Actionable
AUGUST 2, 2017
This article presents leaders with two aspects of inner work they should not neglect. It starts by examining purpose, and then moves to mind-body harmony. The post Leading from the Summit: The Inner Work of Effective Leaders appeared first on Actionable.co.
Chad Barr
AUGUST 2, 2017
How quickly does your content grab their attention or have you lost them in the first few moments? If you are still reading this, that’s a good sign. One of the questions I am often asked is how long should my content be? My answer is: “as pithy as possible and perhaps even a few moments shorter!” Life and technology have gotten exponentially faster and have accelerated their sophistication and our ability to retrieve information almost at the speed of light.
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Actionable
AUGUST 2, 2017
This article presents leaders with two aspects of inner work they should not neglect. It starts by examining purpose, and then moves to mind-body harmony. The post Leading from the Summit: The Inner Work of Effective Leaders appeared first on Actionable.co.
MishTalk
AUGUST 2, 2017
Australia’s Black Economy Taskforce has come up with a list of 35 “consumer-focused” proposals to crack down on cash. The taskforce blames consumers for holding cash and for not getting receipts. Michael Andrew, the head of the taskforce, proposes nanochips in $50 and $100 notes so the government knows where the cash is. Cash will expire after a designated period of time.
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BCG
AUGUST 2, 2017
Article Wednesday, August 02, 2017 Robo-interviews, home video-conferencing systems, and app-enabled concierge services are among the technologies companies are using to increase the number of women in the workforce.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Strategy+Business
AUGUST 2, 2017
Employers are running out of creative ways to lure workers -- and those coming out of prison are a largely untapped pool.
MishTalk
AUGUST 2, 2017
The latest Personal Incomes and Outlays report showed that the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index was only up 1.4% from the same quarter a year ago. Excluding food and energy, the PCE was up 1.5%. Yesterday, I made this sure-fire prediction: “Consumers like falling prices but the Fed sure doesn’t. Expect to hear more ‘ transitory ‘ comments from Janet Yellen.” For details, please see Personal Income Flat in June, May Revised Lower: PCE Inflation Down Aga
Seth Godin Blog
AUGUST 2, 2017
The gulf between "risky" and "feels risky" is huge. And it's getting bigger. It turns out that value creation lives in this gap. The things that most people won't do (because it feels risky) that are in fact not risky at all. If your compass for forward motion involves avoiding things that feel risky, it pays to get significantly better informed about what actually is risky.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2017
Vincent Tsui for HBR. We’ve all been in situations in which we couldn’t wait for a slow-moving or overly cautious employee to take action. But at the other extreme, some employees have such a deep need to get things resolved that they move too quickly, or too intensely, and make a mess. They may make a bad deal just to say they’ve made it, or issue a directive without thinking through the ramifications just to say they’ve handled a problem decisively.
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MBO Partners
AUGUST 2, 2017
How to write RFPs that resonate with the independent professional talent you’re looking to attract to your project.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2017
Most companies want their businesses to keep pace with digital startups, but end up bogged down by the need to fix the daily challenges that their decades-old IT systems create. How do you redesign and rebuild major infrastructure while keeping the day-to-day work going? This kind of challenge is often referred to as “repairing the airplane while you’re flying it.” But a more instructive analogy might be the redesign of a major city’s infrastructure.
Gina Abudi
AUGUST 2, 2017
So many are needed for success! I recently posted a question on LinkedIn asking individuals their thoughts on the “one skill” that is a must have for project managers. We all know, of course, that many skills are necessary for project managers to be successful – there is no one skill. The challenge in this [.]. The post Project Manager Skills appeared first on Gina Abudi.
Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2017
Pretend that you’re an experienced buyer who has met with hundreds of business-to-business salespeople. What percentage of them would you say are excellent, good, average, or poor? According to a new study of more than 230 buyers, 12% of salespeople are excellent, 23% good, 38% average, and 27% poor. The bad news is that the underperforming salespeople lack the self-awareness to know that buyers don’t value them, nor do they understand why.
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Harvard Business
AUGUST 2, 2017
Has returning to work after your vacation left you feeling less than refreshed? Have you stared in disbelief at unfinished work you believed had been carefully assigned to others during your absence? If so, you are not alone. But at the risk of blaming the victim, you may be more responsible for your fate than you realize. These feelings may be a sign that you need to reassess your overall approach to delegation.
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