Management Consulted

AUGUST 21, 2013

'Earlier this year I had the distinct pleasure of working with Andy, a 16-year veteran with the Royal Air Force and a real-life fighter pilot. Andy had failed a case interview with one firm but had a confirmed chance with McKinsey London, and he didn’t want to walk away without the offer. With no formal business training, Andy had quite a way to go – but he started with comfort relating to people and was committed to building the skills it would take to nail the case interview.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2013

'Bailouts: a band-aid solution for continuing sovereign debt crises. BAILOUTS were the band-aid solution prescribed for the Greek sovereign debt crisis. And every indication suggests that Greece will require another band-aid early next year. In this context, Clarke and Dawe raise an interesting and often carefully overlooked question. Where does the money come from to bail out basket case economies?

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 22, 2013

'By: Jennifer LeBlanc Recently on my blog, I shared some of the details of my interview with Trae Vasallo, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). As I mentioned, I wanted to get her perspective both on coaching women (and btw, the tips are applicable to men as well!) and launching great technology companies. We talked for a while about the launch process and who’s doing it well.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 18, 2013

'Science marches on at a blistering pace. The star-trek "replicator" that seemed preposterously far-fetched is now here. For example: Accidentally cut your ear off? Just 3D print a new one. This week, researchers at Hangzhou Dianzi University. in China unveiled their Regenovo 3D printer. Unlike more familiar 3D. printers, which work with plastic or metal dust, Regenovo prints living. tissue – such as these little ears.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 19, 2013

'It''s not the three minutes it will take to do this favor for you. Everyone has three minutes. And it''s not even the noise and the wear and tear of the mental clutch as we shift from one task to another. For me, and for many people, it''s the leakage of mental bandwidth. Fear is the enemy of creativity and innovation and of starting things. The resistance hates those things—they are risky, they might not work, so the resistance pushes us not to do them.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 17, 2013

© Chad Barr 2013. All Rights Reserved. The post What is Good Content? appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 18, 2013

'When news came last week that India tightened capital controls and banned gold imports, I pinged Pater Tenebrarum at Acting Man with a pair of comments. Looks like India is about ready to blow up. Looks good for gold. He agreed on both counts. "No Question" of Economic Crisis. On Saturday came an "official denial" in an amusing way. Please consider "No Question" of India Economic Crisis.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Customers want great content. Whether it''s images, video, or text, having the right content can make the difference between a successful organization and one that struggles to grab and retain customers'' attention. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 17, 2013

'Bullet points, step by step processes that are guaranteed to work overnight, proven shortcuts. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Worth noting that surgeons don''t sign up for medical school because they''re told that there is a simple, easy way to do open heart surgery. It''s not that we''re unable to handle complicated problems, it''s that we''re afraid to try.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2013

'We were visiting my mother-in-law in Milwaukee a week or so ago, on Sunday morning we got some coffee and walked to the lakefront where we watched some of the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals. As we were watching the leaders in the sprint division run to the finish we got a visit from a little friend, pictured here. . He ran by us, down and then up the hill and stopped about 8-10 feet from us.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 20, 2013

'If you are looking for a good laugh today, simply read Ministers set out utopian but hazy vision of a strong France. France’s Socialist government has set out a gleaming vision of the future marked by full employment and cutting-edge factories thanks to “a third industrial revolution”. The France of tomorrow would be a safer place where justice was quicker and cheaper and where today’s stressful experience of finding affordable housing would be transformed into “a pleasant moment in one’s life”

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1 to 1

AUGUST 19, 2013

'What''s more effective at growing customer loyalty--loyalty card/points programs or everyday low prices? A growing number of grocery chains are opting for low prices. Earlier this summer, grocery chains Acme, Shaw''s, Albertson''s, Star Market, and Jewel-Osco, all made the decision to ditch their customer loyalty programs for everyday low prices. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

'We presume. Human beings take shortcuts and believe in stereotypes. Sometimes we misjudge someone as dumb , who isn''t, or unsuccessful , who is far from it. Too often, we make grave errors, disrespect our fellows and lose out on opportunities because we''re too busy judging. The way the authorities treated Aditya Mukerjee a few weeks ago will/should make you shudder.

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 20, 2013

'Prior to the start of a virtual training session, send an email confirmation to participants with the following information: Logistics/Pre-Session Information Virtual session date(s) and time(s) Duration of the class Trainer/Facilitator name/contact information URL and Participant login in information and URL (connection details) Audio or conference call information Computer system requirements Technology checks to be [.].

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MishTalk

AUGUST 23, 2013

'On August 14 I penned Mortgage Applications Decline 13th Time in 15 Weeks; Are Mortgage Rates Cheap? What''s Next For Housing? Pertinent Snips. 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgages. Explaining the Rebound in Housing. If you are looking for what fueled the rebound in home sales and the. increase in home prices, look no further than the above chart. In the two-year period from December 2010 until December 2012, the rate. on popular 30-year mortgages fell from 4.97% to 3.42%, a decline of 155. basis point

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1 to 1

AUGUST 20, 2013

'Often times, when you can no longer find what you''re looking for in the store, the item you desire still exists online. One simple search can yield numerous results. However, when I began my journey to find another pair of my favorite sunglasses, I never expected to get caught in such an unpleasant "web" of confusion. Not long ago, I purchased a new pair of Vogue sunglasses from Sunglass Hut.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

'If you have a ten-mile commute to work, the difference between pushing yourself to drive 40 miles an hour and driving safely at 35 works out to about two minutes. In the first scenario, you''re running yellow lights, passing bicyclists and rolling stop signs. In the second, you''re not only dramatically safer, but you''re also breathing. Decades ago, when I had a Saab, I used to drive fast (95 mph fast) on trips home to Buffalo.

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 22, 2013

'There are a variety of collaboration tools common to virtual training environments that enable you to effectively engage participants and enable for them to collaborate and share with each other. These include: TOOL USE FOR… Whiteboard Brainstorming solutions to case studies/problems Summarizing what participants have learned using annotation tools Having participants debrief on their individual [.].

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MishTalk

AUGUST 19, 2013

'Here are a few charts from reader Tim Wallace on spending, the deficit, and GDP. Federal Spending as a Percentage of GDP. Spending and GDP in U.S. Dollars. Deficit Compared to Revenue. Wallace writes. Hello Mish. 1. In the past 48 years we have averaged about 19.3% of GDP in federal spending. Since 2009, federal spending has averaged 22.7% of GDP. 2.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Leaders who project their negative attitudes onto their subordinates can hamper the way their companies do business.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 23, 2013

'If you want to go to Shakespeare in the Park in New York, you need to really want to go. That''s because it''s free. Well, mostly free. They use a time-honored tradition to be sure that the tickets are allocated to people who truly want them: they tax the interested by having them wait on line, for hours sometimes. It seems egalitarian, but it''s actually regressive, because it doesn''t take into account the fact that different people value their time differently.

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 21, 2013

'Some activities done in the classroom are more difficult to manage in a virtual training environment. Here are a few common activities that, when not well managed, take up significant time in the virtual classroom and detract from the learning environment. Activity Alternative Solution(s) Participant introductions Send an email with a survey link to [.].

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MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2013

'US car makers are cranking out cars three shifts a day. The goal is to run plants around the clock, 365 days a year, even eliminating breaks. Please consider Open All Night: America''s Car Factories. Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. management consulting firm.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 19, 2013

'If you want to retain your high-potential employees, you have to get involved in helping them plan their careers.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 18, 2013

'It''s safe to say that everyone reading this has seen an accurate reflection in a mirror. Everyone you know has seen their face in a mirror as well. A thousand years ago (a nanosecond in evolutionary time) virtually no one had. Mirrors are a big deal. Elephants and primates have been shown to be able to recognize themselves in a mirror, and the idea of self-image is one of the cornerstones of our culture.

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