Wed.Dec 19, 2018

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Toastmasters' Tips To Accomplish Your New Year's Resolutions

Henry DeVries

Making New Year’s resolutions is a fine thing. Keeping them is another matter. Do you have goals for 2019, and do you have a plan to achieve those goals?

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Next Gen Training: What Does Next-Gen L&D Look Like?

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development (L&D) isn’t just stepping away from traditional paradigms, like formal classroom lectures; it’s sprinting away at a record pace. Professionals are looking for high-quality information along with convenience and flexibility, allowing L&D programs to easily integrate into their day-to-day and provide them with value. If you are wondering what next-gen L&D looks like, here’s what you need to know.

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Attributes of My Best Prospective Clients

Chad Barr

A little over a year ago I reflected on the attributes of my best prospective clients and have reached the conclusions that there are nine key attributes: Responsive. Serious. Enthusiastic. Honest. Purposeful. Ask. Open. Action. Rewarding. Here is the infographic my innovative design team created to present these visually: Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page.

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Transparency Is Key to Building Trust in Business

Strategy+Business

CEOs can boost consumer and employee confidence by asking these four questions about how their business operates.

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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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What tax tells us about the future of professional services

The Source

Large trees grow from small acorns. If I’m honest, tax consulting isn’t the first place I’d have turned to if I wanted to understand the future of professional services. That’s not the fault of tax consultants, but of the rule-bound world they operate in. Like lawyers, there’s a huge amount of intellectual horsepower directed at finding and aggregating often small opportunities.

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Not Everyone Can Build a Digital Ad Business, Plus Debating Radical Transparency

Harvard Business

Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai discuss Verizon’s write-down on Oath (Yahoo, AOL) and the challenges with building a digital advertising business. They also debate the notion of Radical Transparency, before sharing their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast. Some recent picks: Bloomberg article (“ Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost “) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler. 21c Museum Hotels.

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What a More Transparent Company Culture Can Do

LSA Global

A More Transparent Company Culture. From police forces using body cameras to Whole Foods sharing salary information, more and more companies are looking into creating a more transparent company culture to build trust and create high levels of employee advocacy. The Definition of Corporate Culture. A company’s culture sets the tone in so many ways. Your workplace culture defines the boundaries for how things truly get done on a day-to-day basis.

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How to Moderate a Panel Discussion

Harvard Business

Richard Newstead/Getty Images. As you rise in your career and your visibility grows, you’ll likely be called upon to participate in a panel discussion. It’s a powerful way to share your ideas and become recognized in your field, but there’s no question that preparing to speak on a panel can be stressful — you have to figure out what to say, practice being concise, and worry about overlapping with your colleagues.

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Transparency Is Key to Building Trust in Business

Strategy+Business

CEOs can boost consumer and employee confidence by asking these four questions about how their business operates.

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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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Case Study: Should a Direct-to-Consumer Company Start Selling on Amazon?

Harvard Business

sudo takeshi/Getty Images. Sitting in his office, Mark Ellinas frowned at his computer screen. It was filled with row after row of electric bikes, from expensive models to cheap knockoffs that seemed held together by spit and a prayer. Though they varied in style and price, the bikes did have one thing in common: where they were being sold. The website he was looking at, flush with options, was Amazon.

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Our fundamental attribution error

Seth Godin Blog

When someone else screws up, it’s because of who they are, their race, their upbringing… a glimpse into their true character. When we do something, it’s because the situation we’re in caused it to happen. The fundamental attribution error is based on a glitch in the way we understand causation and statistics, and it’s fueled by our unique view of ourselves.

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Transparency Is Key to Building Trust in Business

Strategy+Business

CEOs can boost consumer and employee confidence by asking these four questions about how their business operates.

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What's on Shoppers' CX Holiday Wish Lists?

1 to 1

Bad deals, no help, and rude employees can make for a terrible holiday shopping experience. So what do customers actually want? Hear from shoppers in Stamford, Connecticut as they share what’s on their customer experience wish lists this holiday season. Listen to all episodes of The CX Pod at TTEC. .

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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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Top Independent Contractor Compliance Stories from 2018

MBO Partners

Independent contractor compliance: the top five stories from 2018.

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5 Questions We Should Be Asking About Automation and Jobs

Harvard Business

Westend61/Getty Images. We simply don’t know for sure whether automation, algorithms, and AI will ultimately create more jobs than they destroy. Opinions are all over the map. One widely cited study predicted 47% of jobs will be automated, and technological change has in fact contributed to declining employment in recent years. Some are already preparing for a world without work.

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Will the Huawei Arrest Influence the U.S.-China Trade Talks?

Harvard Business

Paul Taylor/Getty Images. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou , chief financial officer of China’s Huawei, by Canadian police upon the request for extradition by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has resulted in confusion regarding U.S.-China trade negotiations. Some believe hardline national security elements of the U.S. government ordered the extradition request in order to sabotage the trade talks or at least to disregard them in the historic tradition of U.S. national security agencies p