Tue.Aug 23, 2022

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Inventor vs. Installer – The Clear Choice for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Your consulting firm delivers creative solutions and excellent execution; thinking and implementation; fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Which of those should take priority (i.e., your time and resources) in order to win more clients? Let’s say that you, my dear chickadee, want to move from the southwest corner of Main and Broad to the northeast … Continued.

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When IQ Matters (and When It Doesn’t)

CaseInterview.com

Your IQ score (intelligence score) predicts two things very well. The first prediction is heavily empirically supported. The second prediction comes solely from my personal experience working with a lot of people across a wide range of IQs. Your IQ score is a very accurate predictor of your ability to take an IQ test. To the extent that you find a career where you are asked to take IQ-like tests daily, your IQ score would predict your ability to perform in this kind of job.

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Not Generating Enough Sales? Do You Know Why?

Business Consulting Agency

One of the most common statements made by companies is that they do not generate enough sales. There is a lack of sales. Efforts to increase sales are not working out. Profits are impacted negatively and so on. Are you not generating enough sales? Do you know why? Often, a business does not know why it is lacking sales. Why efforts are unsuccessful.

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Management Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro

Harvard Business

What can we learn about how leaders and their teams communicate under pressure from the sinking of a container ship?

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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 Build Trust While Presenting

LSA Global

To Be Heard, You Must Build Trust While Presenting Often overlooked in business presentation skills training is the essential ingredient of trust. Until your audience trusts your character and competence, your message will be diluted. While they may “hear you,” your target audience will not be motivated to act or think differently as a result of your presentation unless they trust you and your message.

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Startup costs

Seth Godin Blog

It’s typical to include machines, rent, stationery, all that stuff. But the real startup costs are the missteps, errors and learnings that every new project goes through on the way to success. They’re not mistakes. They’re part of the deal.

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Don’t Let Hierarchy Stifle Innovation

Harvard Business

Three practices to encourage participation from every level of your organization.

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How Much Should New Hires Focus on Building Peer Relationships?

Harvard Business

It’s an important component of effective onboarding — but too much can backfire.

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Why Companies Decide to Sell on Amazon—or Not

Harvard Business

A conversation with HBS professor Ayelet Israeli weighing the pros and cons of the e-commerce platform.

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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