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Craziest Travel Story of 2018

Management Consulted

Transcription from YouTube: Two weeks ago, some friends of mine on Facebook were lamenting the fact that they only made it halfway across the country before they had to get stuck in the Chicago Airport (which by the way is … Continue Reading. The post Craziest Travel Story of 2018 appeared first on Management Consulted.

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The Secret to Leading Organizational Change Is Empathy

Harvard Business

Menahem Kahana/Getty Images. I’m working with a CEO who’s in the midst of rethinking her company’s strategy so it can better meet customer demands and thrive financially. These are major changes that will affect every aspect of how the firm operates — from the services it offers to the structure of her organization. When I sat down with the CEO and her executive team to think through their communication plan, I asked not about the change itself, but about how her employee

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Emotions at work

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: This excellent Adam Grant podcast looks at how we manage our emotions at work (and your colleagues’ and your customers’. Related to his idea of Generosity Burnout, it’s worth a listen. He interviews John Lithgow and a call centre worker at Zappos who spent a whole day just chatting with a customer on the phone, […].

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How High-Growth Firms Outperform the Competition

Management and IT Consulting

The fastest growing firms are truly rule-breakers when it comes to hyper-growth, talent and technology.

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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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Effective Leaders

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Effective Leaders don’t just happen by accident. This Knowledge Project podcast talks about some of the characteristics of effective leaders. It struck a chord with me on the day I heard it. Jennifer Garvey-Berger outlines what it takes. Initially, she outlines 4 stages in adult development. Each has its pros and cons. She goes on […].

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Do we value attention properly?

Seth Godin Blog

Every day, at the end of his shift, one of your employees takes three laptops out of the supply closet, takes them home and sells them on eBay, pocketing the money. If you discovered this, would you take action? At the very same time, another employee is busy spamming your house email list, relentlessly pitching this and that because, “hey, it’s free.” Which one costs you more?

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Why You Need to Pay More Attention to Indirect Taxes in 2019

Strategy+Business

Three key trends that are shaping value-added and sales taxes. For more insight, read "It Pays to Keep Tabs on Indirect Taxes.

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10 Predictions for the Future of Work

MBO Partners

Predictions for what independent work might look like in the future from MBO Partners.

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Why You Need to Pay More Attention to Indirect Taxes in 2019

Strategy+Business

Three key trends that are shaping value-added and sales taxes. For more insight, read "It Pays to Keep Tabs on Indirect Taxes.

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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 Right Way to Use the Wisdom of Crowds

Harvard Business

Paul Taylor/Getty Images. Management teams are responsible for making sense of complex questions. Maybe it’s estimating how much a market will grow next year, or finding the best strategy to beat a competitor. One popular approach for navigating these questions is turning to the “wisdom of crowds” – asking many people for their opinions and suggestions, and then combining them to form the best overall decision.

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Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful

Harvard Business

PM Images/Getty Images. In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. That was actually an average of a dozen analyst reports. The numbers ranged from 18% to 69%. Those failures can mean a lot of things — over-budget, data integrity issues, technology limitations, and so forth.

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