Using Improv to Transform How You Lead
Strategy+Business
MAY 21, 2018
By embracing the concept of "yes, and" leaders can improve how they communicate and manage.
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The Tower and the Square in the Collaborative Organization Model
Kates Kesler
MAY 21, 2018
We recently had the opportunity to speak at a conference of the top 300 leaders in one of our client …
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Why It’s So Hard to Speak Up Against a Toxic Culture
Harvard Business
MAY 21, 2018
Alexander Crispin/Getty Images. Frustrated by the behavior of some men in their workplace, a group of women working at Nike anonymously surveyed other women colleagues a few months ago about their perceptions of sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the company. The results painted a clear picture of a workplace where women often felt marginalized, disrespected, and discriminated against.
Retooling Your Skills for Consulting in Media Advertising with Alex Bombeck: Podcast #37
Consulting Success
MAY 21, 2018
One of the barriers in a consulting firm is having every form of competition and figuring out how to reinvent yourself to stand out from the crowd. Having the mindset of reinventing yourself plays an integral role when you are a solo consultant because it helps you provide different types of value to clients. President and Managing Director of North Highland, Alex Bombeck, has always believed that retooling and reskilling himself is an effective way.
PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations
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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.
Looking for Stories of Success with Follow-the-Sun
Johanna Rothman
MAY 21, 2018
Mark Kilby and I are almost done with the chapter on geographically dispersed teams with no (or very few) hours of overlap in our book about distributed agile teams. We are looking for any example of a team—agile or not—who successfully used/is using Follow the Sun. Follow the Sun is a great idea. The idea is that one person on the team would start to work on this piece of work.
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Unrequested advice, insufficient data, unexplored objectives
Seth Godin Blog
MAY 21, 2018
Your ideas and your feedback are worth more than you know. But you might not be heard if you haven't been invited to chime in. And you'll waste everyone's time if you base your advice on your assumptions, instead of what's actually happening. Mostly, it's entirely possible that the person you're eager to help doesn't believe what you believe and doesn't want what you want.
Build Your Leadership Resilience. It's an Act of Defiance.
Strategy+Business
MAY 21, 2018
Effective leaders respond powerfully and skillfully to adversity. Here are three clear ways to make that happen.
Product Training versus Sales Training – Which Matters Most?
LSA Global
MAY 21, 2018
Product Training Versus Sales Training – Which Matters Most? Many of our clients who are moving from selling products to selling more complex solutions struggle with the concept of product training versus sales training. If you really want your sales team to up their game, what kind of training is most effective? Product training versus Sales Training?
Why You Should Let Employees Personalize Their Job Descriptions
Harvard Business
MAY 21, 2018
tooga/Getty Images. We live in an increasingly personalized society. We choose individualized playlists instead of radio stations. We self-select our news sources and our TV shows. Our cars have infinitely adjustable seats and telescopic steering. Everything is geared, just for us. Then we have job descriptions. In most corporate structures, today, recruitment for a position generally means starting with a formal list of tasks — the standardized job description — and hiring someone w
How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech
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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
After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company
Harvard Business
MAY 21, 2018
John Gichigi/Getty Images. More and more companies are relying on mergers & acquisitions (M&A) as a competitive growth strategy. Since 2012, M&A activity has increased dramatically in both number of deals and size of transaction, with the yearly value of global M&A deals tracking above $4.5 trillion for the past four years. These are heady numbers and 2018 is expected to continue apace.
Your Reputation as a Leader is Built By Gossip
Peter Stark
MAY 21, 2018
When you think about gossip, almost every thought that comes to mind is bad. People who gossip waste everyone’s time and destroy the reputation of others. When you look up the definition of gossip, the English Oxford Dictionary tells you that gossip is, “ casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.
Research: Watching an Expert Do Something Makes You Think You Can Do It Too
Harvard Business
MAY 21, 2018
Cultura/Phil Fisk/Getty Images. You can find just about any skill you want to learn on the internet. Steve Jobs’s captivating presentation style, Steph Curry’s jumper, Michael Jackson’s moonwalk — all of these are easily accessible. Clearly, instructional videos, how-to guides, and online tutorials have changed the way we learn.
Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever
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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.
The Only Future We Need to Fear is the One We Create
Cheryl Cran
MAY 21, 2018
There is a lot of research that talks about the fearful future – for example Elon Muskis afraid of us being taken over by robots andBill Gates says that he sits in the middle of the debate – this article here is more of an optimistic look at the types of futures we can create […]. The post The Only Future We Need to Fear is the One We Create appeared first on NextMapping.
How GDPR Will Transform Digital Marketing
Harvard Business
MAY 21, 2018
Lee Powers/Getty Images. This month will see the enforcement of a sweeping new set of regulations that could change the face of digital marketing: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation – or GDPR. To protect consumers’ privacy and give them greater control over how their data is collected and used, the GDPR requires marketers to secure explicit permission for data-use activities within the EU.
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