Wed.May 15, 2019

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How Can You Encourage Employees to Make Time for Learning?

Clarity Consultants

For many professionals, making time for learning isn’t a priority. Often, it isn’t because of a lack of interest, as many top performers thrive when they can face new challenges and expose themselves to new information. The issue tends to be the feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to handle everything on their plate, so training tends to get placed on the backburner.

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Tactical Ideas for Agile Budgeting, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Too often, organizations want to budget for an entire year. The managers run around for two or three months in advance of that fiscal year, attempting to predict a ton of things: Estimates for not-well-defined projects or features, Capital equipment or tool needs, “Headcount” aka, people needed. Then, the organization doesn't finalize the budget until after the year starts.

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Reaching Higher Levels

Chad Barr

Last week, in my article, Have You Uncovered Your Treasure Yet? I shared with you my top 10 insights that I reflected upon. Here are the top 10 for me and you to reflect on this week: Make sure your key initiatives towards your key goals take control of your time and energy and bring the right energy towards them. Don’t let your challenges define you but you need to define your challenges.

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How To Find Clients By Fishing And Farming

Henry DeVries

To attract high-paying clients I recommend the proactive fishing and farming style of marketing. Wealth manager Pete Benson of Beacon Capital Management shares some of his strategies.

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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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Are You a Doer or a Manager? One is Much Better

Martinka Consulting

I was at an educational event and ended up talking to someone in a completely different industry than mine. When he heard what I do his comment was how one of the toughest things about small to lower middle market businesses is they have owners who won’t let go, i.e. the owner is a dependency. So true, and we all know many owners like this. It reminded me of a recent meeting with an owner who said, “I manage the managers.

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The Truth About Autonomy

Harvard Business

“We’re not even close to developing fully driverless cars,” urges Duke University professor Missy Cummings, a former fighter pilot and the director of the Humans and Autonomy Lab at Duke. She explores where automation currently is and paints a picture of the future with humans as integral parts of autonomous systems.

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Reach is overrated

Seth Godin Blog

It might be the biggest misconception in all of advertising. The Super Bowl has reach. Google has reach. Radio has reach. So? Why do you care if you can, for more money, reach more people? Why wouldn’t it make more sense to reach the right people instead? To pick an absurd example, you can use a giant radio telescope to beam messages to the billions or trillions of aliens that live in other solar systems.

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Debating the Sackler Family Role in the Opioid Crisis, and Using AI Bots to Conduct Job Interviews

Harvard Business

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss whether pharmaceutical players like the Sackler family members should be held accountable for the current opioid crisis. They then debate the growing reliance on artificial intelligence bots by human resource departments in the job screening process.

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Tesla’s Strong Brand Gives It Unusual Expansion Potential

Harvard Business

Its move into car insurance could be just the beginning.

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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 Voice Assistants Could Change the Way We Shop

Harvard Business

More speed, less friction, and more sales.

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How to Attract Startups and Tech Companies to a City Without Relying on Tax Breaks

Harvard Business

Invest in higher education, diversity, and infrastructure.

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Engagement Around the World, Charted

Harvard Business

A look at countries, industries, and workers.

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Telehealth Is Improving Health Care in Rural Areas

Harvard Business

How one health care provider did it.

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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.