Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Are you one of our hyper-focused high schoolers that’s considering a career in business? There are several reasons you might consider pursuing higher education in Canada. Some prospective students are attracted to the lower tuition prices and higher acceptance rates of top Canadian schools versus stateside schools. Others love the exceptional international flair found in cities like Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

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Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'What must change is our attitude to futurity – I am committed to the idea that the firm must emerge stronger --break--, not merely surviving, but thriving. I am also committed to the idea that the firm must achieve its rightful place in the world. To do this we will have to make wise choices in the difficult months ahead, but choices I am convinced we will make, in the right direction – towards longitudinal sustenance against the vision of a genuinely enduring institution.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'Developing excellent strategy consists of just 5 steps. HERE are five steps that you can use to formulate great strategy: Diagnose: assess the lay of the land. Understand the company, the competitive environment and the broader economy. What is the company’s business model? Who are the competitors? Who are the customers and suppliers? And, what are the current market conditions?

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'In criminal court, you are innocent until proven guilty. It''s a different matter altogether in civil forfeiture, where prosecutors can and do seize the assets of anyone on phony charges. Given there is no recourse or fine, the best the innocent victims can do is get their property back, most likely with a huge delay, if at all. Consider the plight of Terry Dehko and his daughter Sandy Thomas.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'As if staying Stateside wasn’t enough, we decided to chase the Autumn weather to its last ends in the U.K. If you’re just joining us, we’ve spent the last few months galavanting around to top college campuses across the planet – check out our posts on Harvard , Yale , Columbia , Georgetown , Duke and Georgia Tech. Sorry it’s taken us so long to get this out – you know, we’ve been keeping up with our day jobs (serving clients)!

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Performance management is still a puzzle waiting to be solved in many companies. Three types of choices need to be made when designing a performance management system. We find too much attention paid to the second and third set, and not enough to the first: 1. Philosophical direction. A shared belief across the company’s leadership regarding what the performance management process is expected to measure and what behaviors it is intended to incent. 2.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'French farmers are still not happy even though French president Francois Hollande decided to roll back the "ecotax" on large trucks following riots last week. Riots continued on Saturday, after the announced rollback. For the prelude to this story please see my Thursday, October 31, post, Hollande''s Tax Everything Plan Blows Sky High With Riots by Farmers.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'I''m too busy. I don''t trust you. This isn''t on my list. My boss won''t let me. I''m afraid of moving this forward. I''m not the person you think I am. I don''t have the resources you think I do. I''m not the kind of person that does things like this. I don''t want to open the door to a long-term engagement. Thinking about this will cause me to think about other things I just don''t want to deal with.

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Strategy+Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Recent events have shown that companies are always vulnerable to internal and external attacks on their digital data. They need a holistic plan to protect themselves.

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This week’s reflection point: Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock and ignoring the news, you must have heard about the failure of the Obamacare web site launch. Although tempted, I am going to keep my political viewpoints out of this article and focus on what we can learn from this. Running a technology company that specializes in Internet strategies and has been involved in the implementation of hundreds of successful web site launches, here are the top 10 points I suggest you fo

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'In case you think all is well with China and the Yuan will soon replace the dollar as the world''s reserve currency, you may wish to reconsider. Credit growth in China is expanding at a massive rate on nonviable projects, and that is the only reason China has been able to meet its growth targets. Marc Faber believes China could spark a bigger crisis than in 2008.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'Persistence is doing something again and again until it works. It sounds like ''pestering'' for a reason. Tenacity is using new data to make new decisions to find new pathways to find new ways to achieve a goal when the old ways didn''t work. Telemarketers are persistent, Nike is tenacious.

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1 to 1

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'1to1 Media''s Tom Hoffman speaks with Sarah Mcelwee, Vice President of Client Operations at KBM Group, to discuss the factors that are influencing how the customer support experience should be monitored and measured. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Gina Abudi

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Using Learning Partners to Enhance Leadership Devleopment Programs Utilizing learning partners in your leadership development programs enables for increased collaboration and continuing of the learning between formal workshops. Learning partners are simply participants in a training program teamed up (groups of 2 – 4) to help each other apply what they are learning in the [.].

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'If you are already stunned by rising Obamashock! healthcare costs, you can expect still more shocks thanks to new rules and expanded coverage for mental health and addiction programs. A few snips from the New York Times article Rules to Require Equal Coverage for Mental Ills will explain. The Obama administration on Friday will complete a generation-long effort to require insurers to cover care for mental health and addiction just like physical illnesses when it issues long-awaited regulations

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'To make a change happen.??. No change, no point. A presentation that doesn''t seek to make change is a waste of time and energy. Before you start working on your presentation, the two-part question to answer is, "who will be changed by this work, and what is the change I seek???". The answer can be dramatic, "I want this six million dollar project approved."??.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'During Facebook''s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, CFO David Ebersman quietly announced a decrease in teenage daily users during the quarter, especially with younger teens. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Gina Abudi

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'Are you taking the time to further develop and enhance your current skills? To learn new skills? Too often we don’t take time to develop ourselves professionally – we are just too busy with work and personal life; something always gets in the way of our good intentions! Build time in to your schedule for [.].

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Via translation, El Economista reports the Bank of Spain Discovers €20.50 Billion Hidden Delinquencies. Emphasis on the word " discovers " not added. Non-performing loans of Spanish banks to the end of September totaled €92.224 billion euros, 29% more than the €71.660 billion according to preliminary data included in the last Bulletin Financial Bank of Spain.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'The longest string of dependent, non-compressible tasks is the critical path. Every complicated project is the same. Many people working on many elements, some of which are dependent on others. I want a garden, which means I need grading, a bulldozer, a permit, seeds, fertilizer, irrigation, weeding, planting, maintenance and time for everything to grow.

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1 to 1

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'Consumers are at the receiving end of countless advertising messages that are coming to them from all directions. Every time they switch on the television, open a magazine, turn on the radio, or click on a search engine page, they are coming face-to-face with marketing messages. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Gina Abudi

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Are you enabling them to be successful? When a new project manager joins the organization, take the time upfront to get them onboarded rather than immediately assigning them a project. When we focus on onboarding new project managers into the organization, we: Acclimate them to the company and the culture Help them understand the internal [.].

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'Currency madness has spread to the Czech Republic. Central bank intervention triggered a record plunge in the Koruna vs. the Euro. Bloomberg reports Czechs Play Koruna Hardball as Intervention Triggers Record Drop. The Czech central bank’s return to currency interventions after 11 years heralds a push for a weaker koruna to ward off deflation and kick-start the economy.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'In fact, The War of the Worlds did not cause mass hysteria when it first aired. It was a story fanned by radio-fearing tabloid newspapers. In fact, Pam (eBay founder Pierre''s wife) did not need a place to buy and sell Pez dispensers. This is a tale invented by a PR person and repeated by tech-phobic journalists eager for a simple story. In fact, Columbus wasn''t surrounded by flat-earth believing denialists before he ''discovered'' America.

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1 to 1

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Before the latest technologies introduced the joys of self-service, the contact center was our only true method for troubleshooting and issue resolution. Notorious for its lengthy wait times and frustrating interactions, calling the customer service hotline remains a last resort for most, even to this day, for most appear ill-equipped for the connected, impatient consumer of today.

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