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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

All too often, companies that strive for first mover advantage bleed their products—or their entire organization—to death. Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. Good luck finding any of those products today.

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The Greatest Leadership Myth Ever-Busted!

Rick Conlow

Consequently, in business terms they create poor employee engagement, high turnover, lower productivity, and bad customer service. Many research reports demonstrate that higher employee productivity and innovation comes from greater employee satisfaction and loyalty. Free people up to use and develop their talents to the fullest.

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Personal Branding is your Trademark in Consulting

Tom Spencer

You could focus on a specific skill, becoming a subject matter expert, or becoming known for your charitable work, community leadership, or sporting prowess. It is important to develop your personal brand in the early stages of your career in order to showcase your knowledge, capabilities, and unique skillset.

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25 Team Leadership Quotes that Inspire Greatness

Rick Conlow

The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.” Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” “Talent is extremely important. But the product of great team leadership far surpasses the contribution of a person working alone. Max De Pree. Lewis B Ergen.

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Hard Work vs. Strategic Hard Work

CaseInterview.com

If you practiced your sport regularly, you improved and got better results. Michael Phelps, the winningest Olympic athlete in history, obviously has incredible outlier-level talent. Sure, talent is a factor, but talent undeveloped isn’t useful. I’m a terrible software developer.

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Leadership Pressure is a Privilege

Organizational Talent Consulting

No productive conflict? Development Dimensions International. Organizational Talent Consulting. The effects of visualization and guided imagery in sports performance Kotter, J. One valuable lesson he shares for leaders to consider is a mindset that "pressure is a privilege." What is the alternative to leadership pressure?

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. These days, I advise Fortune 500 executives to treat talent as they would customers: Understand their behavior, and design recruiting strategies that meet them where they are.