Tue.Feb 06, 2018

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How to Capitalize on Your Consulting Talents

David A Fields

One of the huge perks of independent consulting is that you can operate from anywhere. Even if you’re steering a sizable boutique, it’s fairly easy to jaunt off to Italy or India or Indiana for a month. The indisputably best location for you has nothing to do with geography, though.

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Leadership ‘Experts’ are Full of $#*!

Steve Tobak

I just read an article by a leadership guru on how to tell if you’re a leader and don’t know it. Apparently if you have a pulse you’re a leader. My dog met two of the 10 conditions described in this stunning example of ludicrous clickbait. This self-proclaimed expert has[.] Read On. The post Leadership ‘Experts’ are Full of $#*! appeared first on Steve Tobak.

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How to Harness Employees' Emotional Energy

Strategy+Business

Fuel success by linking a company's strategic goals to the reasons people are proud to work there. See also "How Emotional Energy Drives Employees to Excel.

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How Crisis Ready Will Help You Build An Invincible Brand

Melissa Agnes

As you may have heard, Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World , is my new book – and I’m so excited that it’s finally available for you to preorder on Amazon ! This book has been a true labour of love, with you and your organization fueling my focus, drive and passion in its creation. When I set out to write Crisis Ready , the last thing I wanted was to write yet another (boring) book on crisis management.

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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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Golf ain’t that innocent

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: For years women have asserted that so many deals get done on the golf course and they felt mostly excluded from being there. So I was interested and surprised while listening to Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast to discover that the more golf a CEO plays the more likely the company is to go broke, […].

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Ignore sunk clowns

Seth Godin Blog

Yes there was supposed to be a clown at your birthday party. No, he didn’t show up. That’s a bummer. But! But your friends are all here, and the sun is shining and you’ve got cake and a game of pin the tail on the donkey ready to go. The question is: how long should you mourn the loss of the clown? How much more of your party are you ready to sacrifice?

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How Emotional Energy Drives Employees to Excel

Strategy+Business

It's a self-reinforcing cycle that starts with pride. For more insight, read "How to Harness Employees' Emotional Energy.

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8 Attributes of a Healthy Corporate Culture

LSA Global

Definition of a Healthy Corporate Culture. We define a healthy corporate culture as one in which the corporate values and behaviors are consistently lived across an organization. In general, all organizations strive to be healthy, and people want to work in a healthy corporate culture. We believe the health of an organization encompasses your employees’: well-being. ability to function effectively. ability to adapt to change. opportunities for growth. effective use of resources.

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How to Harness Employees' Emotional Energy

Strategy+Business

Fuel success by linking a company's strategic goals to the reasons people are proud to work there. See also "How Emotional Energy Drives Employees to Excel.

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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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Does Your Firm See You as a High Potential?

Harvard Business

Jay Conger, a leadership professor at Claremont McKenna College, goes behind the scenes to show how you can get on, and stay on, your company’s fast track. He demystifies how companies (often very secretly) develop and update their list of high-potential employees. And he discusses five critical “X factors” his research has shown are common to high-potential employees.

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How Emotional Energy Drives Employees to Excel

Strategy+Business

It's a self-reinforcing cycle that starts with pride. For more insight, read "How to Harness Employees' Emotional Energy.

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How to Be Friends with Someone Who Works for You

Harvard Business

Nadezda Kozulina/Getty Images. Working as a senior executive can be a lonely job. You have to deliver tough messages. You can’t always be transparent about your own challenges. And you must keep key decisions confidential until the timing is right. There’s no way to escape the necessary burdens of authority. And, from time to time, you may develop a friendship with someone in your organization.

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Managing Health Insurance as an Independent Contractor

MBO Partners

Navigating health insurance as an independent professional can be daunting. Here's what you need to know about individual and group coverage options.

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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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Why Every Company Should Consider Creating a “Cyber No-Fly List”

Harvard Business

Luerat Satichob/Getty Images. We’ve all heard of the No-Fly List. Managed by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the list bans people on it from boarding commercial aircraft within, into, or out of the United States. The No-Fly List is only one tactic that the U.S. uses in its fight against terrorism, but since its inception there haven’t been any plane-based attacks within U.S. borders.

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Write handwritten notes!

Killer Consultant

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What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?

Harvard Business

jamie jones/Getty Images. It is clear from some of its recent moves that Amazon sees the 18% of U.S. GDP dedicated to health care as fertile ground for expansion. Consider its decision to pursue the market for pharmaceutical distribution, or the recent announcement that it will be teaming up with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase to create joint solutions for reducing the health care spending of more than 1 million employees and their families.

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