Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Most passionate skiers would ask the question differently: why wouldn’t you? I’m wondering why this insight is so hard for us to embrace when it comes to learning or personal engagement or art or the work we do each day? Why would anyone choose to ski down on the difficult black diamond run instead?

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Nash Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

So far, we've taken you through the tapestry of theories and mindsets that pave the way for mastering the art of constructive and healthy conflict. By Nash Consulting Where have we been and where are we going? If you've been riding shotgun with us, the significance of honing conflict resolution skills is likely clear.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Ruth Hartt asks what the arts can learn from the renaissance of golf? Ruth’s point is to look at the example of golf versus the arts. Back from holiday. I need another one after the last one. Today is National Beer Day , celebrating FDR making beer legal again in the United States in 1933. Work with me! To the Tickets!

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 9, 2013

Back to the home page for this blog. WWW SETHS BLOG. The Dip Blog. Seths Main Blog. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. Subscribe to Seths Blog. Seths most important book about the art of marketing. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. The opposite of anxiety.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The Art of Effective Sales Questions. The best sales people typically ask the most effective sales questions. Being able to ask good questions is an art. Asking effective questions is a necessary skill for journalists, a developmental skill for salespeople and a desirable skill for conversationalists.

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Buzzsprout

JULY 2, 2023

Listen to a few episodes and ask yourself what you could do differently. Ask yourself what gives you energy. We broke this guide into 10 easy steps that give you everything you need to confidently create, launch, and grow a great podcast! Follow these tips to narrow your niche and clarify your message.

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Nash Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you want to learn more about becoming a better listener, check out our short blog post on how to listen so others feel heard. A great coach is curious and asks great questions. Being curious about what the other person is saying and asking good follow-up questions will help them process and discover answers on their own.

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Claris Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

That question was asked of me recently by a friend after I mentioned that I was asked to speak at an event in Seattle called The Great Conversation in Security. If that question seems cumbersome or unwieldy, here’s a suggestion about how to get to your answer. Ask yourself, what conversation do I want to start at work?

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Citizenship –Participating, leading, asking and answering good questions. Art –expressing yourself with passion and consistency and a point of view. Appreciating the art that has come before and creating your own, in whatever form that takes. I think that a significant shift is overdue. More why than when.

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Chad Barr

APRIL 7, 2021

But I also consume a lot of content from others in various ways such as: books, blogs, social media, online courses, virtual communities and more. The age-old question: is email dead? It could be a website, blog, podcast, video channel, or something similar. As most of you probably know, I write a lot. Seth Godin. The solution?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 14, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. To Subscribe to a Blog. We would most often be asked in to help a leadership team that was struggling. I knew that they would stop talking at any point, turn to us, and ask what we would recommend.

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Halo Psych

MAY 16, 2022

And regularly questioning whether rules and regulations are relevant, need to be changed or removed, is crucial. Top tip: Regularly ask whether certain rules or regulations are needed and if so, do they need reviewing or simplifying. One way to do this is to ask questions of the right people.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Giving Feedback Giving feedback so that it is received with understanding and acted upon sincerely is an art. Often employees, if asked, will acknowledge their own failings before you need to point them out. Often employees, if asked, will acknowledge their own failings before you need to point them out.

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The Management Centre

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. Prepare to learn: ask yourself what you hope will change as a result of what you are reading. Is the content making sense to you, or do you have some questions for further research? We love learning here at =mc, as you would expect!

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Nash Consulting

JULY 7, 2022

Yet, as we wrote in this blog post , people tend to resist change, even when it’s good for them and their organizations. This presents a rather complex dilemma: consistent and substantial change is necessary, yet asking people to significantly change evokes fear, insecurity, and uncertainty. It’s human nature. This is no easy task.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top 10 Key Sales Management Skills: Mastering the Art of Sales Leadership Sales leaders must routinely navigate high stakes internal and external relationships while meeting ever-increasing revenue targets and demands from their sales team. Communication Effective communication serves as the compass that steers sales teams towards success.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The first rule of cross-examination at trial is that you never ask a question that you don’t already know the answer to. Either that, or know that what you’re selling is live magic, the possibility of ‘it might not work,’ the generosity of art in the moment. Inquiry has a place.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 16, 2017

Specifically, consultants who can teach you how to master the business side of consulting. Consultants like David Fields. Who doesn’t want to run a more profitable and enjoyable consulting business? To do this, you need to learn from consultants who have done it themselves and can teach you how. The way David and Sean write is enjoyable.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

What's the most powerful story to tell to the outside world, to get a business to stock your product or a person to fall in love with your art? Answering these questions is the reason we built The Marketing Seminar. Now, the only question is: will you decide to be really good at it? But most of us don't like to admit it.

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Nash Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Helpful hint: Ask your employees, both individually and as a group, what they want more of or less of from you in terms of information distribution. “Employees tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.” - Laurence J. Over 50 years later, we still see this play out over and over again in organizations big and small.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

To answer these questions, we identified seven celebrated Centennials who’ve outperformed their peers over the last 100 years and are admired by everyone. From the arts, we looked at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Shakespeare Company (originally the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre).

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Agilent Technologies, separating from Hewlett Packard, turned to Deloitte to help facilitate the transaction and Deloitte in turn asked Steve Pratt to act as project lead. INFOSYS CONSULTING. The firm supports clients across 50 countries with a massive employee base of almost 135,000 people. INFOSYS CONSULTING KEY STATS.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

All this starts with the logline — an art that screenwriters have mastered. When asked what their movie is about, successful screenwriters have a ready answer that is clear, concise, and engaging. Business leaders are asked a version of this same question throughout their careers: What is your presentation about?

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LSA Global

APRIL 25, 2020

Video Game Companies like Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Nintendo have grown sales and profits 21%, 12%, and 41%. Start from the end and work backwards asking such questions as: What were the signals? Assessing Your Strategy When the Future’s Uncertain. For most of us, the current pandemic came almost without warning.

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LSA Global

MAY 28, 2019

With the advancements in data analytics and artificial intelligence, more leaders are asking about the pros and cons of a fact-based vs. an intuition-based decision making culture. Encourage debate and question assumptions. Decision Making Culture. Defining Workplace Culture. Defining Effective Decision Making.

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Henman Performance Executive

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Executive blog Contact Us. Today a reporter asked me what, if anything, Muslims can do to overcome stereotypes in the workplace. This is not the first question of its kind. Shortly after 9/11 clients asked me what special protocols they should put in place to counteract inappropriate behavior against this group.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To create a community for an art project that isn’t designed to be a profitable business. Most of the time, for most projects, Kickstarter isn’t the answer to the question you’re asking. A friend reached out because she’s thinking of using Kickstarter to fund her new book.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 23, 2013

Back to the home page for this blog. WWW SETHS BLOG. The Dip Blog. Seths Main Blog. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. Subscribe to Seths Blog. Seths most important book about the art of marketing. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. The opposite of anxiety.

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Peter Stark

MAY 24, 2017

When we ask our clients, “What’s the difference between a leader and a manager?”, For over twenty years now, we have strongly stood by our answer to the above question. To be blunt, no one listened to me and seldom did people do what I asked them to do, even though I was the owner.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

A major Magritte show ran at the Art Institute of Chicago. For those of us who work in ideas (which is most of us, now) the real question the Magritte show asks is, "if your ideas spread far and wide, do we need to see the original?". It was fascinating to see all of his greatest hits in one place, nicely curated and hung.

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MAY 5, 2013

Back to the home page for this blog. WWW SETHS BLOG. The Dip Blog. Seths Main Blog. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. Subscribe to Seths Blog. Seths most important book about the art of marketing. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. The opposite of anxiety.

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Our series continues with a question about one of my shortest books, a manifesto about starting (and art): Poke the Box. Ben Nesvig asks, "I find myself getting uninterested/unmotivated on projects that I start. Variations of this question, some more honest and self-aware than others, come up more than just about anything else.

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 6, 2013

Back to the home page for this blog. WWW SETHS BLOG. The Dip Blog. Seths Main Blog. All Marketers Are Liars Blog. Subscribe to Seths Blog. Seths most important book about the art of marketing. A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. The opposite of anxiety.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 21, 2016

But we can definitely ask the questions. And get better at the art of listening (and dismissing).  This is one of the most important untaught skills available to each of us. Three times in a row, a salesperson is rejected by one prospect after another. What to do?

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Seth Godin Blog

MAY 21, 2015

I asked him what he thought of the work of Jeff Jarvis. I met a musician the other day, and asked her how her work without a label was going, and referenced something by Bob Lefsetz. A podcaster asked me a question, and I wondered if he admired the path Krista Tippett had taken. I asked about Dawkins and Blackmore.

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Cheryl Cran

MAY 11, 2015

When the decision was made for Zappos to adopt the holacracy approach it was a big one – I wrote in an earlier blog in August 2014 that before ANY company can get to a full out holacracy adoption there is a ‘bridge’ that needs to be built in order to get there. ” must be asked and answered daily.

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Cheryl Cran

MAY 11, 2015

When the decision was made for Zappos to adopt the holacracy approach it was a big one – I wrote in an earlier blog in August 2014 that before ANY company can get to a full out holacracy adoption there is a ‘bridge’ that needs to be built in order to get there. ” must be asked and answered daily.

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