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Technical Women Are Software Managers

Johanna Rothman

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. I started to travel internationally as a consultant in the late 1990s. See Book 2 for what you can do about that myth.). Let me offer a little history.

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How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

Harvard Business

In much the same way, nobody calls a travel agency to book a simple flight anymore. market share in online sales. The value of bank branches, for example, is no longer to manually process deposits, but to solve more complex customer problems like providing mortgages. They expect something more, like designing a dream vacation.

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Organizational structure for remote teams

Asamby Consulting

Nevertheless, remote work allows companies to reduce their costs such as rent, which leads to a positive impact towards the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions when employees no longer need to travel to work. Examples of common functions are sales, marketing, human resources, etc.

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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. To listen and subscribe, visit forecast.fm/itunes.

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Doubling a $400,000 Revenue Model With Business Trainer Blair Enns: Podcast #22

Consulting Success

Being in such a small market where I don’t have a client or even a potential client within hundreds of miles of me, initially when I was a consultant, I couldn’t see anybody within hundreds of miles that would hire me. Once you successfully define your space, to me there are two core elements, discipline and market.

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The Myth of a Psychologically Safe Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

Psychological Safety Myth Buster Activity #5: One Step at a Time In my new book Life-Changing Leadership Habits , I provide 10 proven principles to help leaders get more out of life and work. Getting to where you are going I learned an important life lesson on a business trip to Puerto Rico, traveling with a good friend.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. The third and final nail on the coffin was that they didn’t read their market right – a fatal change management mistake. Autopsy #2 – Hummer. What do you think?