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How To Accept An Award Like An Oscar Winner

Henry DeVries

Entering award competitions is a great strategy for attracting high-paying clients. Imagine the envious applause as you accept an award your peers wish was going on their office wall. The award can be merchandised in many ways to build credibility.

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5 ways to reduce client churn and turnover

Consultant Journal

Looking for a way to boost your bottom line? Taking steps to reduce client churn – account turnover – can help. Maintaining a strong relationship with existing clients and past clients offers an opportunity to improve efficiency and revenues. Client churn or loss of customers can be a critical situation for any business. When you face turnover from even a small percentage of clients, it can reduce your revenue and tie up valuable resources as you try to recover.

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To Reduce Burnout on Your Team, Give People a Sense of Control

Harvard Business

Peter Cade/Getty Images. There’s no question or debate that workplace stress levels are at critical levels and are escalating. The American Institute of Stress (AIS) reveals that 80% of us feel stress on the job and almost half say they need help in managing that stress. The StressPulse survey by ComPsych, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, shows the main causes of that stress are: 1) workload (36%); 2) people issues (31%); 3) balancing professional and personal lives (20%); an

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How to choose an Operating model for cross-over departments?

Consulthon

Hello All, Currently, my Client will need to establish a process to select the best operating model for its month-end process. What is the best plan/matrix to create in order to choose the Operati.

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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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Bonnie's rules for being a better client

Seth Godin Blog

White space is your friend. No, you can't watch us work. Be open to things you didn't imagine. Be confident, not arrogant. Nothing takes a second. Don't be rude. Tell me the problem, not the solution. Decide who will decide. Have clarity of purpose.   Bonnie Siegler has more than 60 in her delightful new book.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Analysts have predicted that U.S. could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. How did we get here, and what does it mean for the industry?

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What are good ideas for a Lean roll-out Handbook?

Consulthon

Hi everybody! Does anyone have experience in writing an implementation Lean roll-out handbook in a multi-cultural environement? The aim of the initiative is to have a central documentation of our b.

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WIC Insights #1: Lessons Learned by Deborah Henken

Women in Consulting

:: For twenty years, WIC has been helping consultants help themselves through an exchange of ideas, best practices, and networking. In celebration of those countless conversations, this WIC Insight series hopes to share how long-term members learned lessons that applied directly to their business so new members can jumpstart theirs. Deborah Henken is a business management consultant/marketing strategist at Highland and Team and now an Encore Fellow.

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Work After #MeToo

Harvard Business

From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Play | RSS. Download this podcast. The hand on the thigh. The creepy come-on. The lingering leer. These are some of the milder forms of sexual harassment that women have been reporting in the wake of the #MeToo outpouring. Other women have made allegations of sexual assault and even rape at the office.

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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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Fact or Fiction? 10 Self-Employment Myths

MBO Partners

Learn the facts about going independent in this short video.

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Will Personalized Medicine Mean Higher Costs for Consumers?

Harvard Business

laura schneider for hbr. Personalized medicine and treatments for rare diseases – many of which are extraordinarily expensive – are a growing part of the U.S. health care landscape. This trend has important ramifications for the out-of-pocket prices (e.g., copays and coinsurance) that insurers require patients to pay. A growing body of research says that insurers raise out-of-pocket costs in part to avoid sick enrollees.

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Consulting Website Design 016: Building Backlinks [VIDEO]

Tsavo Neal

In this episode, you’ll learn how to rank your website higher in Google by building backlinks to it. ( Slides ). Transcript. Welcome to Consulting Website Design 016: Building Backlinks. In this episode, I’m going to teach you how I plan to rank one of my new in the top spot of Google by building backlinks to it. I’m going to give you my exact method for building these links and the script I used to build links to my post and increase its ranking from the bottom of the first page to the 2

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Why Walmart Expanded Parental Leave — and How to Convince Your Company to Do the Same

Harvard Business

Andy Crawford/Getty Images. Walmart will soon offer better parental leave than most U.S. companies. The new policy for biological parents, announced in January, will go into effect on March 1, according to a company spokesperson. The company already has rolled out a more generous policy for adoptive parents. This matters because America remains one of just three countries without paid maternity leave, and Walmart is America’s biggest employer.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.