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Becoming A 7 Figure Consultant Through Relationships With Barc Holmes: Podcast #52

Consulting Success

Maybe it’s time to reconsider your marketing approach, particularly in your path to becoming a 7-figure consultant. While some people invest a lot of time into creating content or figuring out how to do advertising or speaking or going to a lot of trade shows, Barc Holmes of Coral Mountain Consulting has found an approach that works well for him. He is a master of not only building and nurturing, but strengthening relationships.

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Selecting senior managers for a new UTC Management Team – Case Study

People Business Psychology

Selection assessment for a new University Technical College – Case Study Situation A UK-based new-to-be-launched University Technical College (UTC) in Wiltshire (UK), needed to appoint two new key members of its management to join the Principal Designate and complement the UTC’s Senior Management team. Dozens of applications from existing teachers and headteachers had been received.

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Nudging

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: How do you get people to do what is good for them? How do you help them make a choice that works for you and for them? It’s all about the nudge. This McKinsey podcast is a lovely primer on our cognitive biases and their use in recruitment, succession planning and performance feedback. You can […]. The post Nudging appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

Harvard Business

Wong/Unsplash. The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by fads — think treadmill desks, nap pods, and “bring your dog to work day” for starters. However, a new survey by my HR advisory firm Future Workplace called “The Employee Experience” reveals the reality is that employees crave something far more fundamental and essential to human needs.

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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 Stronger Economy

Strategy+Business

Jim Clifton, chief executive of the Gallup Corporation, has a robust theory about economic growth. Despite the prevailing metrics, he says, we're not in recovery yet. True recovery requires more entrepreneurs, and his organization has found that the most vigorous entrepreneurs are immigrants.

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The new Labor Day

Seth Godin Blog

One day a year isn’t much to spend honoring the folks that built everything. One day a year for the more than twenty that died from the heights and in the caissons as they built the Brooklyn Bridge. One day a year to remember the 123 women and 23 men who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist tragedy. And one day a year for the overlooked and disrespected, for the hardworking and the burnt out.

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Don’t Underestimate the Power of Women Supporting Each Other at Work

Harvard Business

alice mollon/Getty Images. Don’t underestimate the power of women connecting and supporting each other at work. As my experiences from being a rookie accountant to a managing director at an investment bank have taught me, conversations between women have massive benefits for the individual and the organization. When I graduated college in the 1970s, I believed that women would quickly achieve parity at all levels of professional life now that we had “arrived” — I viewed t

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Marketing or Football… Which is Harder?

The Fearless Marketer

Being a professional football player is a hard job. But you’re more likely to succeed as a professional football player than you are at marketing your professional services. Let’s look at what it takes to become a successful football player. You’d engage in the following four core practices: 1. First of all, you must be in peak physical condition to play football.