David A Fields
DECEMBER 7, 2016
The moment immediately after a prospect becomes a client your consulting project begins. Beginnings matter. Which is why the best practices to start your projects are discussed below. Consider some famous beginnings: “Four score and seven years ago…”** “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”** “Call me Ishmael.
Management Consulted
DECEMBER 4, 2016
Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at Beyond the E-Myth, the latest in a long line of great books by Michael Gerber (a marketing genius who has built a world-wide web of products and services to help small businesses grow). Beyond the E-Myth releases December 7, 2016, so make sure to grab your copy! Our author today is one of our fabulous interns, one of our writers and a whiz at everything social media.
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BCG
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Focus Tuesday, December 06, 2016. New technologies are profoundly changing industrial production, giving rise to “the factory of the future.” What will the factory of the future be like with respect to its structure, technologies, and processes? What enablers will manufacturers need in terms of strategy and leadership, employee skills, and IT infrastructure to make it a reality?
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 4, 2016
By focusing your attention on the "high road" of the mind, you can become the kind of leader who helps improve the world. Most leadership is transactional, formed through the habits of conventional success. High road-style leadership cultivates different types of mental patterns, developing your ability to see yourself as others see you. See also "How Strategic Leaders Use Their Brain.
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Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 3, 2016
This is a guest post from Marguerite Arnold. International business degrees, in particular the MBA, are of increasing importance in a world where globalization (no matter how you define it) is here to stay. If anything, despite the recent backlash against globalisation , international business people who have an understanding of different business cultures are far better prepared for the world that lies ahead.
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BCG
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Focus Monday, December 05, 2016. Spend a minute with Jean-Pascal Tricoire, the chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric, as he describes the opportunities that digital technologies have opened up for his electrical-equipment company: “Connectivity is not new for us. We started to connect things to the internet in 1995. But what is happening today is that we are connecting from power plant to plug—everything connected to the internet.
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 7, 2016
As digital becomes the new normal, a few generic strategies that can help you determine where and how to create value. Which one is best for your enterprise?
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2016
In his day job, The Wizard of Oz sold hokum. Patent medicines guaranteed to cure what ailed you. And none of them worked. Deep within each of us is the yearning for the pill, the neck crack, the organizational re-do that will fix everything. Sometimes, it even happens. Sometimes, once in a very rare while, there actually is a stone in our shoe, easy to remove.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 6, 2016
In a world where the average employee sends and receives 122 emails per day and attends an average of 62 meetings per month, your boss or HR leadership simply doesn’t have the time or bandwidth to properly think through how best to deploy your talents moving forward. Instead, we have to take control of our career planning to ensure we’re putting ourselves in position for long-term growth.
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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
BCG
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Article Wednesday, December 07, 2016. Cybersecurity is a $445 billion problem , and some predict that figure could rise to $6 trillion by 2021. The list of companies that have already been hacked, attacked, and breached—suffering business interruptions and intellectual-property losses and exposing their customers to identity theft—reads like a who’s who of the retail, tech, telecom, manufacturing, and financial services industries, among others.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Global financial repression picks up steam, led by India. After declaring large denomination notes illegal, India now targets gold. It’s not just gold bars or bullion. The government has raided houses, no questions asked, confiscating jewelry. (more…).
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 4, 2016
An innovative program helps seasoned women executives -- including former military officers -- plan what to do next.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Emotional intelligence is what sets great leaders apart from the rest. Learn to recognize it in yourself and others with this 7 minute video slide deck. Download a customizable version in S.
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BCG
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Report Thursday, December 08, 2016 Two complementary technologies—blockchain and digital tokens—give data the continuity of physical assets and help solve the challenges of digital identity and trust. And they have the potential to wipe out the middleman across a wide swath of industries.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 3, 2016
The race for self-driving car technology heats up. Apple officially tossed its hat into the ring with a letter from Steve Kenner, Apple’s director of product integrity, to the US National Highway Safety Administration. Rumors of a secret autonomous vehicle lab surfaced earlier this year but Apple denied them. Apple can no longer hide its intent. (more…).
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 7, 2016
The political votes of 2016, and the associated public displays of nationalism, ethnic isolationism, and suspicion of others, have reinforced deeply ingrained neurological biases. No matter how inclusive your organization may be, and no matter what your employees' political perspectives, you will probably see an increase in antagonism among your staff, with a corresponding reduction in trust, collaboration, and creativity.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Think back to the last team project you participated in at work. How did the person running the project lead the group? Did they lead by presenting a plan and using their authority to insist that others follow along? Or did the person instead lead by explaining why a particular course of action seemed like the best one, allowing others to willfully get on board?
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BCG
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Article Thursday, December 08, 2016. For insurers that are considering a digital transformation of their business, technology is at the heart of the endeavor. How companies transform their IT can be as important as where they end up. Most insurers have been slower than other types of financial services companies, such as banks, to rethink their business from the customer’s point of view—and to invest in end-to-end transformation of legacy technology systems that makes shaping customer journeys p
MishTalk
DECEMBER 6, 2016
The Census Bureau report on International Trade shows a widening trade deficit. Exports decline 1.8%. Imports rise 1.3%. (more…).
Clarity Consultants
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Today’s hiring managers are fighting against an obstacle that has plagued the recruiting process for years, the skills gap. College graduates and even experienced professionals are lacking the latest skills and training that is required to meet the quickly changing demands of their employers. This is a very real problem that even big-name employers like Microsoft and Google are struggling with on a daily basis.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Most of the CEOs I’ve met and worked with had years to prepare for their jobs. As they entered middle management, most of them learned that being a good leader is more important than being a good do-er. Many have stories to tell about stumbling along the way, about micromanaging people, about destroying a team’s morale with unreasonable demands, about losing a great team member because enough time and attention weren’t given to the relationship.
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Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Always right about feelings. About the day he just experienced. About the fears (appropriate and ill-founded) in his life. About the narrative going on, unspoken, in his head. About what he likes and what he dislikes. You'll need to travel to this place of 'right' before you have any chance at all of actual communication.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Liberals in the city of Portland Oregon have put their foot down against income inequality. The “Orecrats” are not going after CEOs, but rather corporations that have CEO salaries the “Orecrats” deem excessive. The tax penalty on corporations is as much as 25%. (more…).
Melissa Agnes
DECEMBER 6, 2016
When the crisis has been managed, the organization’s primary focus is to do everything in its power to return to business as usual. But there needs to be more to it than that. Post-crisis, there are some very important discussions and actions that need to be taken, in order to continue to implement and strengthen your crisis-ready corporate culture.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 5, 2016
There’s one debilitating behavior that most of us fall victim to with great regularity: listening to critical voices in our heads. Whether they originate from external criticism or our own fears and doubts, these negative voices tell us we’re not good enough, kind enough, or productive enough. Research shows that echoing negative thoughts inside our heads increases our chances of depression, isolates us from others, and inhibits us from pursuing goals.
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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.
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