Tue.Feb 05, 2019

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Two Secrets to Delighting Your Consulting Clients

David A Fields

Your consulting firm’s clients are wired to notice certain things. That’s because they’re human. Let’s take advantage of that wiring to help your consulting firm win more projects and create happier clients. Consulting clients want results. That’s pretty obvious, right? But what do results look like, and what should you make them look like in … Continued.

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Strategy Talk: How to Help Your Team Get More Creative

Strategy+Business

Anyone can get better at generating novel, useful business ideas. To foster that skill among members of your team, have them mirror how creative breakthroughs actually happen in the business world: Ask them to find and assemble the most relevant discoveries of others into a solution to whatever problem your challenge or opportunity presents.

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Why Business Jargon Isn’t All Bad

Harvard Business

Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from synergy to value-add to operationalize — Curzan defends business jargon. She says the words we say around the office speak volumes about our organizations and our working relationships. She shares how to use jargon more deliberately, explains the origin of some annoying or amusing buzzwords, and discusses how English became the global busi

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Strategy Talk: How to Help Your Team Get More Creative

Strategy+Business

Anyone can get better at generating novel, useful business ideas. To foster that skill among members of your team, have them mirror how creative breakthroughs actually happen in the business world: Ask them to find and assemble the most relevant discoveries of others into a solution to whatever problem your challenge or opportunity presents.

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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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The 3 Elements of Trust

Harvard Business

And which one is most important for leaders.

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Achieve Workforce Agility by Engaging Independent Contractors

MBO Partners

An increasing number of businesses are relying on independent professional talent to become more agile, increase supply chain control, and boost overall efficiency—here’s why.

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Survey: What Diversity and Inclusion Policies Do Employees Actually Want?

Harvard Business

If organizations want to make progress, they need to invest in the right areas.

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The business of food

Seth Godin Blog

Everybody eats. Every day. I’m thrilled to announce a new workshop, one that could change the way you work (and have an impact on the rest of us). There are few products or services with as universal a demand, or where the side effects are so profound. Too often, there’s insufficient access to food, harmful health impacts, inefficient supply chains, and a reliance on petrochemicals–these are problems and these are opportunities as well.

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How to Ask Your Boss for an Unpaid Leave to Travel, Study, or Spend Time with Family

Harvard Business

Explain how you’ll minimize the impact on coworkers and clients.

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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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NextMapping Book – Amazon Releases on Feb 12 2019

Cheryl Cran

NextMapping Book – Amazon Releases on Feb 12 2019 Announcing new book “NextMapping – Anticipate, Navigate and Create The Future of Work” Cheryl Cran’s new book on the future of work is getting wonderful media attention from ReWork, CKNW 1130 Radio, Businsess.com, CEO World, and more. The future of work is either a scary reality […].

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Companies Are Failing in Their Efforts to Become Data-Driven

Harvard Business

According to a recent survey.

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ThirdLove’s Secret to Getting Intimate With Customers

1 to 1

For decades, most women have had the same experience when it comes to bra shopping: They enter a dressing room and try on a variety of bras until they find one that fits (or is the least uncomfortable). And while bras come in different styles (push-up bra, sports bra, strapless), size options have remained relatively unchanged. “It’s an industry that hasn’t been innovated very much until recently,” says Veronique Powell, vice president of operations at ThirdLove, an online startup that.

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My 4 best newsletter tips for landing readers and clients

Rod Burkert

Continued greetings from Palm Springs … 4 weeks of hibernation down, 5 weeks to go before we start traveling again. Based on the emails I got about last week’s conversation, several readers changed their smartphone’s hotspot name to something that relates back to them. Sometimes it really is the simple things. And a clarification … when your hotspot is turned on people can see the name of it but can’t join it without the password.

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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.