Tue.Aug 06, 2019

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7 Consulting Firm Rules for Asking Questions

David A Fields

As a consulting firm leader, you know that asking the right questions will reveal your prospect’s situation, uncover their hidden needs, and heighten the perceived value of your solution. Could you inquire more effectively and serve a deeper purpose by following certain rules? Yes. First, though, what is the role of questions? For most adults, … Continued.

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Consulting business plan template – free outline

Consultant Journal

Many people write to ask where they can find a consulting business plan template. Well, here’s a free outline of a consulting business plan template. It’s just an outline, though – see here for my full business plan kit , which includes the actual materials I use to help clients with their business plans. Executive Summary. Business Overview. Products & Services.

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A Little Story about Ice Fishing

The Fearless Marketer

I want you to introduce you to an Eskimo boy named Tulok from Inukjuak, Canada. Although born in the Arctic, he didn’t spend a lot of time living there. Because of his high intelligence as a child, he was lucky enough to get a scholarship to a private boarding school and ultimately earned a degree in engineering. Tulok visited his family in the summer and also learned the tribal customs of the Inuit people.

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BattleBoard

Kai Davis

The one thing that I usually break out when I’m in the final stages of shipping a project/preparing for a trip is. The BattleBoard. The BattleBoard is a Kanban board named Today that has a simple, essential function: Take the pile of things I need to get done and turn it into an ordered, scored, estimated list of things that I can move to Completed.

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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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How Robots and AI Are Changing Job Training

Harvard Business

Matt Beane, assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds that robots, machine learning, and AI are changing how we train for our jobs — not just how we do them. His study shows that robot-assisted surgery is disrupting the traditional learning pathway of younger physicians. He says this trend is emerging in many industries, from finance to law enforcement to education.

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Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

Harvard Business

Much of the advertising purchased during the Super Bowl is about selling corporate brands rather than products. Harvard Business School professor Shelle Santana discusses her case, “Super Bowl Storytelling,” (co-author: Jill Avery), regarding the art of storytelling on the world’s biggest television stage. Which stories win (or fumble) on game day?

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How to Lead the Way to Your Aspired Culture

LSA Global

The Right Aspired Culture. There is no single right culture. The culture you as a leader choose to shape and cultivate should depend on what behaviors align best with your people and business strategies within your unique environment. Do you know what that ideal culture looks like? Strategy Comes First. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, custom

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Leading Change in a Company That’s Historically Bad At It

Harvard Business

First, acknowledge past failures.

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How to Lead the Way to Your Aspired Culture

LSA Global

The Right Aspired Culture. There is no single right culture. The culture you as a leader choose to shape and cultivate should depend on what behaviors align best with your people and business strategies within your unique environment. Do you know what that ideal culture looks like? Strategy Comes First. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, custom

Culture 28
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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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The 8 Ways Companies Get Work Done, and How to Align Them

Harvard Business

Establish a unifying purpose.

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Why and How Companies Invest in Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts

Harvard Business

Lessons from 8 U.S. firms including Twitter and Patagonia.

Company 31