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How To Write a Blog Your Ideal Client Wants to Read

Consulting Matters

Do you know what keeps your ideal client up at night? Most blog posts aren't helpful to your ideal customer. Not only do you have to know what's on your ideal client's mind, but you need to know what they need - hint - it is NOT the process you are trying to sell. In this "On-The-Air Coaching Session", I sat down with Phil Fraser to discuss a blog post that took him three weeks to write!

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Hiring: Where to Start?

CaseInterview.com

Hiring: Where to Start? Hi, it’s Victor Cheng. Today I want to talk about two quick tips and strategies for smart hiring and recruiting. First thought is: when you hire — in your company, in your department, in your division, whatever context you are hiring in — you always want to be very aware of your weaknesses. One useful staffing strategy is to hire people who are very good at the things you stink at.

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Leadership Tip #7: Be Wary of Spending Time on Non-Promotable Tasks

Johanna Rothman

What do you appreciate about your office culture? Maybe someone circulates get-well or congratulations cards. Someone might bring cookies to work or arrange birthday celebrations. I know of people who arrange retirement/transition lunches. All these actions are nice things. They even have a name: “niceties.” Nice people perform these services for the rest of the workgroup or team.

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Don’t hide your light under a bushel

The Source

Let’s start with a few facts. A lot of money is spent by consulting firms on producing thought leadership, including reports, articles, insights, podcasts, and the like. The specific amount varies by firm, but looking across the sector as a whole, we can be confident that it is nevertheless a very large number. A fact we can be a bit more definitive about, because it’s based on a global survey that we carried out a few months ago, is that senior consulting buyers see thought leadership as the se

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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 Get Women To Rethink The Way They Want To Invest Their Money?

On the Brink

For some of us, there comes a point in our lives when we choose purpose over profit. Janine Firpo, one of the amazing women profiled in my book , " Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business ," has found a way to do both. You can get your copy here. I met Janine through my editor who said, "You should include Janine in your book. She is trying to change the way women manage their money across the globe.

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LIVE: How to Leverage AI to Guide Your Business into the Future w/Peter J. Scott, former NASA

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

In the modern era, the combination of global high-speed internet, automation and artificial intelligence are helping to shape what looks like a promising future. But as always the case with new technology, a large amount of jobs will be either exported or eliminated altogether. Earlier this year, McKinsey predicted that one quarter of the American workforce will lose their jobs to automation by 2030.

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How to Incorporate Other Case Interview Prep Resources with CaseInterview.com

CaseInterview.com

A question I am asked often is how to utilize all of the various frameworks and advice on frameworks out there on other case interview prep sites? First off I will say I am not familiar with what all of the case interview prep sites out there teach specifically but I do know many advocate for the use of a lot of frameworks, which I tend to disagree with, as under pressure it is very hard to remember that many things.

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Denialism is not skepticism

Seth Godin Blog

Resolutely refusing to accept a conventional understanding is a statement of certainty. That’s different from honest skepticism. The skeptic offers an open mind and is clear about what would be necessary to earn enthusiastic support. The denialist, on the other hand, is sure. Now and forever. This certainty probably doesn’t come from the matter being discussed.

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Is Third-Party Software Leaving You Vulnerable to Cyberattacks?

Harvard Business

The SolarWinds hack highlights the importance of vetting your vendors.

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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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CEO Series: Mastercard’s Ajay Banga on Promoting Financial Inclusion

Harvard Business

Lessons in responsible leadership from the HBR Live: Leaders Who Make a Difference Conference.

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The Hazards of Being the Boss’s Favorite

Harvard Business

It’s great … until it isn’t.

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Identify — and Hire — Lifelong Learners

Harvard Business

One simple question can help.

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