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Your Right to Win Consulting Projects

David A Fields

As you target future prospects and projects for your consulting firm, ask that good-looking consultant in the mirror: “Where do you have the right to win?” Billy, the standout voice in my college gospel choir, pined to play The Witch in Steven Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods.

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How to Capitalize on Your Setbacks to Propel You Toward Success with Mitch Russo: Podcast #8

Consulting Success

Don’t waste your time dwelling on your problems — use your setbacks to achieve the consulting success you’ve been dreaming o f. Description: Mitch Russo is a certification business model expert who specializes in working with companies that are looking to quickly grow substantially in size. He understands that making small, calculated shifts in your thinking can change everything for your business and your success.

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How to win an argument every time (according to science)

Tom Spencer

Ever feel you’re fighting a losing battle at work? Compromise and empathy are valuable assets, but sometimes you need to outright get your point across if progress is to be made. Laboring on under a false understanding can just create more trouble down the line – and nobody learns anything if their misconceptions are never … Continue reading "How to win an argument every time (according to science)".

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Top Five Lessons Learned from My 16 Years as an “Interim VP Marketing”

Women in Consulting

:: Since founding my consulting company in 2001, I’ve been serving Silicon Valley CEOs as an interim VP marketing. Usually they are running smallish companies and either haven’t yet brought a full-time VP marketing on board or they just lost their VP marketing for some reason. Either way, my clients are wise enough to realize that they’re operating under a handicap – likely losing both mindshare and market share — if this role is vacant.

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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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Celebrating Actionable’s Culture

Actionable

I’m so proud and grateful to be part of a team that understands their role in cultivating the culture that we want and need. The post Celebrating Actionable’s Culture appeared first on Actionable.co.

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How Can The SEC Suspend A Currency? Bitcoin Goes Through New Woes

Tom Spencer

The regulation of the Bitcoin industry is getting even stranger. Not only are Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and token sales now subject to federal securities laws, in late August the SEC announced the temporary suspension of trading of First Bitcoin Capital Corp (BITCF). The trading ban on the Canadian company will be in effect until … Continue reading "How Can The SEC Suspend A Currency?

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 2, Rolling Wave Planning Inside One Quarter

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I wrote about thinking in feature sets and how to quickly create a feature set of—with any luck—smaller features. That’s because features don’t arrive at the same rate and they change in value, during a quarter. Because features change in value and because some feature sets need to deliver value on a more regular basis, the real roadmap looks more like this graphic, “When the Agile Roadmap Changes.” Note that the top line feature set has more featu

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Celebrating Actionable’s Culture

Actionable

I’m so proud and grateful to be part of a team that understands their role in cultivating the culture that we want and need. The post Celebrating Actionable’s Culture appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Panic Buying of Gasoline in Florida, 40% of Miami Stations Out of Gas: Blame Anti-Gouging Laws for Shortages

MishTalk

As Hurricane Irma nears Florida, everyone is in a rush to fill up their tanks. About 40% of the gasoline stations in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region are now without fuel. Floridians have turned to the Crowd-Sourced ‘Gas Buddy’ App to determine which stations still have gas. (more…).

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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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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

Photo by Joshua Jackson. Mindfulness has become the corporate fad du jour , a practice widely touted as a fast-track to better leadership. But we suspect that not all the benefits laid at its feet actually belong there. Our research and analysis has revealed a complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance—one that is important for leaders to understand as they seek to develop in their careers.

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 3, Flow-Based Roadmapping

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I wrote about thinking in feature sets so everyone could see smaller chunks of work. (If you can see them, you might be able to plan for smaller and deliver smaller.). In Part 2 , I suggested smaller rolling waves than an entire quarter (two months, or preferably one month) so people could see what they might deliver as those small chunks.

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Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way

Actionable

I needed to make sure that my vision was in my calendar every day, focus on where my clients wanted to go, and include Actionable as part of the journey. The post Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Hurricane Irma Strengthens, Florida Path Likely: State of Emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico

MishTalk

According to the latest national weather forecast, Hurricane Irma is headed straight for Florida. Puerto Rico will get hit first, on Wednesday. Both Puerto Rico and Florida have declared a state of emergency as Irma Strengthens to Category 4. (more…).

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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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The Better You Know Yourself, the More Resilient You’ll Be

Harvard Business

When we think about “resilience,” we typically imagine bouncing back from major hardship. Management theorists have increasingly put forward a more nuanced definition , however: resilience as the ability to adapt to complex change. But in today’s world, that means the demand for resilience is almost constant. With the ongoing onslaught of problems leaders face, and change being the only constant in organizational life, leaders must cultivate resilience as an ongoing skill, not

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 4, Resilience, Prediction, & Feedback

Johanna Rothman

One of my clients was trying—valiantly—to make their quarterly planning sessions work. They prepared, getting the big hotel room. They had plenty of supplies. The planning even went well. However, within two weeks, their plan had no relation to reality. That meant that for the next ten weeks, the product owners were “on their own.” And, because the product managers were out of the office so much, they had a terrible time deciding what to do to benefit the entire program.

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Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way

Actionable

I needed to make sure that my vision was in my calendar every day, focus on where my clients wanted to go, and include Actionable as part of the journey. The post Scaling My Business with Actionable—Getting Out of My Own Way appeared first on Actionable.co.

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Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Massive Cyber Hack Revealed: Why Not Make Insider Trading Legal?

MishTalk

Equifax reports hackers accessed up to 143 million US consumers’ information. Equifax discovered the breach on July 29. Equifax discovered the breach on July 29. Just today, the public finds out about the breach. In the interim, three Equifax executives dumped about $1.8 million in Equifax shares. Hey, why not? It’s only a “small percentage” of their holdings.

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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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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business

Steven Moore for HBR. “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything,” wrote Paul Krugman more than 20 years ago. “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” There is a virtuous cycle between productivity and people: Higher levels of productivity allow society to reinvest in human capital (most obviously, though not exclusively, via higher wage

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A Manual for Self-Disruption

Strategy+Business

Leaders can encourage their organizations to construct their own futures by empowering internal iconoclasts and establishing a sense of urgency.

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Common traps, worth avoiding

Seth Godin Blog

Don't be trapped into accepting shame from someone who is trying to keep you from doing something you have every right to do. Ignore the mob that would like you to feel badly for not fitting in. Categories are rarely permanent, and most important work is done by people who don't easily fit in. Realize that no one is more aware of your minor flaws than you are.

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“10-Year Treasury Yields Headed to Zero Percent” Saxo Bank CIO

MishTalk

In his latest Email article, Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank Chief economist and CIO has a bold prediction about interest rates. With nearly everyone, even Janet Yellen at the Fed, predicting wage-induced inflation, Jakobsen makes a bold call in the opposite direction. (more…).

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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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What Instructional Design Theories Work Best With Online Training?

Clarity Consultants

Online training offers a wealth of opportunity for learners and trainers alike. It provides deep resources and easy access to corporate training that companies have quickly found great value in. But not every type of lesson works well in a digital format. Here are 3 instructional design models that have proven to operate well in the modern age of online training courses.

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Why First Impressions Are Often Wrong.

Strategy+Business

In his new book, Face Value, Princeton psychologist Alexander Todorov explores our predilection for judging other people by their faces.

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Airbrushing

Seth Godin Blog

When they began airbrushing the models in fashion magazines fifty years ago, no one complained much. Everyone knew, we thought, that it was some sort of make believe. But then they started airbrushing our food. And then vacations. And family photos. And brands. And jobs. Spend enough time looking through the glass on your tablet and you'll come to believe that you're the only one with a less-than-perfect situation.

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Highly Unusual US Treasury Yield Pattern Not Seen Since Summer of 2000

MishTalk

Curve watchers anonymous has taken an in-depth review of US treasury yield charts on a monthly and daily basis. There’s something going on that we have not see on a sustained basis since the summer of 2000. Some charts will show what I mean. (more…).

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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.