David A Fields
JUNE 1, 2016
Finding people to meet is easy. They’re all around you. Heck, swarms of happy citizens are blowing their mad-money at the carnival a few miles from your house. A prospective buyer or two may even be wandering the midway, but good luck identifying them. (And do you want to shake their hands sticky from cotton-candy or who-knows-what? Blech.) Meeting folks who are apt to hire you is tougher.
Management Consulted
MAY 29, 2016
Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. Enjoy! Boston Consulting Group on Strategy is a compilation of 82 valuable articles called Perspectives, 4 Harvard-reviewed business articles and 8 other articles written by various members of The Boston Consulting group between 1968 to 2005.
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Tom Spencer
MAY 29, 2016
I am currently living in Beijing, lecturing strategy and finance courses to undergraduates. One observation I’ve made is that the people here are good at identifying opportunities for profit. And I use the word profit not in a financial sense, but with the broader meaning of the French verb profiter, which means “to make the most advantage of” This can have positive, negative and hilarious consequences.
BCG
JUNE 2, 2016
Article Thursday, June 02, 2016. Banks have heard the digitization message, and they get it. They’re aware that financial technology companies with superior digital offerings are nibbling away at the edges of the traditional banking business, reshaping customer expectations, and altering the revenue and cost dynamics of current and emerging services.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 1, 2016
In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. The concept was to do the A tasks first, then the B tasks, then the C tasks, when you can get to them. If priorities changed, you just changed the order of your As, Bs, and Cs. Doing all aspects of a job seemed possible then, if you just followed some basic time management rules.
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Strategy+Business
MAY 31, 2016
Successful startups reach a point when they must discard their old ways and emerge mature and ready to scale. To get through this transition successfully, leaders have to radically change their organization and the way they manage, while still growing. If they have anticipated the transition -- for example, by creating new roles for the founders, attracting people who have experience with similar transitions, designing collaborative conversations, and borrowing established practices in their own
BCG
JUNE 2, 2016
Focus Thursday, June 02, 2016. Over the past 18 months, communications between the US and Cuba have improved significantly. The two countries now enjoy diplomatic relations, and President Obama’s recent trip to Havana was the first visit to Cuba by a US head of state in nearly 90 years. Restrictions on trade and travel are easing. Cuba has taken steps toward opening its market and loosening the rules governing private businesses, and it has made overtures toward reestablishing international trad
Harvard Business
JUNE 2, 2016
When you’re hiring a new manager, the stakes are high. You need someone who can effectively lead people, manage a budget, liaise with upper management — and, usually, do it all from day one. But what if a potential hire doesn’t yet have a track record in doing all of the above? Would you hire or promote a star player into a management role if they’ve never managed anyone?
Consultants' Consultant
MAY 30, 2016
Consultants Consultant: Make meetings effective: set an outcome! When every meeting has an outcome then every meeting is focused. You can make meetings shorter, and you can feel a sense of achievement when they are done. Meeting outcomes are specific to the meeting, the client, and where you’re up to in the project. Choose just 1 outcome […].
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Strategy+Business
MAY 30, 2016
One of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in developing countries is to extend the reach of the Internet. But progress has been slow, for three reasons: Internet access is too expensive, the Internet lacks relevant content for the bottom of the pyramid, and the Internet is still unfamiliar to residents of those nations. These problems can be fixed.
MishTalk
MAY 30, 2016
In a stark warning as to what will happen if Chancellor Angela Merkel allows Turkish citizens visa-free travel throughout Europe, … Continue reading →
Henry DeVries
JUNE 2, 2016
In a February, 2016 op-ed, John MacAfee announced that his team of “75% social engineers…and…25% hardcore coders” could help the FBI unlock a notorious iPhone—for free—to keep Apple (APPL) out of awkward struggle between the company’s customers and the U.S. government. While the FBI still hasn’t announced how it ultimately achieved [.
Consultants' Consultant
MAY 30, 2016
Consultants Consultant: Ad copy, Web page, brochure: do you know the words that are powerful? With online testing we’ve got more and more evidence about what works. It’s not about what you LIKE to see, or what you click on, but what your demographic clicks on and likes. Here’s a very useful article on the words that matter, […].
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Martinka Consulting
JUNE 1, 2016
A business owner friend, in the process of selling his business, told me how frustrated he was with the deal and especially the buyer. The buyer looked at it as a transaction not a partnership. The buyer kept attacking with strategies costing the seller large amounts of unnecessary tax and asking for impossible conditions. Buying a business is not like buying a car, a refrigerator, or even a house.
MishTalk
JUNE 2, 2016
A year ago, Germany’s Green Party wanted to hold a vote on responsibility for the Ottoman massacres, a systematic expulsion … Continue reading →
Harvard Business
MAY 30, 2016
FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. In our work with leaders, we see that great ones grow themselves and their organizations by deliberately working on three areas: They wisely manage the present, anchoring in purpose and values. They selectively forget the past, letting go of old values, beliefs, and behaviors that no longer serve them or their organizations.
Strategy+Business
MAY 31, 2016
Leaders need to recognize the situations when staying the course could undermine a company's values and long-term success.
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Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 1, 2016
Other than writing a daily blog (a practice that's free, and priceless), reading more blogs is one of the best ways to become smarter, more effective and more engaged in what's going on. The last great online bargain. Good blogs aren't focused on the vapid race for clicks that other forms of social media encourage. Instead, they patiently inform and challenge, using your time with respect.
MishTalk
MAY 30, 2016
German chancellor Angela Merkel wants to stand tough against Russia, but Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Greece, and Portugal have had … Continue reading →
Harvard Business
MAY 31, 2016
It’s normal to get a sinking feeling when one of your employees says, “I have something to tell you.” No manager wants to hear that someone on their team has another job offer in hand. But how should you actually respond to the news? Should you counteroffer? Or just accept that they’re moving on? And how can you tell if the employee is just bluffing to get a raise?
Strategy+Business
JUNE 1, 2016
In most cases, when managers joke with their employees, it's no laughing matter.
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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
Seth Godin Blog
JUNE 2, 2016
It's impossible to see yourself as others do. Not merely because the medium is imperfect, but, when it comes to ourselves, we process what we see differently than everyone else in the world does. We make this mistake with physical mirrors as well as the now ubiquitous mirror of what people are saying about us behind our back on social media.
MishTalk
JUNE 3, 2016
Initial Reaction Today’s employment report shows an increase of 38,000 jobs, well under the Bloomberg Econoday consensus estimate of 158,000 … Continue reading →
Harvard Business
MAY 30, 2016
HBR STAFF. Management is about commitment, execution, and follow-through. Did you act? Good. Did it work? Do it again. It didn’t? Do something else. Above all, keep doing things; keep taking action. I teach a course in strategic controls at the University of Portland. In a recent class we talked about less-than-virtuous actions we’ve seen in business.
Strategy+Business
JUNE 2, 2016
Ten time-honored tools and techniques in a graphic.
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