Mon.Feb 11, 2019

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Lessons from Detroit: Three Reasons Why Your employees Resists Lean

Markovitz Consulting

In 2014, The Greening of Detroit (TGD), an environmental non-profit, was pushing hard to reforest the city after years of neglect. To their surprise, the tree planters faced stiff resistance—about 25% of the 7,500 homeowners they approached rejected the opportunity to have a free tree planted in front of their houses. Residents weren’t stupid—they understood that the trees provided more shade, better air quality, and increased property values—but they still elected not to have trees planted for

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How To Win Consulting Business Through Honest Conversations with Rob Kendall: Podcast #75

Consulting Success

“My one job here is to create enough value. Hopefully, they’ll ask me to stick around and do some more work.” That was the statement conversation expert Rob Kendall made about during the early days of his career. Rob’s biggest challenge was the way he communicated with people. For his own self-development, he started to do some work that was focused on the whole area of communication.

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It’s Time To Shake Things Up

Claris Consulting

Last week I received an email from a friend and colleague with a link to a Monday Morning Minute from June of 2013. I watched the video again and was reminded of a key point regarding creative abrasion. The year of construction was a year of significant growth for our firm. Somehow the abrasive nature of unreliable contractors and ever expanding budgets had a positive effect on the vlaue we created for clients.

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Transforming Global Functions

Kates Kesler

We regularly work with leaders of complex, global companies who want to transform one or more of their functions (Finance, …

Finance 50
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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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Will the audit challenger brand of the future look like this?

The Source

Our recent report on the audit industry argues that there’s a role for a challenger brand in the audit industry. But what would it look like? We sent an intrepid analyst into the future to find out….

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The Support Team Behind the Gig Economy

1 to 1

Driving a car. Ordering takeout. Grocery shopping. These daily tasks and more have been flipped on their heads by companies that support the “gig economy” (businesses that use contract workers as their front-line employees). But customers—and workers—still need help. Consider a driver whose business app isn’t functioning or a restaurant that runs out of an ingredient and needs to inform the customer about a delay.

Company 36
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Corporate Center Design in Complex, Global Companies

Kates Kesler

“How are you adding value?”.

Company 50
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A Better Way to Set Strategic Priorities

LSA Global

A Better Way to Set Strategic Priorities. We believe that strategy is fundamentally about two things: (1) Making difficult choices about which big bets matter most, and (2) how to stretch limited resources to make those big bets succeed. Not all strategies, markets, customers, investments, programs, resources or approaches are of equal value. Successful leadership teams agree upon which strategic initiatives deserve priority in terms of focus, investment, and duration.

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Hard work

Seth Godin Blog

Consider two loading docks at small companies. At the first, a tractor-trailer filled with heavy boxes shows up. The sole worker on the dock is tasked with unloading the trailer, asap. He puts on his gloves and begins hauling the boxes, one at a time. He’s manhandling them off the truck and straining to stack them to the side. Eight hours later, he has a strained back, blisters and an empty truck.

Company 32
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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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Yes, Sustainability Can Be a Strategy

Harvard Business

New research confirms that ESG can create competitive advantage.

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Workshop updates

Seth Godin Blog

Today’s the very best day to sign up for the Business of Food Workshop. It’s being run by the extraordinary entrepreneur and UC Berkeley professor Will Rosenzweig. You can see all the details here , and the first lesson (of ten) begins tomorrow, February 12th. Participants include the CEO of a regional supermarket chain, leaders from Panera Bread, Nestle, Syngenta and Purple Carrot and most of all, entrepreneurs and ruckus makers from organizations you’ve never heard from (but

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Research: When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive

Harvard Business

Based on a study of more than 1,000 companies in 35 countries.

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What to Do When You Realize You’ve Made a Mistake

Harvard Business

And three steps for making things right.

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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.

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How to Train Someone to Translate Business Problems into Analytics Questions

Harvard Business

They need to learn on the job.

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Is Your Digital Transformation Focused on the Wrong Strategy? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Deloitte.