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From Door to Door Salesman to International Leadership Consulting with John Murphy: Podcast #15

Consulting Success

If the top of the CEO ladder doesn’t satisfy like you hoped it would, it’s time to create your own consulting success. Description: John Murphy is the man behind John Murphy International, a France-based business that is focused on helping global companies create winning teams. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, John started his business in Ireland 13 years ago and moved to the south of France after realizing that one of the great perks of consulting was that he could base his business anywhere.

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Reading at work

Seth Godin Blog

Most organizations think nothing of having twenty valuable employees spend an hour in a meeting that's only tangentially related to their productive output. But if you're sitting at your desk reading a book that changes your perspective, your productivity or your contribution, it somehow feels like slacking off. What would happen if the next all hands meeting got cancelled and instead the organization had an all hands-on read instead?

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CVS-Aetna Deal Would Be a Boon for the Little City

Strategy+Business

When it comes to attracting big business and talent, smaller cities often lose out. But Woonsocket, R.I., is poised to break the cycle.

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You Can’t Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time

Harvard Business

HBR STAFF. Over three billion credentials were reported stolen last year. This means that cybercriminals possess usernames and passwords for more than three billion online accounts. And that’s not just social media accounts; it’s bank accounts, retailer gift card accounts with cash and credit cards attached, airline loyalty accounts with years of accumulated frequent flyer points, and other accounts with real value.

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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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Top Business Books to Read in 2018

MBO Partners

Top business book reads from MBO Partners.

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Convergence Is Key to Innovation For Future of Work

Cheryl Cran

I attended the Singularity University three day certification program on Exponential Innovation in Silicon Valley this past week and today I presented on Future of Work to the meetings and hospitality industry in Miami. The future of work is firmly here now and digital disruptions continue to occur daily, GM announced its quest for driverless cars.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business

Future Economy. Mission-Driven Sustainability. Marne Levine is the COO of Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Previously, she was the vice president of Global Public Policy at Facebook. The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business

igor kisselev/Getty Images. If you’re interested in behavioral economics, then you probably heard that Richard Thaler , one of the discipline’s founding fathers, was recently awarded the Nobel prize in economics. You might also be sold on how insights from behavioral science can make a big impact in your organization. You may even have piloted a couple of nudge-based interventions in your organization and are now asking yourself, “What’s next?

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When Every Leader Promises to Change the World, How Can We Tell Who Will Leave Us Better Off?

Harvard Business

Jan Stromme/Getty Images. Some bosses are all Id. A bundle of impulses in a suit — if they can keep the suit on — whose only predictable trait is their irrationality. We use all kinds of names for managers like that: Nutter. Ticking bomb. Predator. Moron. We resent them. We denounce them. But we also follow, and even admire them. Or enough of us do that they manage to rise to, and stay in, power.

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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 a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success

Harvard Business

Denver Post/Getty Images. It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Sales teams must meet the immediate needs of their customers, respond issue by issue and account by account, and meet quarterly goals.

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How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success

Harvard Business

Denver Post/Getty Images. It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Sales teams must meet the immediate needs of their customers, respond issue by issue and account by account, and meet quarterly goals.

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Gay Men Used to Earn Less than Straight Men; Now They Earn More

Harvard Business

Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. Acceptance of LGBTQ people in all spheres of society – work, family, and community – has grown at a remarkable pace in the United States. A recent Pew Research Foundation study reported that 92% of all LGBTQ adults felt that society is more accepting of them than a decade ago, and 87% of adults report personally knowing someone who is gay or lesbian (up from 61% in 1993).

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