Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
vgajic/Getty Images. Engineering faces a serious gender-based retention problem. Despite all the efforts encouraging women to study engineering, over 40% of highly skilled women who enter the field end up leaving. Much has been written about why women in the field leave , but we wanted to better understand what encourages some women to stay. In 2014 we interviewed 34 women engineers in two FTSE 100 firms in the UK.
Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 12, 2018
It seems to be getting more difficult to trust that someone is going to do what they say they said they were going to do. “It was a misunderstanding.” “That’s not what I said.” “So, sue me.” When local newspapers disappear and can’t keep a close watch on the government, it turns out that costs go up. When people need a lawyer to make an agreement and a lawyer to enforce an agreement, costs go up.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. M&A and partnership deals are at an all-time high. But what about competition? The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to know too. It is reviewing or arguing this question in court for a slew of proposed mergers — AT&T-Time Warner, T-Mobile-Sprint, CVS-Aetna, and Express Scripts-Cigna, to name a few. A court decision on the AT&T-Time Warner deal is due out soon, and it will likely affect the prospects for many other cases.
David A Fields
JUNE 12, 2018
Your consulting firm has a hot lead with California-based, Death Valley Electrical (a.k.a. DVE), a surprisingly large company you’ve never worked with before. The project scope is modest, but you sense that a small engagement could lead to a long, profitable relationship. How should you proceed?
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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.
CaseInterview.com
JUNE 12, 2018
I have a confession. I talk to pigs. specifically my daughter’s guinea pigs. More specifically, they talk to me. (No, I don’t hear voices; they don’t speak English). They chirp, squeak, and squeal to communicate their wants and needs to me. Their needs almost always revolve around wanting more food or water (when my girls forget to fill their food bowl or water bottle).
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 12, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview, Tim Armstrong, the CEO of Oath, which owns AOL, Yahoo, the Huffington Post, and other properties, discusses the future of digital advertising and marketing and the business case for a wireless giant like Verizon investing heavily in content. He explains why companies have to invest in the software behind the expanding range of consumer-technology interfaces, and why markets like Indonesia and Singapore have become the locus of global competition.
MBO Partners
JUNE 12, 2018
Five effective ways to use social media marketing to promote and grow your independent consulting business.
Rod Burkert
JUNE 12, 2018
When a prospect or a referral source considers you for a NEW engagement … or when a client considers you for a REPEAT performance … the buying process begins. And it almost always starts with the same question: What do I get by hiring YOU? Hey, what’s up everyone! I’m Rod Burkert. And welcome to my Practice Development Corner. The place where business valuation professionals like you come to learn how to turn the practice they have into the practice they want.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 12, 2018
The ability of a small country to field a world-class soccer team can teach businesses about the power of good management for team building.
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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
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
Ian Nolan/Getty Images. When you think about who needs flexibility at work to manage personal and family responsibilities, who comes to mind? If you are like most people, you envision a working mom. The prevailing assumption is that working mothers are the ones who want and need flexibility at work. To be sure, many working mothers still shoulder the daunting double shift of full-time work and primary child care responsibilities , and many likely want jobs that give them more flexibility to jugg
Strategy+Business
JUNE 12, 2018
The ability of a small country to field a world-class soccer team can teach businesses about the power of good management for team building.
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images. The movement to make cities smarter is transforming municipal governments worldwide. But that’s only one side of the story. For companies, smart cities represent major business opportunities — and not only for tech firms selling systems to government agencies. Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor.
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist and executive coach, talks about why we all should be working on self-awareness. Few people are truly self-aware, she says, and those who are don’t get there through introspection. She explains how to develop self-awareness through the feedback of loving critics and how to mentor someone who isn’t self-aware.
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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.
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
Will technology cost jobs in the long run, or increase them? Who is set up best for success in the fourth industrial revolution? In this edition of Trailblazers, a podcast series brought to you by Dell Technologies, we investigate the future of robotics. Join Walter Isaacson, former CNN Chairman and CEO, as he and Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, discuss how digital disruption will improve our lives.
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2018
William Andrew/Getty Images. The pervasive adoption of mobile devices has driven an explosion of contextual user information, including geolocation data, which has become a valuable resource for marketers. However, a lack of technical skill sets among marketers has made it difficult for them to use this data (when they have access to it) effectively.
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