Wed.Feb 03, 2021

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4 Reasons Why Clear Company Goals are Crucial in the COVID Era

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

If you want to successfully grow your business, then it’s essential to set clear goals for your company. Setting goals provides your organization with a sense of structure and purpose, and this helps to create a stable workplace for your employees. With the COVID-19 pandemic heightening uncertainty in all areas of life, goal-setting is now more important than ever.

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Training Your Team in Bite-Sized Chunks Helps Retention – Here’s Why It Works So Well

Clarity Consultants

For many employees, spending hours on end reviewing massive training modules isn’t an effective way to learn. Fatigue can set in surprisingly quickly, causing them to lose focus and struggle with knowledge retention. Additionally, since they may not put everything they learned to work right away, retention can tumble even further. Luckily, there is a better way.

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Burning the Candle at Both Ends Is a Bad Way to Start the New Year

Makarios Consulting

We are one month into the new year … yet many leaders are already feeling the drain of burnout. And no, COVID-19 is not to blame. It may be exacerbating matters, but the root cause has nothing to do with the pandemic. Rather, the source of burnout is the fact that these leaders are essentially filling two or even three seats on their leadership team, even though they have people in those seats.

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Your Daily 2nd Chance

Chad Barr

Everyone has bad days. Some more than others. But what constitutes a bad day? Discovery of an illness of a loved one, challenging individuals and circumstances, a failed business venture or financial loss can add up to feeling hopeless, angry and depleted. But what of these are perceived as missteps or miscalculations or situations beyond our control?

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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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Burning the Candle at Both Ends Is a Bad Way to Start the New Year

Makarios Consulting

We are one month into the new year … yet many leaders are already feeling the drain of burnout. And no, COVID-19 is not to blame. It may be exacerbating matters, but the root cause has nothing to do with the pandemic. Rather, the source of burnout is the fact that these leaders are essentially filling two or even three seats on their leadership team, even though they have people in those seats.

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Dependents Save on Taxes; Dependencies Reduce Value

Martinka Consulting

Here’s an exchange I recently had with a supposedly seasoned businessperson, growth consultant, and business broker: Me: “There are a couple issues with this business, one in particular seems serious.”. Him: “Oh, what are they?”. Me: “The main issue is the top two customers are 60% of sales.”. Him: “I don’t see why that’s an issue.”. Really? He doesn’t see it’s an issue?

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Egomania vs. ego strength

Seth Godin Blog

People talk about ego like it’s a bad thing. But our desire to do a good job, our self-trust, our willingness to dance with fear–these are fuel if used properly. Egomania pushes us to ignore useful feedback, to bristle at input and to refuse to do the work to get better at our craft. It’s actually a sign of fear and weakness. Ego strength, on the other hand, makes us eager to learn more, engage with the market and figure out what it will take to have the project actually succee

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Tesla and Bitcoin: Are You a Believer?

Harvard Business

Youngme, Mihir, and Rawi discuss Tesla, as the competition gets heated in the electric vehicle market, and how to make sense of the bitcoin craze.

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A Better Way to Measure GDP

Harvard Business

Why do we measure the health of our economy according to a metric that says so little about our actual well-being?

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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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Online Platforms Have Become Chaos Machines. Can We Rein Them In?

Harvard Business

An interview with MIT Sloan’s Sinan Aral about the GameStop frenzy — and where we go from here.

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Building A Quantum Computer with Light

Harvard Business

The first useful quantum computer is just a few years away, and the implications are transformative.

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When to Switch Strategy in a Crisis

Harvard Business

Researchers ran 60 billion simulations to identify when the risk pays off.

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Reimagining the Balanced Scorecard for the ESG Era

Harvard Business

An update to one of the most successful management tools of all time.

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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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How to Find Meaning When Your Job Feels Meaningless

Harvard Business

Seven tips to help you rekindle your purpose and perspective.

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3 Strategies For Keeping Your Organization Connected - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM WORKPLACE FROM FACEBOOK

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Workplace from Facebook.