Wed.Nov 27, 2019

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How to Work With People in Denial During Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Up means down and down means up — We’ve all had colleagues who make it a practice of denying what we know is real. It happens in politics, science, business and anywhere: people whose beliefs are a million miles away from reality.

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My Thanksgiving is Perpetual

Chad Barr

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. (Henry David Thoreau). As I look around my office, my home, my community and business sphere, I stop to take notice and am filled with gratitude. It’s almost unimaginable that 44 years ago when I arrived here with $200 in my pocket that I would be enjoying the life that I have worked hard to create in a country that has offered so much opportunity.

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With Gratitude

CaseInterview.com

I am grateful to have a roof over my head and a warm place to sleep at night. I am grateful to be in good health. I am grateful to call three amazing human beings my daughters. I am grateful to have the time and space to raise and watch my three little girls grow into young women. I am grateful to spend my days learning and teaching. I am grateful to work from home with a flexible schedule.

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Why Emotional Intelligence Matters for Leaders

Gina Abudi

Emotional intelligence (EI) is out ability to understand our own emotions and manage those emotions. It also enables us to understand and manage the emotions of others. Strong EI as a leader means leaders have stronger working relationships across the organization, collaborate and communicate more effectively with others, and can influence others to [.].

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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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Perfect Timing (Live)

Harvard Business

Is the right career move coming at the wrong time? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Daniel Pink, the author of “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.” In front of a live audience, they talk through what to do when you’re poised for a better role but have to wait six months, you want your company to seize an immediate market opportunity, or you’re trying to correct a mistimed job move.

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Scams in buy-sell deals

Martinka Consulting

On September 8, 2019 the Buzz column in the Seattle Times was titled, “Seattle Cider sues founder, former CEO” and dealt with a lawsuit against the founder of Seattle Cider and Two Beers Brewing initiated by Agrial, a French company that acquired them. In simple terms, the plaintiff alleged the books were cooked to increase the price. More about the above later and it fits with a quote I saw this summer from Richard Parker, “Numbers don’t lie, sellers do.

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Growth and the Energy Transition with Vaclav Smil

Harvard Business

Vaclav Smil, preeminent expert on energy history and development, joins Azeem Azhar to discuss what is required for our fossil fuel-dependent civilization to transition to a sustainable energy system.

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Discontinuous thought

Seth Godin Blog

The gap between mobile and desktop is: [shift] ENTER. When one is typing on a laptop, the assumption is that you’ll keep going with your thought until you push ‘send’ or ‘publish’ But on a smart phone, the enter key is your publish button. So your text, your Slack message, or your tweet happens as soon as you type a single sentence.

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Nas Daily: Around the World in 14 Million Clicks

Harvard Business

Video blogger and author Nuseir Yassin comes to FOMO Sapiens to share the story of why he quit a high-flying tech career to travel the world and document his experiences on Nas Daily, his social media channel that now has 14 million followers.

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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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How to Develop a Talent Pipeline for Your Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

Hiring top talent is about recognizing potential, not credentials.

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Companies Need to Rethink What Cybersecurity Leadership Is

Harvard Business

A framework for boards and C-suite executives.