Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

John Fedele/Getty Images. Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business. It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market.

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Make it shorter. No extra points for filling your time. Be really clear about what it’s for. If the presentation works, what will change? Who will be changed? Will people take a different course of action because of your work? If not, then why do you do a presentation? Don’t use slides as a teleprompter. If you have details, write them up in a short memo and give it to us after the presentation.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Rivalry is everywhere. We see rivalries in sports, business, school, and basically any arena where there is competition. Whether it is rivalry between people (Bill Gates versus Steve Jobs; Roger Federer versus Rafael Nadal), between organizations (e.g., Ford versus GM), or between nations (e.g., should U.S. soccer fans have rooted for rival Mexico in the World Cup?

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David A Fields

JULY 17, 2018

You’re surrounded by opportunities to accelerate your success and to enjoy the rewards of running your solo or boutique, independent consulting firm. Those opportunities are like flights that will lift you away from your current condition and land you in a different, better place. You’ve learned to ignore the flight announcements over your mental loudspeakers.

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Consultants' Consultant

JULY 17, 2018

Consultants Consultant: This research from Adam Grant on fundraising shows how much more effective it can be to link people’s work to a the people they’re doing it for. Not a “higher purpose” like Alcoholics Anonymous (although, why not?), but at least something that they feel they can get behind. employees who know how their work has […].

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Consultants' Consultant

JULY 17, 2018

Consultants Consultant: This research from Adam Grant on fundraising shows how much more effective it can be to link people’s work to a the people they’re doing it for. Not a “higher purpose” like Alcoholics Anonymous (although, why not?), but at least something that they feel they can get behind. employees who know how their work has […].

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Kristie Rogers, an assistant professor of management at Marquette University, has identified a free and abundant resource most leaders aren’t giving employees enough of: respect. She explains the two types of workplace respect, how to communicate them, and what happens when you don’t foster both. Rogers is the author of the article “ Do Your Employees Feel Respected?

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MBO Partners

JULY 17, 2018

Follow these guidelines to appropriately use social media to market and grow your business.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

HBR Staff/YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Getty Images. During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2018

Manager Recognition Matters for Employee Engagement and Retention. With the tenure of knowledge workers reported to be less than three years at a single company, the importance of engaging and retaining high-performers continues to grow. Beyond the feel-good part about recognition that confirms that you were noticed and appreciated, the link between manager recognition and engagement encourages future discretionary effort and increases employees’ intent to stay longer at their company.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Michael Porter and Jim Heppelman explain how augmented reality will change how we work.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

Alexander Baumann/The International Photo Co./Getty Images. Ignorance may be bliss for some, but ask anyone in commerce or finance, and they will make it abundantly clear: Ignorance is risk. For that reason, U.S. markets embrace reasonable regulation to ensure transparency and fairness. Stocks are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), commodities by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and government currency by the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Rese

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