Thu.Jan 26, 2023

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How Startups Can Land a Second Meeting with a Corporate Partner

Harvard Business

Researchers attended 150 meetings between start-ups and corporations including IBM, Sony, L’Oréal, Toyota, and AstraZeneca.

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It’s my birthday and I got you a gift (The Complete Independent Consulting Manual)

Kai Davis

Today is my birthday, and I’m taking the rest of the week off. Next week? Exciting adventures. This week? Resting and relaxing. But first, because it’s my birthday, I have a gift for you. The Independent Consulting Manual is now 100% free. You can download the book in epub, mobi, and PDF with all 25 articles from 12 authors and watch the six expert roundtable videos on YouTube with almost five hours of content.

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Preparing to Announce Layoffs in a Virtual Meeting

Harvard Business

With practice, you can deliver difficult news effectively and compassionately.

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Learning without training – Books

The Management Centre

We love learning here at =mc, as you would expect! And whilst we spend almost all of our time delivering training, we wholeheartedly believe in learning lots of things in lots of different ways. In this blog we take a look at how to learn from reading, and have book recommendations for you. There are thousands of management and leadership books, on all kinds of topics.

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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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Grandiosity as a form of hiding

Seth Godin Blog

A business that says its mission is to, “reinvent local commerce to better serve our customers and neighborhoods,” can spend a lot of time doing not much of anything before they realize that they’re not actually creating value. A non-profit that seeks to create “fairness and equity” can also fall into a non-specific trap. Far more useful to say, “we sell a good cup of coffee at a fair price,” and see if you can pull that off first.

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Research: What Fragile Masculinity Looks Like at Work

Harvard Business

When male employees feel that their masculinity has been threatened, it can lead them to engage in harmful behaviors.