Management Consulted

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'We first met Rachel in September; she was nice and very unassuming. When we got her 1:1 in our New York Bootcamp, however, we were impressed with her experience, her depth of business understanding and her very solid motivations for her passion about consulting. This is a transcribed phone interview between Rachel (name changed) and Jenny Rae – enjoy her insights about failing the first time around but coming back for consulting success and landing an offer with McKinsey in her senior yea

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'You can create your own luck by expecting good fortune, having persistence, and embracing opportunities as they arise. IF you are like most people you probably appreciate the role that luck plays in finding a romantic partner. People spend large amounts of time attending parties, going to bars, and participating in bizarre social and sporting events.

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The Thirsty Dog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

This post by Jason Price can be seen at The Thirsty Dog Blog - Seattle's Finest Blog on Business and Consulting by Jason Price. The first in a series by Jason Price focusing on the decline and impending demise of traditional print media in its current form as digital media emerges. The post Why Mainstream Print Media is Doomed in its Current Form appeared first on The Thirsty Dog Blog.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'On Friday, Salon reported Breaking: Massive Black Friday strike and arrests planned, as workers defy Wal-Mart. Defying the nation’s top employer and a business model that defines the new U.S. economy, Wal-Mart employees and allies will try to oust shopping headlines with strike stories, and throw a retail giant off its heels on what should be its happiest day of the year.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'This year''s best business books on globalization examine the rising flood of companies from emerging markets. These companies not only will drive the process of economic convergence, but also will increasingly compete head-to-head around the world against established multinational corporations from developed economies.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'Others can better write about Nelson Mandela''s impact on the world stage, on how he stood up for the dignity of all people and on how he changed our world. For those that seek to make a change in the world, whether global or local, one lesson of his life is this: You can. You can make a difference. You can stand up to insurmountable forces. You can put up with far more than you think you can.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'Initial Reaction Some of the skew in last month''s job report related to the government shutdown was taken back today, as expected. The labor force stats and participation rate were exceptions, and details reveal much weakness. Last month employment fell by 735,000 due to the shutdown, this month it rose by 818,000. Averaging the two months, household survey employment only rose by 83,000 (a mere 43,500 per month) Last month, the change in those not in the labor force was +932,000.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'Listening, questioning, and moving others to act emerged as strong themes in business books offering managerial self-help this year. New books from veteran authors Edgar H. Schein and Daniel H. Pink were standouts, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg''s hugely successful Lean In provided a clear example of the managerial practices that both men advocate in action.

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Gina Abudi

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Cultural differences between team members increases the complexity or “thinking” required around communications. Additionally, when we add virtual team members to the mix, we increase the complexity even further! Communication is affected by our ideas around hierarchy and how we expect decisions to be made or problems solved. For example, for some team members there [.].

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2013

'1. You believe that you are being actively judged. 2. You believe that the subject of the talk is you. When you stand up to give a speech, there''s a temptation to believe that the audience is actually interested in you. This just isn''t true. (Or if it is, it doesn''t benefit you to think that it is). You are not being judged, the value of what you are bringing to the audience is being judged.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'U.S. car sales are up. It''s easy to explain why: car buyers borrow more as standards loosen The average loan on a new car climbed to $26,719 in the third quarter, up by $756 from a year earlier, and the most in at least five years, according to data collected by Experian Plc. Despite borrowing so much more, average monthly payments on new car loans rose only $6 to $458.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'No matter what your business, three emerging digital phenomena--big data, socialstructing, and spreadable media--will create major changes in how you do what you do. This year''s best business books on digitization can equip you to better understand all three and the changes that they will enable and engender.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'Navigating the healthcare system can be challenging and intimidating for individuals and changes that are currently taking place can make it even more confounding. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'The self-induced anxiety formula often goes like this: What I''m about to do is important. I''ve never done it quite like this. It''s incredibly crucial, a turning point, a high risk venture, a moment in time I won''t have again. Therefore, I am nervous. And I need to get more nervous, because the importance of the moment warrants it. This is going to fail.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'At long last, beleaguered taxpayers will not have to put up with nonsense from public unions about the sanctity of pensions. In spite of Michigan constitutional provisions, the federal judge presiding over the Detroit bankruptcy filing ruled the city filed in good faith. More importantly, the judge ruled the provision in the Michigan Constitution protecting public pensions isn''t a bulletproof shield in a bankruptcy.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'This year''s best business books on strategy drive home the lesson that managing your company with an eye toward innovation in your market offerings, business portfolio, and business models is the only sustainable competitive advantage for most companies. The strategic imperative for their leaders is the continuous and deliberate navigation of change.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, the past week has been filled with nothing but advertisements and promotions galore. Fifty percent off this, 25 percent off that--it''s enough to make your head spin! But for Photojojo, the photography fanatic''s online destination, garnering attention was not just a gimmick. It was borderline genius. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'More doesn''t scale forever. Why are we so bad at enaging with this obvious truth? In Malcolm''s new book , he points out that our expectation is that most things will respond in a linear way. More input gets us more output. If you want a hotter fire, add more wood. If you want more sales, run more ads. In fact, it turns out, most things don''t respond in a linear way.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'Now that employment distortions related to the government shutdown in October are behind us, let''s take a detailed look at the recent and growing discrepancy between jobs as reported on the establishment survey and employment as reported on the household survey. Jobs vs. Employment Discussion Before diving into the details, it is important to understand limits on data, and how the BLS measures jobs in the establishment survey vs. employment in the household survey.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'For the authors of this year''s best business books, the essence of marketing is increasingly the customer experience, much of it digitally delivered. Taglines be damned, it''s time to address how customers experience your brand.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'It seemed like within one week we walked into three places where there was a popcorn machine. The third time is when my wife made the comment that became the title of this memo. Some things in life are like popcorn; they’re always good (or always bad). Often we notice the little (bad) and or get overly irritated by them. I was recently helping a client transfer his business to two of his employees.

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The Thirsty Dog

DECEMBER 3, 2013

This post by Jason Price can be seen at The Thirsty Dog Blog - Seattle's Finest Blog on Business and Consulting by Jason Price. I am just getting started! There will be more content coming soon at least every other week. Have no fear! Subscribe and hear the news! The post More posts to this section coming soon! appeared first on The Thirsty Dog Blog.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'In a feudal as well as futile attempt to keep wealthy French citizens from leaving the country, France hikes the "Exit Tax" on transfers of wealth to outside of France. They also lower the base and increase the number of things on which the tax applies. According to a "pay-walled" article on Le Monde of which I can only read a part. "The exit tax was established in 1999, repealed in 2005, then reintroduced in the first Amended Finance Act for 2011.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'Each of the best business books relating company stories this year--Edoardo Nesi''s Story of My People , Steven Mandis''s What Happened to Goldman Sachs , and David C. Robertson''s Brick by Brick --is a chronicle of failure in its own way and offers valuable lessons to leaders.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'When we find ourselves on the edge of a precipice, looking down at the depths of the chasm below, it''s easy to think that this time we went too far, that our plan is far too risky, that our product is way too bizarre, that our behavior is just too weird. The funny thing about perspective is that most bystanders don''t see you standing on a precipice at all.

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