Wed.Jul 22, 2020

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

Diversity and Inclusion programs and initiatives are ubiquitous. While many organizations are making strides in the right direction, too many fall short of their goals and aspirations. Perhaps the biggest obstacle is that too many people still think about the lack of diversity as a problem to be solved versus an opportunity to be seized. The research has been clear; diverse organizations and teams make better decisions and outperform those that are less diverse.

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Influence is Power

CaseInterview.com

Every meeting has two types of people in it. Those with power and those without. Most people tend to think of power in terms of job titles and positions on the organization chart. The CEO has power. A vice president has power. Your boss has power (over you and your career). While this is somewhat true, it is not a complete view of power. Power comes in two forms.

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The Power of High Performance Coaching

Rick Conlow

Shhh, this is a high performance secret! Not even the CIA, KGB, MI6 or Mossad know about this! Coaching is the ‘secret sauce’ to leadership success. Unfortunately, few managers understand this. Therefore, they make the eleven fatal mistakes over and over. These will be covered in the high performance training video. Hardly shocking, these mistakes lead to employee disloyalty and lower performance.

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Changing the World One Community at a Time

Chad Barr

We recently launched a brand new online forum called Global Business Advisors Forums , for my dear client, colleague and friend, Phil Symchych, who is also known as The SME Business Wealth Builder® One of the strongest ways of building and strengthening your brand is by creating a community around you. The purpose of such community is to attract like-minded people with mutual interests, who can help expand each other’s knowledge while serving and providing help in a variety of areas o

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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 connective tissue around productized services

Kai Davis

When we talk about productized services, we often touch on how they help you increase your effective hourly rate. When you can optimize your processes over time, you can get faster at delivery, and your effective hourly rate ($ earned per hour worked) will increase. The secret weapon? Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) let you write down and capture your process so you can remember it later and improve it over time.

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All You Need to Know About COVID Era Banking

Martinka Consulting

From June 4-10 Jessica and I interviewed bankers representing eight Puget Sound area banks.* This memo is a synopsis of those conversations about what’s going on in banking during the COVID crisis, with a focus on business acquisition loans. If you want the full report, click here to get it. It’s in table format so you can easily see what each banker said on the various topics.

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Don’t Work on Vacation. Seriously.

Harvard Business

Research shows it’s not worth it.

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Varieties of disbelief

Seth Godin Blog

Everyone, without exception, has found some things to not believe in. Things that are demonstrably true that we just don’t want to accept. A bit like a fingerprint, each person’s pattern of disbelief is probably unique. You might believe that water is made of atoms, but that the moon is made of cheese. It’s hard to predict. But the interesting question is: What has to happen for you to change your mind?

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HBR Readers on Juggling Work and Kids… in a Pandemic

Harvard Business

18 working parents share how they’ve been getting by.

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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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5 Tips for Managing an Underperformer — Remotely

Harvard Business

You may actually handle the situation more effectively from afar.