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The 7 Traits of Great Bosses

Actionable

Great bosses who are honest and transparent give their team permission to do the same, which fosters an environment of candor and camaraderie. The post The 7 Traits of Great Bosses appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Your Business Ultimate Stamp of Approval

Chad Barr

Testimonials are the powerful social proof needed to convince interested clients of your credibility, track record of success, and insights as to how they too can achieve such results. They become your business ultimate stamp of approval. A client of mine just asked for my recommendations for testimonials best practices and here is my reply: The more testimonial you gain and have, the more you can use them on your site, newsletters, social media and such to gain credibility and interest.

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The 7 Traits of Great Bosses

Actionable

Great bosses who are honest and transparent give their team permission to do the same, which fosters an environment of candor and camaraderie. The post The 7 Traits of Great Bosses appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Concentrate (don’t multi-task)

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: the more people multitask, the worse they are, not just at other mental abilities, but at multitasking itself. Source: How To Learn How To Think If you’re interested in concentrating better, then this excellent article on how to increase your attention span will help. The post Concentrate (don’t multi-task) appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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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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Strategy Talk: Can Strategy Be Decisive and Flexible?

Strategy+Business

Clear choices can provide stability for your organization while also enhancing your strategic options and ability to adapt.

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Change Your Perspective to Create Change

LSA Global

Change Your Perspective to Create Change. Change means you can no longer remain the same. You need to change your perspective of what matters, take a new view, be willing to be vulnerable, and apply some discipline to keep at it. Sounds hard, right? It is. But if you are convinced that corporate change is in your best interest , it is worth the effort.

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Mentoring Women Is Not About Trying to “Rescue” Them

Harvard Business

Janina Pires/EyeEm/Getty Images. We know that male mentors and sponsors are essential for helping talented women get ahead. When women are mentored by men , they make more money, receive more promotions, and report greater satisfaction with their career trajectories. Although advantageous for all employees, mentoring is particularly helpful to women for addressing the myriad barriers to career advancement.

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Leadership Lessons from the Coke Machine

Henman Performance Executive

My local burger restaurant recently installed a state-of-the art Coke machine. A big screen displays about ten different options for ice, Coke, its various forms, lemonade, and Sprite. Customers can even opt to mix the different drinks in whatever formula they like. Leaders should offer several options for people to get what they want from […].

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How Geisinger Is Using Gene Screening to Prevent Disease

Harvard Business

Colormos/Getty Images. Standard screening tests such as colonoscopy, mammography, and cholesterol measurement are fine for individuals at average risk for cancer and heart disease but are inadequate for people whose genetic profiles put them at much higher risk. Current clinical guidelines, based primarily on families large enough to show a positive family history for that condition, fail to identify about half of the high-risk individuals in the population.

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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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Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News: March, 2018

MBO Partners

A monthly summary of independent contractor misclassification and compliance news. This is the March, 2018 addition.

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How Digital Natives Are Changing B2B Purchasing

Harvard Business

nicholas blechman for hbr. The cartoon of business-to-business (B2B) buyers depicts gray-haired executives and purchasing agents in meetings, on the phone and lunching with their vendors. Conversations focus mainly on negotiating price and payment terms. But along with fax machines and long golf games, these features of B2B life have all but disappeared due to the astonishing change in technology over the past two decades.

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Hitsville

Seth Godin Blog

The latest episode my Akimbo podcast is about hits. ( Click then scroll down to see all the episodes, or, even better, subscribe for free.). The hit that sweeps an industry, like a thresher through a wheat field. The one that everyone is talking about. The lines down the street, the box office record, the career maker. Isn't that what creators dream of?

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What If Companies Were Required to Tell Workers What Their Colleagues Earn?

Harvard Business

david werbrouck/unsplash. Most workers don’t probably know how much their colleagues make, and likely don’t know how much their counterparts at other companies are paid, either. This lack of transparency may be keeping millions of Americans from earning higher paychecks. There is limited evidence on the impacts of wage transparency on middle-class wages, largely because there are few examples of transparent wages in the U.S. labor market.

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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.