Thu.Mar 11, 2021

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Rethink Leadership or Fail: Change to Succeed

Rick Conlow

Rethink leadership or fail. We live in challenging times. Similarly, Abigail Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson in 1790, “These are hard times in which a genius would wish to live. Great necessities call forth great leaders.” We desperately need great leadership now, in business and all walks of life. In this leadership training video Rick will give you the keys to change and success. .

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What is Stakeholder Engagement, and Why is it Important for Strategic Planning?

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

What is Stakeholder Engagement & Why is it Important? Stakeholder engagement is a process that organizations can follow in order to listen to, collaborate with, or inform (or a combination of all three) their existing stakeholders. This process entails identifying, mapping and prioritizing stakeholders to determine the best tactics for effective communication while making the best use of available resources.

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Encourage Lateral and Vertical Movement in an Agile a Career Ladder, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

As people gain experience, they often want new and different responsibilities. In a typical career ladder ( Part 1 ), they had one direction: up. That often creates a problem: great technical people become insufficient managers. Let's not blame these people—many of them didn't want to become managers However, if people want more responsibility, the career ladder often forces people into management.

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Onboarding Is a Part of Your Company’s Culture Now – Here’s How to Nail It

Clarity Consultants

Your onboarding process is a fundamental part of your company’s culture. Often, it plays a big role in the first impression your organizations make on new hires, providing the kinds of insights that aren’t available during the hiring process. Failing to meet new hire expectations can be incredibly damaging. Not only are you missing an opportunity to set incoming employees.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Want To Know Why Women Build Better Businesses? Culture.

On the Brink

As a corporate anthropologist and culture change expert , I am fascinated by Stephanie Breedlove’s story, one of the amazing women I write about in my new book, " Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business." Get your copy here. I also did an On The Brink podcast interview with Stephanie back in 2017. What makes her story so important, and so relevant for the times, is that her success came in large part from a belief that if you strive to bring out the best in people, that brings out the b

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2020 has changed things—but how much will stick?

The Source

The COVID pandemic has shaken up the thought leadership landscape in a variety of ways, which become all the more apparent when seen through the lens of our latest report, which ranks the thought leadership output of the leading consulting firms over the last 12 months. When it comes to those rankings, there are relatively few changes at the top of the table—those firms that produce consistently good content have continued to do so—but there has been much more movement among the lower-ranking fi

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Where Brands Are Reaching Gen Z

Harvard Business

Which platforms are young people building relationships and communities on? (Hint: It’s not traditional social media.).

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Practical elegance

Seth Godin Blog

The 16-foot canvas Prospector canoe made by the Chestnut Canoe Company is not the fastest or the lightest or the cheapest canoe but it is an elegant canoe. Practical elegance is something that is available to all of us. If we choose, it can become the cornerstone of our work. Some of us make a thing and many of us make a system. What makes something practically elegant is that it’s better, smoother, cleaner, more understandable, kinder, more efficient, friendlier or more approachable than

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Improvisation Takes Practice

Harvard Business

Researchers studied how people developed improvisational skills by observing live-action role playing games over two years.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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You Say You Want a More Diverse Board. Here’s How to Make It Happen.

Harvard Business

Research reveals four commonly cited obstacles and how to overcome them.

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Hydrogen’s Role in Japan’s Carbon-Neutral Future - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from the Government of Japan.