David A Fields

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

You know the old adages about assumptions: “Assume makes an ass out of you and me,” and “Assume I’ll want chocolate when I visit, and you’ll be right,” and, of course, “Assume spelled sideways is almost masseuse.” Assumptions alleviate the strain on your brain. You needn’t ponder the melting point of olive oil because you … Continued. The post 7 Assumptions that Might Be Sabotaging Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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IMC USA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Message from the Chair/CEO, Juan - Communicating our Consulting Value. Before becoming IMC USA’s Chair, one of my commitments was to visit every chapter.So far, I have been to five. Moreover, in July a personal trip to Russia gave me the opportunity to meet with four IMC members from that country. In early October in San Diego at our conference we celebrated IMC USA’s 50 th anniversary.

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The Fearless Marketer

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Where would popular culture be without the great Stan Lee, creator of Marvel Comics? As I kid, I used to love Thor and Spiderman Comics, and more than 50 years later I (and umpteen million others) are still watching Marvel Movies. One thing about Stan is that he loved what he did. In any picture of him, he always had a smile on his face. Do you love what you do?

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Humor is a powerful choice that can help shape everything from your team’s outlook, to their productivity, stress level, problem solving skills, and so much more. Humor Engineer, Drew Tarvin, joins the Invincible Brand Podcast to discuss how humor can be used to effectively help solve many common workplace issues, such as a lack of employee engagement, stress management, communication issues, and more.

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Henry DeVries

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Is your budget tight? A logical choice might be to view marketing as a variable expense. Don’t fall into that trap.

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Rod Burkert

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Greetings from the “Big Bend” area of Texas. The RV is parked in Lajitas, a small town that is a stone’s throw from the Mexican border and where we will be enjoying good internet and warm temps for the first half of winter. Open and honest, I love this life! I hope you found our last conversation about the power of belonging to a group to be useful and inspires you to start/join a group if you are not already in one.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Kim Kulish/Contributor/Getty Images. Stan Lee hated to see an idle artist. The renowned comic book writer and publisher, who died this week at 95, thought idle talent was bored talent, and bored talent was easy to lose to the competition. It also personally bothered him that the people in his employ might be scrambling to earn enough money. So Stan made sure to provide continuous employment, sometimes to the detriment of the company.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Today is launch day for my new book. Thanks to fast-clicking readers and alumni, it’s already a bestseller. You can check out some of the advance reviews. And the Financial Times picked it one of November’s books of the month. And 800CEOREAD just long listed it as one of the best marketing books of the year… Lots of cool surprises in this post, just for you and my other favorite blog readers… For the first time, we’re hosting an online launch party.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Robert Hanson/Getty Images. Why is it easier to see the best solution to other people’s dilemmas than our own? Whether it’s about someone deciding to pursue a new job, or ask for a raise, or someone simply mulling over which ice cream flavor to choose, we seem to see the best solution with a clarity and decisiveness that is often absent when we face our own quandaries.

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MBO Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Resilience practices can position you for more consistent peak performance. Here are a few tips for developing and maintaining resilience skills in your daily life.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Bull’s Eye/Getty Images. A small percentage of U.S. companies — including PwC, Fidelity, and Aetna — have stepped up to help their employees cope with the education loans weighing them down by offering them cash to help them reduce their debts. While I applaud them, one downside of their approach is simply giving their workers cash raises their income taxes, diminishing the impact of their efforts.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In the digital age, it’s easy to get seduced by what technology can do. But sometimes it’s the smaller innovations that can make a big impact. What do we mean by innovation? It’s sometimes confused with invention, which implies technology. We like to define innovation as deploying resources and approaches that already exist in one area (technology, processes, insights), to another area in a different context.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Caitlin Rosenthal, assistant professor of history at UC Berkeley, argues there are strong parallels between the accounting practices used by slaveholders and modern business practices. While we know slavery’s economic impact on the United States, Rosenthal says we need to look closer at the details — down to accounting ledgers – to truly understand what abolitionists and slaves were up against, and how those practices still influence business and management today.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

JOHN WESSELS/Contributor/Getty Images. Last month, a rebel attack in Beni , the epicenter of the ongoing Ebola outbreak near the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once again halted the efforts of response teams working to contain the virus. With over 10 major episodes of violence since the outbreak was declared in August, insecurity and community mistrust has made it difficult to gauge the true extent of Ebola’s spread.

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