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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Our founder, Jan de Jonge, will be speaking at the Bristol Business Expo, end of February 2018, on the key to successful leadership in business. Jan has assessed and helped the development of hundreds of senior leaders, of a myriad of businesses and sectors of industry, on most continents. There are some key aspects that define success in leaders: their perceived effectiveness, their actual effectiveness, their style of leadership and the way they communicate with others – stakeholders, follower

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sophie Blackall/Getty Images. One of the great frustrations of being a middle manager is that senior leaders make decisions that go against what you would have done had it been up to you. Sometimes you are part of the decision process, and other times the decision is simply handed down. Either way, you are now responsible for ensuring that the plan is carried out.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

A better question might be, "what do you choose to see?". If I take four professionals to the Whitney: The architect sees the building, the sight lines, the way the people and the light flow. The framer notices the craftsmanship and taste in the way the paintings are framed and hung. The lighting designer can't help but comment on the new LEDs. And the art dealer sees the names of each artist and marvels over career arcs.

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Free Agent CFO

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

When I created my first CFO website, I had two priorities–create an About page and follow-up with a contact form so that prospects could reach out me. Today, I get about 1 submission per month. But to get those messages from prospects, you need a small, tiny WordPress plugin. Let’s quickly run through the steps to accomplish this. Which Contact Form Plugin Should You Select?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

CSA Images/Printstock Collection/Getty Images. Eminent industry leaders worry that the biggest risk tied to artificial intelligence is the militaristic downfall of humanity. But there’s a smaller community of people committed to addressing two more tangible risks: AI created with harmful biases built into its core, and AI that does not reflect the diversity of the users it serves.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

What should you do when you become the boss? HBR’s new advice podcast Dear HBR: has the answers. In this bonus episode, Dear HBR: co-hosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Harvard Business School professor Alison Wood Brooks, an expert on behavioral insights. They talk through what to do when your direct reports are older than you, how to be a likeable leader, and what to say if you’re not ready to be in charge.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Alberto Manuel Urosa Toledano/Getty Images. If 2017 was the year that tech became a lightning rod for dissatisfaction over everything from the last U.S. presidential election to the possibility of a smartphone-driven dystopia , 2018 already looks to be that much worse. Innovation and its discontents are nothing new, of course, going back at least to the 18 th century, when Luddites physically attacked industrial looms.

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