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The Fearless Landing

The Fearless Marketer

Imagine that you are the pilot of a cargo plane during wartime. And you’re coming in to land your plane on the base’s runway. But as you approach, on the runway you see burned-out tanks, overturned trucks and crashed fighter planes. Obviously, the base has been attacked and because of all the debris on the runway, you can’t land your plane. You hail the control tower and say, “What’s going on down there?

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The Short Life of Enlightened Leadership (and How to Extend It)

Strategy+Business

Idealistic values and socially admirable practices in business are often effective, but generally short-lived. They rarely survive through more than two successions of company leadership. To break this cycle and leave a legacy of an enlightened company, three factors are critical: carefully articulated business philosophies, well-designed alternative governance structures, and nontraditional forms of ownership.

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CNP

Seth Godin Blog

As Close as Necessary to Perfect. The thing is, with limitless focus and energy, just about everything can be improved. That’s not the question. The question is: Is this thing you’re working on as close to perfect as it needs to be? As close to perfect as your customer demands? As close to perfect as the budget can allow? It’s not settling to walk away from something that’s CNP.

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The Short Life of Enlightened Leadership (and How to Extend It)

Strategy+Business

Idealistic values and socially admirable practices in business are often effective, but generally short-lived. They rarely survive through more than two successions of company leadership. To break this cycle and leave a legacy of an enlightened company, three factors are critical: carefully articulated business philosophies, well-designed alternative governance structures, and nontraditional forms of ownership.

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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 Importance of a Descriptive and Generative Approach to the Understanding and Application of Strengths (podcast)

Leadership Vision Consulting

On this episode of the podcast, Steph Wahlund and Nathan Freeburg dive into the meaning and importance of the terms Descriptive and Generative. Not only are these two key terms we ask all of our participants to understand, Not only are these two key terms we ask all of our participants to understand, but in many ways, the words Descriptive and Generative define our entire philosophy of implementing a Strengths-Based approach to people, teams, and culture.

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The Weekly Independent: February 11, 2019

MBO Partners

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the February 11, 2019 edition.

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Saying Farewell to a Great Audience: The Final Blog…

Confessions of a Consultant

Saying Goodbye. I started blogging for 2 reasons. Firstly, it would act as an aide memoir – helping to capture the learning from a diverse range of experiences. Secondly, it would be a form of marketing – directly answering the question: “Is that bloke still alive?” To get people to read the blogs, my sense was that they needed to be (a) short (b) simple (c) memorable (sometimes people remember the jokes more than the content).