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7 Essential Rules for Consultants’ Emails

David A Fields

Quick quiz! Which of the following is more useful: reading about how consultants should write emails, or listening to a flight attendant instruct you in buckling a seat belt. You’ve practiced both activities roughly a jillion times. But even if you’re strapped in tight, chances are your emails need some help.

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Are You Having Trouble Focusing? These Simple Strategies Will Help

Harvard Business

Harry Haysom/Getty Images. In today’s always-on, information-overloaded world, it can be hard to stay focused throughout the day. How often do you find yourself distracted by inner chatter during meetings? Or how often do you find that emails are pulling you away from more important work? We’ve surveyed and assessed more than 35,000 leaders from thousands of companies across more than 100 countries, and found that 73% of leaders feel distracted from their current task either “s

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How much is 'smarter' worth?

Seth Godin Blog

No new costs, no new machines, no new resources. Just smarter. Smarter about the process, about the effects, about planning. Smarter about leadership, about management, about measurement. How much is smarter worth? In my experience, smarter is almost always a bargain, something you can buy for a lot less than it's worth.

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How to Build a Strong Culture of Accountability

MBO Partners

A Strong Culture of Accountability Matters. If you desire a healthy, strong culture of accountability (and who doesn’t), leaders need to cascade accountability throughout your organization. Without accountability, you risk a culture where people do not consistently do what they say they will do. One team member cannot depend upon another. Targets are ignored and goals are not reached.

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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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Breaking Down the New U.S. Corporate Tax Law

Harvard Business

Mihir Desai, a professor of finance at Harvard Business School, breaks down the brand-new U.S. tax law. He says it will affect everything from how corporate assets are financed to how business are structured. He predicts many individuals will lower their tax burdens by setting themselves up as corporations. And he discusses how the law shifts U.S. tax policy toward a territorial system of corporate taxes, one that will affect multinationals and national competitiveness.

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Water Guns Banned this National Day!

Seth Godin Blog

The administrative court recently issued a verdict by powers of which the cabinet is to issue a decision banning the usage of water guns in National and Liberation Days’ celebrations. The verdict was made in response to a case filed by lawyer Mona Al-Arbash demanding the ban for public interest, on grounds that thousands of water gallons are wasted every year during national celebrations, costing the country – which is already poor on natural water resources – a lot of money.

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How to Build a Personal Brand

MBO Partners

Creating your personal brand: a how-to guide.

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When to Decentralize Decision Making, and When Not To

Harvard Business

Artrise/istock. Rare is the business executive who doubts the importance of responsiveness: to be acutely alert to business opportunities and threats, and to be capable of grabbing the opportunity or fending off the threat fast and effectively. Hence, when (re-)designing the organization structure, they tend to decentralize decision-making, so that decision rights are as close as possible to the people who deal with customers, competitors, front-line employees, and other stakeholders.

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Top 10 Blog Posts – January 2018

Seth Godin Blog

Check out our most popular articles from last month! HRsoft Partners with Compensation & HR Group to Create Compensation Business Partner – HRsoft . 3% Salary Increases Put Greater Focus on Variable Pay – SHRM . Why Potential Rewards Matter More at Work than fear of Punishment – Compensation Cafe . The Average Mid-Forties Male College Graduate Earns 55% More Than His Female Counterparts – HBR .

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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