Fri.Apr 22, 2022

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Selling To Executives: What Works For B2B Consultants (& What Doesn’t)

Consulting Success

Are you a B2B consultant who is selling to executives? You’ve probably discovered that most marketing and sales advice doesn’t help you. That’s because most marketing and sales advice you read is aimed toward businesses selling to consumers. But, as a consultant, your business depends on your ability to sell to executives, not consumers.

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Lack of Perspective: When Determination Leads to Disaster

Tom Spencer

“Persistence” and “perseverance” are buzzwords you will find in almost every job description and in almost any interview. This article suggests that giving these words such stature and priority in the world of work is a mistake, since persistence alone may do more harm than good. Persistence refers to the notion of continuing a course of action despite difficulty, setbacks, and failure.

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ERP Project Management: Prevent the Task Tsunami

PM Alliance

With their high degree of complexity and long durations, ERP implementation projects are among the most challenging initiatives some organizations will ever undertake. One common difficulty when planning and executing projects that extend over many months (and sometimes across several years) is that low-priority or minor tasks are bumped down the schedule in favor of what appear to be more pressing issues.

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Maximizing Your Summer Internship

Tom Spencer

Stepping into an internship programme can seem like a nerve-wrecking challenge. But you should be excited about the opportunity to gain new knowledge, acquire great skills, and meet incredible people. The following article will help to maximize your internship before the program starts. 1. Before the Internship. Evaluate Commitments. Firstly, do your best to evaluate your summer commitments so that you can focus on your summer internship.

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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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The Great Resignation: Poor Management Impact on Employees

Rick Conlow

The great resignation and quit began well before the pandemic. With new communication technologies and needed remote work with covid-19, the result accelerated. Companies for decades have neglected their teams. Pay did not keep pace with inflation or CEO salaries. In addition, most managers are ill-trained, overworked, and unappreciated. Most Employees are “commodities” not valuable partners.

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How Top Leaders Set Teams Up for Success

LSA Global

Top Leaders Set Up Teams for Success Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and degrees of effectiveness. But top leaders generally excel in inspiring others to collectively achieve more together than they could as individuals. To achieve a shared vision of success , top leaders do three things more consistently than their lower performing counterparts: Understand the Current Situation Top leaders first thoroughly assess the current situation.

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How to Manage Your Anger at Work

Harvard Business

Spoiler: Venting isn’t the best option.

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The traffic metaphors

Seth Godin Blog

Your mileage may vary. Speeding up to get to a red light faster just wastes energy. Honking doesn’t make traffic go away. Doesn’t matter how fancy your car is, it’s not worth very much if they close the road. One of the worst ways to get to where you’re going is to always drive in the fastest moving lane and avoid any toll roads.

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Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions

Harvard Business

Six practices to sharpen your inquiry.

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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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How the Digital Circular Economy Can Help Us Get to Carbon Neutrality - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ALIBABA GROUP

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Alibaba Group.

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