Tue.Jan 15, 2019

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An Easy, 7-Step Relationship Plan for Consulting Firms

David A Fields

Relationships. The lifeblood of your consulting firm, and the foundation on which 95% of advisory engagements are won. Plus, the more, strong, healthy, vibrant relationships you have, the wealthier you are. Since “working on relationships” is a bit vague, what should your consulting firm do to strengthen personal bonds? I mean, other than sending boxes … Continued.

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Better Relationships in 10 Seconds

CaseInterview.com

To have better relationships at work and at home, stop criticizing, complaining about, or blaming the people in your life. I know. it’s hard. I’m working on this myself, and let's say I’m falling short quite often (as my kids will tell me!). So what could you do instead? Make a. REQUEST. So instead of saying, “You have the music turned up too loud” (a complaint), you could say, “Would you be willing to turn the volume lower?

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Are we Sisyphus? Let’s break out of the rut.

Rod Burkert

We’ve moved on from Lajitas, TX … greetings from Palm Springs, CA where we will be waiting out the second half of winter. Last week’s conversation was about getting our message out using multiple mediums. Our message is simple: how we deliver value to the people we serve. The medium is not as simple because different people prefer to get their messages different ways – text, video, or voice.

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Financial Services and Social Value Can Mix

Strategy+Business

In times of uncertainty, insurance companies often lead the conversation about the future. In this candid interview, Antonio Huertas Mejías, CEO and chairman of the global insurance company MAPFRE, headquartered in Madrid, makes it clear why this is so. Huertas discusses the threats and opportunities facing his business, which is being disrupted not just by technology, but by changing attitudes, demographics, and cybersecurity threats.

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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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How to Better Handle Office Politics

LSA Global

How to Better Handle Office Politics. As much as we would like to guarantee a workplace devoid of the kind of office politics that can threaten your success, in all good conscience we can’t. Even the best work environments will at some time experience the toxicity that comes with office politics in its various forms – favoritism, gossip, secrecy, underhandedness.

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Asserting anthropomorphism

Seth Godin Blog

We’ve been doing it for a long time. “The Gods must be crazy.” The easiest way for a human to deal with a complex system (an AI that plays Scrabble, the traffic, the weather) is to imagine that there’s a little man inside, someone a lot like us, pulling the levers, getting annoyed, becoming frustrated, seeking retribution or offering a prize.

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Are Your High Expectations Hurting Your Team?

Harvard Business

It’s hard for people to stay motivated when nothing is ever good enough.

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Why millennials and Gen Z would rather work for themselves than you

Cheryl Cran

Want to know why millennials and Gen Z would rather work for themselves than you? If you have been challenged by millennial employees, then get ready for them plus Gen Z ! Gen Zs are those born between 1995 and 2010 and they will represent 25pc of the US population by the year 2020. With […]. The post Why millennials and Gen Z would rather work for themselves than you appeared first on NextMapping.

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How Big Companies Should Scout New Technologies

Harvard Business

Don’t leave it to the high priests of R&D.

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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