Tue.Apr 24, 2018

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How to Dramatically Expand the Audience that Sees Your Consulting Firm’s Content

David A Fields

Being smart and producing high-value content aren’t sufficient to win new consulting clients. Unless you expose a broader universe of prospects to your content, your opportunities to win business will stay narrow. On the up side, you have a right to be proud of your work.

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Who’s In Your Leadership Inner Circle?

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

My mom shared an impactful saying with me when I was in my teens. She said, “You are the average of the five people with whom you most often associate.”. I don’t remember the specifics of the conversation, but I do know she was subtly telling me to continue to be smart in whom I chose to befriend. I’ve heeded her advice and it’s never let me down. This advice applies to us in the workplace and as leaders too.

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These 3 Personality Traits Affect What You Earn — but Only After Age 40

Harvard Business

Donna Grethen/Getty Images. We often hear about the power of personality, and how some traits are beneficial for our careers while others are more harmful. For example, we know that being more conscientious (hard-working, driven, reliable, and organized) is associated with better job performance, and that being nice (more agreeable) does not pay off in wages.

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Entrepreneurship is not a job

Seth Godin Blog

You don't apply. You don't get a salary. No one picks you. Bragging about how much money you've raised or what your valuation is a form of job thinking. Entrepreneurship is a chance to trade a solution to someone who has a problem that needs solving. Solve more problems, solve bigger problems, solve problems more widely and you're an entrepreneur. It's tempting to industrialize this work, to make it something with rules and bosses and processes.

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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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How to build a green field consultancy?

Consulthon

Hello Professionals, I am interested to understand more what are the good practices when starting to build a consultancy from scratch? 1. What are the initial steps to think of? 2. How do you mak.

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The Art of the Transition

Strategy+Business

How to navigate from task to task with greater efficiency.

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Why Technical Experts Make Great Leaders

Harvard Business

Amanda Goodall, a senior lecturer at Cass Business School in London, argues that the best leaders are technical experts, not general managers. She discusses her research findings about doctors who head up hospitals, scholars who lead universities, and all-star basketball players who go on to manage teams. She also gives advice for what to do if you’re a generalist managing experts or an expert managed by a generalist.

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The Art of the Transition

Strategy+Business

How to navigate from task to task with greater efficiency.

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3 Employee Engagement Myths You Need to Know

LSA Global

Employee Engagement Myths. Unfortunately as the field of engagement grows, employee engagement myths also seem to be on the rise. Some reports would have you believe that 7 out of 8 American workers are disengaged. That’s a staggering statistic! But should we believe it? We don’t think so. Those numbers are exaggerated. Most of the workforce is not disengaged.

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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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Will Arizona Be America’s Next Cybersecurity Cluster? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY

Harvard Business

If you ever waited for dial-up to connect you to the vast wonderland we called the World Wide Web, you probably also had an alarm clock on your nightstand, next to your land line, which might have had a cord connecting the handset to the receiver. If you were really progressive, you may have even used a cellular phone. The connection was better if the antenna was fully extended, and you paid by the minute.

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3 Steps to Reducing Work-Related Stress

MBO Partners

Follow these three strategies to identify and reduce stress at work.

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Does Original Content Help Streaming Services Attract More Subscribers?

Harvard Business

pm images/Getty Images. Pay TV has over $100 billion in revenue in the U.S. , with a wide array of large and small firms vying for a piece of the action. As recently as 2012, over 90% of U.S. households subscribed to cable, satellite, or another pay TV service. But the market is in turmoil , despite attempts to suggest it’s business as usual , because that proportion has dropped in recent years.

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Why Mining — Yes, Mining — Cares About Sustainability

Harvard Business

Nicholas Blechman for HBR. In the early days of corporate environmentalism, the focus was mainly on big, heavy industries. Fossil fuels and mining had the most obvious environmental issues, as well as extensive regulatory regimes to navigate. These days, however, sustainability discussions are more often focused on the actions of consumer product, retail, and tech brands.

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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.