes of meetings at the start and during the great financial crisis. Some outside consultants presented to the Fed at that meeting, generally giving an amazingly rosy view of the world as well. January 29–30, 2008 : Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee Mr. Reifschneider : Not all the news was bad.