Tue.Jul 14, 2020

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Stand Out from the Digital Clutter [A Key Lesson for Consulting Firms]

David A Fields

Your consulting firm has adjusted to the lack of in-person meetings, conferences, meals, and walk-the-halls opportunities. Since you can’t attract or court Belinda Buyalot in person, you’ve moved your consulting firm’s visibility-building, marketing, and business development efforts online. So has everyone else. The digital world is a dense, tangled jungle of feeds, streams, messages, blogs, … Continued.

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Modern Management Made Easy Principles—Again

Johanna Rothman

Several weeks ago, I posted my innovation principles , based on Modern Management Made Easy , book 3. I developed them because I was discovering the user journey through the book. I needed a way to link the ideas together. Of course, I also created principles for managing yourself (Book 1) and for leading and serving others (Book 2). Of course, I did.

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Survival or “Thrival”?

Alan Weiss

If you allow yourself to deal with low-level people in organizations, you will be considered their peer and executives will not deal with you any more than they want to deal with them. If you seek to work with Human Resources because those people will talk to you, you won’t be talking to true buyers. HR people can say “no” but not “yes.” Your intellectual property, body of work, brand, and demeanor must be relevant to buyers and focused on them.

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It's Time To Smash the Myths of Women in Business

Simon Associates

I am thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of my new book, "Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business." In it, I share eleven case studies — including my own— of all different types of smart, accomplished women who were told they couldn't be a lawyer, or couldn't start their own business, or couldn't be a geoscientist. Guess what? They did it anyway.

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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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Strategies for Managing your time and boundaries

Brimstone Consulting

“Don’t be pulled around by your calendar. Own it.” Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the average workday in the United States has increased by 40% and time spent in meetings has increased by almost 30%. In addition to increased demands at work, people are also facing increased demands on their time “outside” of work, increased stress and anxiety due to uncertainty, and many are living with blurred boundaries between work and home.

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How Philip Morris Is Planning for a Smoke-Free Future

Harvard Business

An interview with CEO Andre Calantzopoulos.

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What’s your story?

Seth Godin Blog

If you care about it, it’s probably a story. Whether you did well on the job interview. The results of your work to find resources to feed the hungry. Your efforts to engage with your teenagers… We remember Bastille Day, not because we were there, but because the story resonates with us. We vote for candidates because of their stories, and shop at stores that have a story that resonates with us.

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Helping People Move from Trauma to Growth

Harvard Business

A psychologist explains how people, organizations, and societies can emerge from crisis stronger.

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What’s your story?

Seth Godin Blog

If you care about it, it’s probably a story. Whether you did well on the job interview. The results of your work to find resources to feed the hungry. Your efforts to engage with your teenagers… We remember Bastille Day, not because we were there, but because the story resonates with us. We vote for candidates because of their stories, and shop at stores that have a story that resonates with us.

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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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How Hospitals Can Meet the Needs of Non-Covid Patients During the Pandemic

Harvard Business

Four strategies for health care providers that are stretched thin.

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29 Best Personal Websites 2020 (And Why They Have Them)

Tsavo Neal

Personal websites. Everyone should have one. . Intuitively, I believe this is true. But why? My personal website, the website you’re reading now, has been everything to me. My career, my business, my life’s work — all wrapped up into one neat, 2-dimensional digital package. But what about others? Am I just a lone weirdo, obsessed with “cloning” my self through my website?

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Stop Asking Job Candidates for Their Salary History

Harvard Business

It’s a small step toward achieving equitable pay.

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Simple vs. Easy

CaseInterview.com

Some of the most brilliant insights in life are simple to understand but not always easy to act on. I like making the distinction between these two concepts. For example, running a great business is simple… but not easy. You find a customer with an annoying problem who’s struggling to find an adequate solution. You solve the problem. You charge for what you do at a level that’s higher than your costs.

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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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How to Do Agile Change Management

LSA Global

Agile Change Management – What Is It? Agile change management is an approach to managing the people side of change that works in concert with the agile project management methodology. Agile project management is a team-centered, iterative, and cross-functional approach to project management that breaks projects into manageable tasks that are tackled in short iterations or sprints.

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The Total Game Changer

CaseInterview.com

One of the single most powerful, life-changing, and career-changing tools is the ability to understand what somebody else needs. I know that sounds terribly anticlimactic but hear me out. Every breakthrough product came about because someone figured out a customer’s underlying need (which is sometimes different than what they ask for) and figured out a way to give it to her.