Wed.Jan 08, 2020

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5 Smart Strategies to De-Stress & Accelerate Any Career or Business Transition

Consulting Matters

"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all." Anna Quindlen. Have you fallen out of love with your career (or has it fallen out of love with you?) There is nothing scarier for a high-achiever than to hit the top of their profession and wonder what it's all for.

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2020: forget the resolutions, build your confidence instead

The Management Centre

January is traditionally a time of looking forward and looking back. A time to consider the challenges – and failures – of the year before. To set resolutions and plan for a better year ahead. Full of good intentions, these resolutions are usually broken by the end of the month.I have never been a fan of the new year’s resolution. They seem a tad arbitrary – with a fixed deadline 12 months away, made on a whim after too much indulgence over the December weeks.

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Why It Is Easier To Do Nothing Than To See The Obvious?

Simon Associates

Back when I ran a company, at one point we thought a situation was one way, and then the facts changed and it became another way. Yet when we reviewed our strategy, the new facts were not considered. New facts…no shift in direction! Nothing changed in our strategic planning and yet there were big changes in the external environment. Sound familiar? How frustrating is it?

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Leaders – who do you think you are?

The Management Centre

In this blog, =mc Director Charlotte Scott asks leaders to take a look under the rock…. Leaders who want to do the very best for their team and organisation tend to have some awareness of their impact on their teams already. Especially in the charity, social and public sectors. We like to think that we know our teams and how to support them. We want to provide challenging work and deliver excellent results together.

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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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New Day’s Resolutions

Chad Barr

2019 has passed and here we are starting 2020 as a new year. It will probably take me a few months to put the correct year on the checks that I write; (yes, I still do write a few checks from time to time), and take a second longer to scroll down to my birth year on every online form I fill out. I look back with some sadness at the losses this past year; my dear father, Tzvi, my father in-law, Leonard, and even our 16 year old devoted dog, Noodles.

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If You Want Affection, Get A Dog

Alan Weiss

Stop craving affection and start generating respect. You accomplish that by demonstrating how you can improve my life, not by pandering or telling me how good you are. Prospective buyers need expertise, not a buddy.

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Simulation Training Best Practices

Clarity Consultants

If you want to capture the benefits of simulation training, you need to use this learning approach properly. Here are some simulation training best practices that can help you do just that. The post Simulation Training Best Practices appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Training Development.

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Hey Leaders – How about the impact of change on you?

Gina Abudi

Leaders are told to consider the impact of a change on the team they are leading; but what about them? What about the impact of change on the leader him or herself? As a leader how you ever considered the impact of a change on you? In consulting with leaders around change, I always [.]. The post Hey Leaders – How about the impact of change on you?

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5 Difficult Sales Scenarios that High Performers Get Right

LSA Global

High Performers Excel at Difficult Sales Scenarios. As carefully as you plan your sales calls , realize that some will inevitably go awry. Handling specific sales situations well becomes a test of sales experience, resilience, and creativity. Gartner research found that 53% of customer loyalty is driven by the sales experience — more so than by the brand, product, service and price combined.

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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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“What is this sentence supposed to do?”

Seth Godin Blog

A simple editing trick: Every sentence has a purpose. It doesn’t exist to take up space, it exists to change the reader, to move her from here to there. This sentence, then, what’s it for? If it doesn’t move us closer to where we seek to go, delete it.

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Predictions for 2020

Harvard Business

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir review last year’s predictions for business, technology, politics, and culture. Then they debate their new predictions for 2020.

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Scaffolding

CaseInterview.com

Over the years, I’ve home-schooled my kids in math. In the process of learning teaching methods for math, I came across the term "scaffolding.". In construction, scaffold refers to the temporary metal frame with large wood planks that surrounds a construction site. The scaffold gives construction workers a place to stand while working on the exterior of a building.

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Create a Productivity Workflow That Works for You

Harvard Business

You don’t need to be a programmer to build your perfect system.

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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.

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How Corporate Cultures Differ Around the World

Harvard Business

What you told us about your workplaces.

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Why the Best Developers Keep Customers Front-of-Mind

Harvard Business

Create Windows 10, not Windows 8.