Tue.Dec 05, 2017

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Why Your Consulting Client’s #1 Priority Shouldn’t Be Yours

David A Fields

Let’s say your consulting firm wants to lasso a few new clients. (Sounds far-fetched, but go with me.) You should search for companies whose number one, burning priority is addressing the problem your consulting firm solves, right? Wrong. For instance, let’s say you’re targeting the Fortune 500 newcomer ThimbleCurry, Inc.

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Consulting Website Design 002: McKinsey

Tsavo Neal

In this episode, you’ll learn how to emulate the success of the world’s most prestigious consulting firm, McKinsey. McKinsey’s homepage is the consulting website discussed in this video. [ Slides ] Welcome to Consulting Website Design Episode 2 – McKinsey. In this episode, we’re talking about the most prestigious consulting firm in the world and their website.

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Emailing While You’re on Vacation Is a Quick Way to Ruin Company Culture

Harvard Business

fandijki/Getty Images. Companies expend untold energy building culture—defining their values, revamping their office space, organizing holiday parties and volunteer outings. And yet many managers don’t seem to realize that while company culture can be really hard to build, it’s incredibly easy to destroy. And you may unknowingly ruin it in just two steps.

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The Problem of Virtuous Leadership

Strategy+Business

Marquette University political science professor Ryan Patrick Hanley talks with s+b about the present-day relevance of Adam Smith's writings for leaders facing increasing ethical and reputational pressure. Smith's concept of virtue offers critical lessons on the need for perspective and prudence.

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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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The big squeeze

Seth Godin Blog

There are more truck drivers in the US than just about any other occupation. For a long time, unionized truck drivers benefitted from work rules, healthcare, vacations, etc. It wasn't an easy job to get, but it was a career. Companies started to realize that if they offloaded the work to freelance truckers, people with their own rigs, they could take advantage of a free market.

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7 Danger Signs of a Misaligned Culture

LSA Global

Do You Have a Misaligned Culture? Successful organizations thrive on alignment. Their culture, their strategy and their talent are all in ordered harmony. If any of these three pillars of success are askew, there is performance danger ahead. What Happens when There Is a Misaligned Culture. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

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Box’s CEO on Pivoting to the Enterprise Market

Harvard Business

Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, reflects on the cloud storage company’s entry into the enterprise market. He was skeptical about pivoting away from consumers, and it was challenging. But by staying disciplined with the product and deeply understanding market trends, they’ve made the strategic shift from B2C to B2B work. Download this podcast.

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10 Great Holiday Gifts Independent Professionals Can Give to Their Clients

MBO Partners

Your 2017 holiday gift guide for clients. A list of 10 thoughtful options your client will truly appreciate.

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Key Findings in Healthcare Transformation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business

Read More from Siemens Healthineers. Taking the Pulse of Health Care Transformation. Transforming Health Care Delivery to Increase Value. The Power of Digitalizing Health Care.

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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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Caring is Crucial in Motivation

Peter Stark

We recently worked with a manager who had multiple employees who went out of their way in exit interviews to tell Human Resources the negative feelings they had about their manager. The employees had two major complaints. One, the employees felt the manager did not communicate with them the important information they needed to do their jobs. Second, the employee’s felt that the only time the manager talked to them was to criticize their work.

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What the CVS-Aetna Deal Means for the Delivery of U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business

Carol Yepes/Getty Images. The landscape for the delivery of health care in the United States is changing, but the traditional care-delivery players are not the change agents. The recent announcement of CVS’s $69 billion deal to acquire Aetna brings an insurer together with a large network of primary care providers: CVS has built more than 1,100 Minute Clinic locations inside its pharmacy stores in 33 states and the District of Columbia.

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To Recover from Burnout, Regain Your Sense of Control

Harvard Business

kovacovsky/Unsplash. You feel exhausted, ineffective, unaccomplished, and cynical. Maybe you feel like no matter how hard you work, you can never keep up. Or that you can’t make your boss happy no matter how hard you try. And you’re beginning to question your professional situation: Am I in the right job? The right company? The right career?

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Which of Your Employees Are Most Likely to Expose Your Company to a Cyberattack?

Harvard Business

Harry Haysom/Getty Images. When poet Alexander Pope first said “to err is human,” he probably didn’t realize how prescient those words were in capturing the world of cybersecurity. Yes, the root cause of most security breaches can be traced to human actions, or lack thereof. However, the bigger mistake is to believe that cybersecurity can be attained simply by correcting bad behavior.

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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.