Sat.Jan 27, 2018

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BlockChain: Opportunities for the Consulting Industry

Tom Spencer

What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a decentralized network of computing units called nodes that facilitate peer to peer transactions without the need for a third party or a larger centralized server to facilitate or validate those transactions. Currently, a trusted third party like a bank,lawyer or a government body is required to validate transactions, such as a legal contract or a financial transaction.

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Surfing vs. coal mining

Seth Godin Blog

When the unexpected happens in surfing, that's why you went. When it happens in a coal mine, it's a matter of life and death. Perspective changes based on how you define your work. That unplanned outcome or sudden emergency—are you looking at with the optimism and possibility of a surfer, or the dread of a miner?

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Managing impressions: how to get by doing less

Tom Spencer

Top-tier consulting firms are notorious for two or three-year up or out policies, and poor work-life balance. But by working smarter, doing ‘just enough’ is usually sufficient for promotion and can also improve your quality of life. Before getting into the tips, I remind you that your personal life is more important than being a good consultant. And good consultants minimise the trade-off.

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4 Steps to Improve New Manager Training

LSA Global

Do You Need to Improve New Manager Training? It is not easy to find an organization that does not want to improve new manager training. Why are so many leaders disappointed in the impact of their new manager training? Managers are Being Asked to do More. To increase productivity and speed up decision making, most companies have flattened their organizational structure giving their managers wider responsibility over more employees.

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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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Argue reasonably AND emotionally

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Feeling like an argument? Here are some things that may help. use rhetoric to overcome logic: Rhetological Fallacies is an infographic which shows you all of the opportunities. Wish the behavioural economists hadn’t shown me that logic doesn’t really reign anyway… stop being angry: here are some strategies to overcome anger learn how to deal with arseholes […].