Sat.Mar 08, 2014 - Fri.Mar 14, 2014

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

'THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY. Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of The Advisory Board Company. The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. The Advisory Board Company is perhaps best known for its membership platform which provides information, research and tools specifically targeted to companies pursuing operational and strategic organization improvement in th

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Corporation Oxford

Tom Spencer

'The illusion of permanence, and the persistence of innovation. (Source: Tom Spencer ). IN a recent FT article , Chairman of Risk Capital Partners Luke Johnson made some interesting comments about his alma mater, Oxford University: Oxford University, my alma mater, is a classic case of a complacent establishment that is refusing to reinvent itself.

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A Look at Malaysia Airlines’s Crisis Communications During the Crisis of Flight MH370

Melissa Agnes

'By now, we’ve all heard of the terrible crisis Malaysia Airlines is facing with flight MH370 appearing to have vanished out of thin air with over 200 passengers and crew members aboard. It’s an unthinkable situation, though one that every airline needs to be prepared to properly manage at any given time. So how is Malaysia Airlines handling this crisis?

Airlines 111
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Spain Modifies Bankruptcy Laws to Prevent Corporate Liquidations; 65,000 Companies, 1.3 Trillion Euro Delinquencies in Play

MishTalk

'In the name of saving jobs, the Spanish government has decided to change the rules as to whether or not a business is viable. In bankruptcy proceedings, companies will no longer be free to decide whether they prefer to liquidate the company. Instead, corporations will be obliged to accept debt restructuring offerings from creditors on creditor-proposed terms centered around debt-to-equity conversions.

Company 77
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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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Making the Talent Leap of Faith

Strategy+Business

'Rita Gunther McGrath explains why organizations need to shed their old-fashioned mentality about how they recruit people in order to fill the talent gap. For more related insights, read " The Thought Leader Interview: Rita Gunther McGrath.

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When Everyone is a Reporter, Everyone in your Organization is a Spokesperson

Melissa Agnes

'By Patrice Cloutier, Strategic communications professional and member of the Agnes + Day Crisis Intelligence Team. One of the characteristics of social convergence is the omnipresence of mobile devices equipped with video cameras. It’s how news is made today. As we know, this puts tremendous pressure on organizations to respond quickly when things go south.

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High Frequency Trading Hails its First Billionaire

MishTalk

'Vincent “Vinnie” Viola, the founder of Virtu Financial Inc, is High Frequency Trading''s (HFT) first billionaire. He has an impressive track record of just “one losing trading day” during a 1,238 trading-day period. How does he do it? The same way other High-Frequency do it: front running trades and scalping countless billions and billions of fractions-of-pennies in the process.

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Flaky Clients and Unfortunate Promises

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

'Lots of clients are flaky, and it’s pretty common for folks like us to say whatever they want to hear just to get them to shut up. We often make promises we never mean to live up to, assuming they won’t be tested. So it’s no fun then these unfortunate client promises come home to roost. A few months back, I had a quick phone call with a new prospect.

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How IKEA, Disney, and Berkshire Hathaway Succeed with Adjacencies

Strategy+Business

'Many adjacency moves fail because they''re driven by the wrong motives. But a lot can be learned from those that succeed.

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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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NYU Twitter Chat Reveals the Bright Minds of our Future

Melissa Agnes

'I recently had the opportunity to join an NYU graduate class in a Twitter chat on crisis communications. I was so impressed by their answers to Professor Deirdre Breakenridge ‘s questions that I wanted to share them with you here today. There is a ton of valuable advice in the following tweets – and it’s certainly reassuring to know that these students represent the future of PR and communications.

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Monetary Smuggling in China Defeats Capital Controls; "Everyone Does It"; Yuan to Replace Dollar as Reserve Currency?

MishTalk

'I remain in "negative awe" of China bulls who think the yuan is going to soon replace the US dollar as the world''s reserve currency. As I have pointed out before - China''s bond market is nowhere big or liquid enough; China''s property bubble is the world''s biggest; China''s shadow banking system is on the verge of implosion, and Chinese growth is imploding.

Banking 76
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Hiring Consultants – Book Smart vs. Street Smart

The Thirsty Dog

This post by Jason Price can be seen at The Thirsty Dog Blog - Seattle's Finest Blog on Business and Consulting by Jason Price. So many choices, so little time.a common problem when trying to hire consultants who bring capability and innovation to the table. The difference between hiring a consultant with street vs. book smarts is often what brings success or failure to your project.

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Meeting Employees Halfway

Strategy+Business

'By keeping group sessions tightly focused and on schedule, managers can earn their employees'' respect and commitment.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

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.

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Sometimes you don't need a budget

Seth Godin Blog

'Most of the time, people don''t want a refund or a bonus. What they really want is for you to hear them and to do the right thing. What if every manager and every customer contact in your organization bought into that? Here are some things you can do that don''t cost any money (but they certainly require effort): Treat your employees with care and respect.

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Facebook CEO Calls Obama Regarding Out of Control NSA; Change You Can't Believe In

MishTalk

'President Obama promised changes on NSA. Changes, except to the worse, are nowhere to be found. This prompted a call from Facebook CEO straight to president Obama. Please consider Facebook’s Zuckerberg Called Obama on NSA Frustration “The U.S. government should be the champion for the Internet, not a threat,” he wrote in a post on his Facebook page yesterday.

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Retailer John Lewis Takes on Showrooming Through Digital Innovation

1 to 1

'Last week showrooming reared its ugly head when both Staples and Radio Shack announced major store closings. The office supply giant plans to close as many as 225 North American stores while slashing annualized costs by up to $500 million by the end of 2015. Radio Shack plans to close 1,100 of its 5,200 stores. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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The Freaky Friday Management Technique

Strategy+Business

'In The Hard Thing about Hard Things , VC Ben Horowitz offers a creative solution for resolving conflict among organizational silos.

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Entropy, bureaucracy and the fight for great

Seth Godin Blog

'Here are some laws rarely broken: As an organization succeeds, it gets bigger. As it gets bigger, the average amount of passion and initiative of the organization goes down (more people gets you closer to averge, which is another word for mediocre). More people requires more formal communication, simple instructions to ensure consistent execution. It gets more and more difficult to say, "use your best judgment" and be able to count on the outcome.

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Culture of Greed and Arrogance: Minutes Show Bank of England was Aware of Currency Rigging Eight Years Ago

MishTalk

'Bank of England head Mark Carney faces a grilling from lawmakers tomorrow as Minutes Show Bank of England was Aware of Currency Rigging Eight Years Ago. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will face his toughest public testimony to date as he seeks to defend the integrity of an institution that’s become embroiled in the currency-manipulation scandal.

Banking 75
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Who Is Quoting You?

Chad Barr

This week’s reflection point: If you look around you it’s hard not to notice the quoting phenomena. What I mean by this is the ever-growing trend of people quoting others. Whether reading a book, watching an interview, or visiting the various social media platforms, it’s ubiquitous. What makes it even more popular is our peer-pressure to “like” others’ postings.

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How Defense Companies Can Gain an Advantage in 2014

Strategy+Business

'If defense companies are to survive and grow in the current downturn, they must focus on building capabilities while cutting costs.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c

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Provide Value – Be Needed

Martinka Consulting

'I’m in Antigua on our annual Rotary service project. Last week I was talking with my friend Jeff Mason at Newport High School – his students do all the computer installations, upgrades and teaching of the teachers – and in lamenting some of the (lack of) cooperation we’ve received from the schools he referenced the two primary project leaders in Antigua when he said, “Why can’t they all be like Cordel and Ato?

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Book Review: The Money Bubble (What to Do Before it Pops) - Two Thumbs Up

MishTalk

'James Turk, founder of GoldMoney , and John Rubino who runs the popular DollarCollapse website got together for the second time in writing The Money Bubble. The authors claim the current financial bubble is even bigger than the one in 2007. I agree. But how does it end? No one knows and importantly, Turk and Rubino don''t claim to know either. Rather they outline a number of possible scenarios including a "Debt Jubilee", "Crypto-Currencies", a flight to tangible assets in general and gold in pa

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Things I’ve Realized or Learned Recently

Chad Barr

Rather than instantiating (making the complex simple), most individuals I meet make the simple complex. Life and business happen each day, which have the tendency to mess up the best of priorities and productivity tools. With the best of technologies available, the airlines still can’t figure out how to notify the ground team to be ready at the gate when the plane arrives early.

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Vicki Hess on The Missing Piece of the Employee Engagement Puzzle

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

Vicki Hess, CSP stopped by today; read as she shares what’s missing in most discussions about employee engagement. The Missing Piece of the Employee Engagement Puzzle By Vicki Hess, CSP Over the last decade, billions of dollars and millions of hours have been invested by organizations across the country to. The post Vicki Hess on The Missing Piece of the Employee Engagement Puzzle appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.