David A Fields
JUNE 6, 2017
The good news: you’ve struck up a relationship with the decision-maker at a prospective client. Let’s call her Denise, the corporation’s CUO (Chief Unspecified Officer). The bad news: Denise asks that you chat about the project with Elliot Intheweeds, the SVP of Unspecified Stuff. Elliot is an influencer.
Management Consulted
JUNE 4, 2017
Everybody knows you should dress conservatively for a job interview. A straightforward interview suit is the way to go, and that goes double for a management consulting interview. We won’t assume you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know that navy blue and charcoal gray suits are your interview suit standbys. But there’s so much more to dressing to impress than that.
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Tsavo Neal
JUNE 8, 2017
Do you feel pressure to spend thousands of dollars on a new website? Does this pressure make you feel uncomfortable considering your current website doesn’t generate business results for your consulting business? “You need a new website!” is something every designer, marketer, or agency will tell you every few years. You’re open to the idea of a new website.
Tom Spencer
JUNE 3, 2017
Breakfast is not just the most important meal of the day, but also the most important meeting you’ll have: a chance to check in with yourself, remember what it’s all about, and strengthen your resolve to succeed. Success in business means not just managing your assets, your network, and your office, but above all: managing yourself. Ambition and hard work are a good start, but without rhythm and regularity it is easy to lose your flow, and wind up stranded from your original vision.
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Chad Barr
JUNE 7, 2017
I am in my studio this week creating my amazing new product called The Digital Empire Academy. I am very excited about it and I know you will be as well. As I was thinking about the main outcome my clients would potentially receive from this product, the one that kept coming up was the freedom to choose. I am grateful for living in a place that provides me freedom to choose.
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Strategy+Business
JUNE 7, 2017
Cass Sunstein, scholar of constitutional law and author of dozens of influential books, is perhaps best known for bringing the insights of behavioral science into the realms of law, public policy, and regulation. He is particularly intrigued by the science of defaults, those subtle cues that shape our decisions, often without our being aware of it, making certain choices feel almost automatic.
MishTalk
JUNE 6, 2017
A pair of interesting articles came my way regarding gold. The first is from Incrementum AG. It’s part 11 of a series entitled In Gold we Trust. The second, The Risks of This Low Volatility Environment & What It Means For Gold Prices , is from end Stefan Wieler of Goldmoney via HedgeEye. (more…).
Harvard Business
JUNE 9, 2017
People hate to resign without another job lined up. Not just because employers prefer to hire people who are working, but also because it feels like failure. It seems as if you “couldn’t take it.” But there are times when it is very important to just let go. Here’s a personal example: My boyfriend had never water skied in his life.
Actionable
JUNE 5, 2017
If on some instinctual level you know you have found something that is going to revolutionize what you do, then you need to embrace change. The post Embrace Change: Jump on Board or Drown appeared first on Actionable.co.
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Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
With the public's level of anxiety and distrust of executives and government officials, leaders must rethink how they relate to organizations.
MishTalk
JUNE 9, 2017
The second-quarter recovery fantasy took another smack in the face today with wholesale trade data. Sales fell 0.4% and inventories fell 0.5%. In addition, the Census Department revised March inventories from 0.2% to 0.1%. The Econoday consensus estimate was for inventories to decline 0.3%. (more…).
Harvard Business
JUNE 6, 2017
We live in a culture of “yes.” We don’t want to disappoint our bosses, colleagues, families, or friends, so we say “yes” as often as we can manage. Oftentimes, we say “yes” when we should say “no.” There’s nothing wrong with wanting to please. In fact, we’re hardwired for it. But when we overcommit ourselves, we spend our time checking things off a list rather than actually creating value.
Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 7, 2017
Nearly fifty years ago, Milton Friedman published a polemic, an article that altered the way many people think about corporations and their role in society. Countless writers have explained why it's poorly reasoned , dangerous and wrong. (Including business school deans, Harvard Business Review and Fortune). The simple message of the simple article was: “there is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its prof
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Strategy+Business
JUNE 4, 2017
The world is potentially on the brink of an age of new powerful materials, fueled by innovation in the chemicals industry. But for today's incumbent chemicals companies to be central players in this story, there are some vital prerequisites: restructuring of their product portfolios, successful exploitation of digital technologies, and rewriting business models to generate higher returns on their investment in innovation.
MishTalk
JUNE 8, 2017
It’s hard to know when bubbles will end but when analysis goes ape-sh*t batty, it’s easy to know the bubble exists. Jim Cramer’s analysis of Bitcoin provides a perfect example. (more…).
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2017
Information overload is everywhere , from non-stop news to rat-a-tat email inboxes. At the receiving end of this deluge of verbiage is the human brain — your brain— metaphorically endowed with a vacuum cleaner that sucks up information; a container for short-term memory; a blender for integrating information; a memory bank for storing long-term information; a garbage disposal for getting rid of information; and a recycling machine extraordinaire.
Kates Kesler
JUNE 8, 2017
A recent survey of clients conducted by Mercer earlier this year focused on the types of organization change that business …
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Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 4, 2017
Don't expect much from a drowning man. He's not going to offer you a candy bar or ask how your day was. He's too busy not drowning. Generosity takes effort. It requires the space to take your mind off your own problems long enough to see someone else's. It requires the confidence to share when a big part of you wants to hoard. And it requires the emotional labor of empathy.
BCG
JUNE 8, 2017
Article Thursday, June 08, 2017 The World Bank turned to agile methodologies, implemented from the bottom up, to improve operational efficiency and employee satisfaction. Operations head Kyle Peters describes the challenges and successes.
Martinka Consulting
JUNE 7, 2017
A recent edition of my Marquette University alumni magazine had an article on a new mandatory Business School course, Business Day 1 (something I wish they had when I was in school). Every business school freshman takes this class, which exposes them to accounting, finance, managerial economics, human recourses, marketing, supply chain management, and IT.
MishTalk
JUNE 6, 2017
As of last Friday, the Atlanta Fed GDFPNow model for the second-quarter GDP stood at 3.4%. In contrast, the FRBNY Nowcast report was 2.2%. This is yet another large gap, albeit smaller than the ones we saw for the first quarter. What’s more interesting is some of the recent gyrations. What’s more interesting is that in some of the recent gyrations, on the same data, the models went opposite directions.
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Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 3, 2017
If all you consume is the most-read list, if all you listen to are the hits, if all you eat is the most popular item on the menu—you're missing out. The web has pushed us to read what everyone else is reading, the hit of the day. But popular isn't the same as important. Popular isn't the same as profound. Popular isn't even the same as useful.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 7, 2017
The founder of the apparel company talks about how much personal growth leaders should demand -- of employees and themselves.
LSA Global
JUNE 5, 2017
If you are in charge of talent management at your organization, wouldn’t you welcome better, more effective ways of learning? Learning is not just a matter of exposure to knowledge. We believe that the aim of learning is to change behaviors and improve individual or team performance. Success is typically measured by the adoption of new skills and behaviors and the corresponding lift in performance such as increased revenue, decreased costs or increased productivity.
MishTalk
JUNE 4, 2017
Despite terror attacks and calls by some to postpone the date, snap elections called by Theresa May will take place on June 8, as scheduled. A recent poll by Survation shows Labour within one point of winning the election. Is a Labour win possible? (more…).
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