Tue.May 21, 2024

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The 4th Annual Consulting Firm Caption Contest! (Join in)

David A Fields

Whether you’re a long-time reader or you’ve recently started perusing these articles, you’ve probably grumbled at least once… “Hold on a second… David built a lucrative, consulting practice by layering chocolate references and obscure puns on top of illustrations my seven year-old could draw? Some of those line drawings don’t even make sense!

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You Need New Skills to Make a Career Pivot. Here’s How to Find the Time to Build Them.

Harvard Business

With any significant change in your career comes the need for new skills. But that’s even more true when you want a radical career change. In these situations, it’s going to take more than listening to a few webinars to build the knowledge you need get to where you want to go. You must set aside a significant amount of time for self-directed learning, formal training, or even a second job to gain the skills for the big leap.

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Two Ways (& One Caution) to Use an Iteration Contents Chart to See Project Progress

Johanna Rothman

When I wrote Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management , I included this chart, the Iterations Content Chart as part of a possible dashboard. I created that chart to clarify the challenges a specific team faced. They had problems with multitasking and the inevitable changes. The first way to use an iteration contents chart is to gather data and answer questions.

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A Great Sales Pitch Hinges on the Right Story

Harvard Business

When you’re working in sales, you need to master the art of persuasion and that involves being able to tell a compelling story that explains why your product or service will meet someone’s needs. It involves listening, making an emotional connection, and thinking from the customer’s point of view. The earlier you can learn how to communicate in this way, the faster you will likely grow in your role.

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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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International Companies Entering the US Market

Business Consulting Agency

Entering the US market represents a significant opportunity for companies from outside markets and countries, given its size, diversity, and purchasing power. However, the US market also presents unique challenges that can be daunting for foreign companies. Local business experts, through specialized business consulting services, play a crucial role in helping these companies navigate the complexities of the US market.

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Ep074 Alexa Chilcutt

Girard Training Solutions

Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked features Alexa Chilcutt, a professor of executive education at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Texas Christian University. Alexa is also an executive coach who works one-on-one with professionals and is an expert on executive presence. Eric and Alexa focus on executive presence (EP) in this episode, defining it and naming some of its personality traits.

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How to Navigate Change at Any Career Stage

Harvard Business

A conversation with media industry veteran Bonnie Hammer on adapting to industry disruption.

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Noodling for professionals

Seth Godin Blog

When Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue with his quartet, they spent a total of four days in the recording studio. They created one of the bestselling and most important jazz albums of all time in less than a week. Of course, they’d been exploring for months. In clubs, in front of an audience, trading fours and taking risks. Studio time is expensive.

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The Importance of Trust for Managing Through a Crisis

Harvard Business

How a vacation rental company leaned into trust to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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