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Nutrition & Stress — Managing Workplace Productivity

Actionable

By improving nutrition in to reduce uncomplimentary stress, and managing complementary stressors with intention, it is possible to increase productivity. The post Nutrition & Stress — Managing Workplace Productivity appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Metro Area Unemployment: Which States Are in Reverse? Spotlight Illinois

MishTalk

The US unemployment rate is 4.4% but unemployment varies widely among the nation’s 388 metro areas. Let’s check out the winners and losers as noted by the Brooking Institute in its report Metro area unemployment trends buck the national narrative: A story of convergence, not divergence. (more…).

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4 Ways Managers Can Be More Inclusive

Harvard Business

Management teams and organizations that prioritize inclusion attract better talent and perform better. Dozens of studies have demonstrated that more-diverse teams make better decisions than less-diverse teams. Many leaders know this but still struggle with making day-to-day work more inclusive. By definition, inclusive leaders embrace the notion that every person counts.

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PPI Shows No Price Traction: Dear Econoday Parrot

MishTalk

The Producer Price Index (PPI) was up 0.1% month over month and 2.0% year over year, the latter down from 2.4%. The Econoday parrot was not happy. (more…).

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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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The two fears of voluntary education

Seth Godin Blog

Voluntary education is different from compulsory, the kind we grew up with. When you're the victim/beneficiary of compulsory education, it happens to you. You have little choice. Perhaps you choose to open your mind and do the work, but either way, here it is. Now that we're adults, though, we have choice. Endless choice. Most people choose to learn as little as possible, while a few dive in and find more insight, wisdom and opportunity than they could ever expect.

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Offline Marketing Strategies for Your Small Business

MBO Partners

Four offline solutions to effectively market your independent consultancy for free.

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A Study of 16 Countries Shows That the Most Productive Firms (and Their Employees) Are Pulling Away from Everyone Else

Harvard Business

The corporate landscape has become increasingly unequal, with the most productive firms thriving and the least productive ones failing to keep up. This matters not just for economic growth but also for inequality: Our research shows that as they grow apart in productivity, firms are also becoming more unequal in how much they pay workers. Other research has documented that the pay gap between firms is contributing to increased income inequality, but our work makes two additional contributions.

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Lose Lose Lose Affair: Farm Lobby Turns Up Heat on Trump Over NAFTA

MishTalk

If Trump decides to stick it to Mexico in the upcoming NAFTA talks, US farming industry will take a hit. In advance of the talks, the Farm Lobby is Pressuring Trump. (more…).

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The Board Directors You Need for a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

Photo by Ferdinand Stohr. When the term digital transformation was first bandied about by consultants and business publications, its implications were more about keeping up and catching up than true transformation. Additionally, at first it was only applied to large, traditional organizations struggling, or experimenting, in an increasingly digital economy.

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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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Research: Hiring Chief Risk Officers Led Banks to Take on Even More Risk

Harvard Business

Paul Garbett for HBR. Risk taking by big U.S. banks exploded in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, with disastrous consequences for American firms, markets, and households. Much of the added risk, of course, came in the form of complex, opaque financial instruments like derivatives, the “ financial weapons of mass destruction ” that played such a central role in the crisis and the panic that followed.

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