Thu.Oct 03, 2019

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Outcome-based fees: Yet another reason why it’s hard to make them work in practice

The Source

Regular readers of this blog will know that there’s a disconnect between what clients and consultants say about outcome-based payment methods and what happens in practice. In essence: lots of talk distils down into a very small percentage of fees being genuinely at stake. One of the reasons why value-based pricing is so difficult is that we don’t know enough about the value clients are looking for when they hire consultants.

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Doctor, Heal Thyself: Rare Disease Research

Harvard Business

Dr. David Fajgenbaum has almost died five times from Castleman disease, a group of rare and deadly disorders of the lymph nodes. This led him to co-founding and managing the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) — a research collective to disrupt the broken, disorganized approach to disease research.

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How to Set Up Your Team for Success

LSA Global

Do You Know How to Set Up Your Team for Success? Teams of people, not individuals, most often drive results in companies these days. Teams that fail often lack clear direction, are unable to manage conflict, and have misaligned incentive systems. Teams that succeed have clear goals, work well together, and are well-suited to the job at hand. High Performing Teams.

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Regaining Confidence

Harvard Business

Are you struggling to recover from a setback? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Neil Pasricha, a former Walmart executive and the author of You Are Awesome. They talk through what to do when your confidence is shattered by bad reviews, you’re in a difficult situation that you don’t know how to navigate, or you want to be a high achiever again after plateauing for a while.

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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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Getting to the truth

Seth Godin Blog

Your anecdote isn’t true. I know it happened. I know that your experience, your feelings, your outcomes are real. And they’re yours. Statistics suffer when compared to anecdotes. Because your mileage may vary. Your interaction with the randomness of the world will never match up to what the statisticians tell us to expect. Because averages and correlations are never what we actually experience.

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