Fri.Nov 06, 2020

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Friday Fusion: November 6, 2020

Tsavo Neal

Is it possible to open a consultancy with appropriate knowledge about the field but very few contacts? Yes. With knowledge, create content. Leverage that content to create contacts. When I wanted to specialize in websites for consultants, I didn’t know many consultants. Instead of going to networking events to meet them, I wrote content about websites for consultants based on my experience building websites for them.

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Developing a high-performing and agile leadership team to increase performance and profitability

Brimstone Consulting

CASE STUDY. How a private equity-backed artisanal food manufacturer stemmed losses, rebuilt the leadership team, and positioned the company for growth. Through a combination of add-on acquisitions, capital investment, and the integration of three portfolio companies, a leading private equity firm transformed a local artisanal food manufacturer into a national company with a range of products and a portfolio of brands.

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What Writers Can Do About Intended Plagiarism, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

Part 1 was mostly about unintentional plagiarism. Part 2 was about copyright and when to reference other people's work. Now, you're pretty sure someone has used your words. You're not talking about someone scraping your blog for your posts. You really mean Person A has stolen your words and passed those words off as Person A's words. It depends on the form that they chose to use your words.

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A strong coaching matters. Here’s why.

Brimstone Consulting

A coaching culture supports innovation, sparks insights, and energizes employees. A coaching culture creates a true learning environment , one in which coaching is ongoing and executed by those within the organization. A strong coaching culture leverages individual strengths and emphasizes team-building and personal growth, shifting the way people work together.

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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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Pandemic Makes Colleges Cut To The Bone

Simon Associates

The October 26, 2020 New York Times article entitled “ Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits ,’” does not offer an encouraging outlook for higher education. The article says that every institution, large and small, is being forced to initiate budget cuts to close widening gaps in financial shortfalls. Why? Less students, less fees, less meal and dormitory dollars, and more expenses, accelerating a trend that was already in the making!

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Will Remote Work Destroy Your Culture?

LSA Global

Is Your Culture at Risk? Will Remote Work Destroy Your Culture? COVID has monumentally changed the way we operate in our personal and professional lives. For most of us, the virus has dictated that we work from home and avoid exposure to the colleagues we were used to seeing every day. Our opportunities for relationship-building at work have been severely restricted.

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What is a Long Tail Business Model and how is it used?

Consulthon

I was asked to do a Long Tail Business Model. I know The Long Tail Business Model works by selling a wide variety of niche products, which individually sell very little, but which in total generate.

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How to Be a Visionary Leader and Still Have a Personal Life

Harvard Business

No matter how big the job, work shouldn’t come at the expense of everything else.

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What is a change agent and what does he or she do?

Consulthon

Change is inevitable, a part of doing business in a world influenced by technology, globalization, and evolving customer demands. [removed] has in recent years shifted from a specialty to be more.

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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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The words matter

Seth Godin Blog

Every time we have the floor we have the chance to create connection (or to sever it). We can open up possibility or we can close it. Sometimes, we share our answer thinking it might be the answer, when it might have been better to ask a generous question instead. Being funny by being cutting isn’t funny, that’s just an excuse. It’s hard to take words back, and we use so many of them, it’s likely that there are some we’d prefer to retrieve.

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Defining and Adapting Your Leadership Style

Harvard Business

A conversation with Thunderbird professor Suzanne Peterson on making your leadership potential more visible.

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Pros and Cons of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Why a “Virtual PEO” May be the Better Option

Emerson Consulting Group

By Matt Hollister, CEO, and Jim Edholm, Partner & Founder, Business Benefits. Published in Employee Benefit Plan Review. Is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) an appropriate option for your firm? For decades, such organizations have offered a co-employment model for employers. It incorporates employer-members into one mammoth organization, and one which treats their employees to benefits provided by a single organization under one tax ID number.

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AI Can Make Bank Loans More Fair

Harvard Business

Algorithms can replicate historical biases — but they can also be used to correct them.

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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.

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Research: Small Wins Can Make a Big Impact on Gender Equality

Harvard Business

Stanford researchers who study gender bias took a hard look at their own organization.

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The Upside of Your Public Speaking Jitters

Harvard Business

Nerves can keep you focused.