Tue.Apr 10, 2018

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Closing the Gap between What Consumers Want and What They Get

Strategy+Business

A PwC survey reveals that people want more human touch in their shopping experiences, which means in this increasingly digital, automated world, brands need to learn how to make tech more personal. Industry experts offer some ideas to get companies thinking about how to close the gap between what consumers want and what they're getting.

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WIC Lessons Learned #2: Karilee Wirthlin

Women in Consulting

By: Amy Huson. :: Karilee Wirthlin started KL Consulting ([link] 19 years ago to provide break-through marketing with her expertise in digital strategy and, what is now called, “martech.” She joined WIC about a year later to find a network of like-minded business people. When she looks back at her years of success, being part of the WIC community has been a key factor in her success.

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How To Double Revenues For Professionals And Consultants

Henry DeVries

What is your revenue growth potential? If you are a professional services provider, anything from an independent management consultant to an attorney and everything in between, then you need to focus on the revenue formula.

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Why even bother to think about strategy?

Seth Godin Blog

There's confusion between tactics and strategy. It's easy to get tied up in semantic knots as you work to figure out the distinction. It's worth it, though, because strategy can save you when tactics fail. If a tactic fails, you should consider abandoning it. But that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with your strategy. Your strategy is what you keep doing even after you walk away from a tactic.

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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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How to implement 5S for electronic files (document management)?

Consulthon

Hello all, Do you have any hints about how to implement the Lean 5S methodology for electronic files (documents and files management)? Currently in my team there is no consistent approach how to.

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How a woman can thrive in a male-dominated workplace ?

Consulthon

I'm working in male-dominated workplace where I'm the only woman. Sorry to say it but being the only one I'm totally excluded by my colleagues as a team member. Sometimes I feel underestimation, ir.

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The Henman Innovative Approach to Hiring

Henman Performance Executive

Recently, I began working with a very impressive construction professional named Parick. In his mid-thirties, Patrick has already distinguished himself as a seasoned top performer. He’s just not quite seasoned enough. With a few more years of experience-about five-he will be in a position to assume almost any leadership role in his company. Because this […].

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10 Marketing Strategies for Independent Contractors

MBO Partners

Take your marketing efforts to the next level with these 10 strategies.

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The Truth Behind Every Objection to Consulting Fees

David A Fields

What if a single, underlying factor drove every objection to consulting fees … and it was one you could address? There is, and you can. The issue will become clearer when we separate out faux objections that are really clarifications of parameters, not push-back on the consulting fees.

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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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4 Ways to Deal With a Toxic Coworker

Harvard Business

B.S.P.I./Getty Images. Lately, we have been hearing a lot from our clients about “toxic” coworkers and teammates. This issue isn’t new; there have been bad coworkers since the beginning of organized work. But these days, their impact feels bigger and more destructive. Businesses need teamwork to function. And teams need to be more collaborative, adaptable, and proactive than ever.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business

Bernhard Lang/Getty Images. Leaders today hear a lot about the importance of having good networks. For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. We wanted to explore whether the diversity of CEOs’ networks might affect their firms. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets

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Do You Have “Advantage Blindness”?

Harvard Business

Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images. No one wants to think they got to the top through an unfair advantage. You want to feel that you’ve earned it — that your hard work and carefully honed skills have paid off. But the evidence on diversity in the workplace is conclusive: There are lots of people held back by bias. And that means that some of the people at the top have advanced partly through privilege.

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The Nostalgia Trap

Harvard Business

tim evans for hbr. Few people today call a doctor when they feel a bout of nostalgia coming on. But for 200 years, nostalgia was considered a dangerous disease that could trigger delusions, despair, and even death. A 17th-century Swiss physician coined the word to describe the debilitating algos (pain) felt by people who had left their nostos (native home).

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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.