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How Clients Judge Consultants And Service Providers

Henry DeVries

Why should service providers, professionals, and consultants worry about marketing? The answer is simple: To make payroll. That means the money to pay the most important person in the world, which is you.

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What I Learned About Working Parenthood After My Kids Grew Up

Harvard Business

Emma Kim/Getty Images. There are so many articles about the challenges and stresses of being a working parent. But this is an article about joy. Let me just, for a moment, shine a light on the pleasures that await you once your kids have grown up and left home – it comes faster than you think. You’ve probably heard of the happiness U-curve of life.

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What happened and what will you add?

Seth Godin Blog

Is it outside of the canon ? The internet, with instant access to all known history and science, was supposed to help us all get in sync, to understand what we knew for sure. But of course, when everyone has a keyboard and a camera, it's up for grabs. Some people get frustrated when others use the word "enormity" to mean, "very very enormous." That's because they know that enormity means "unspeakably horrible," and they're worried that if enough people use it the wrong way, they'll no longer be

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Technical Experts Need to Get Better at Telling Stories

Harvard Business

andrew nguyen/hbr staff/the new york public library. “If only we could tell our stories better,” is a refrain I hear often from people I work with in the science and technology community. And I understand why. In my experience, startup and technical business leaders don’t tell their innovation stories well. This is a huge missed opportunity.

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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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3 Situations When Managers Should Not Coach

LSA Global

Sometimes Managers Should Not Coach. Not every situation provides an effective coaching opportunity. Sometimes managers should not coach. Are you a manager who struggles to add coaching to your long list of responsibilities? Are you skeptical that coaching will improve or change performance? Do you have the coaching skills to do it right? Many Managers Struggle with Coaching.

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How to Establish Values on a Small Team

Harvard Business

MINORU KIDA/Getty Images. When Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos, was asked what he’d do differently if he could restart his company from scratch, he responded with this : “If I could go back and do Zappos all over again I would actually come up with our values from day one.” Developing your corporate values early in your company’s history can have a lasting and positive effect on your organization and its culture, and it’s easier to do when your team is small.

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