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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

These professionals stand out as some of the best I’ve met in the biz When I worked as an executive or a consultant advising C-suite leaders and business owners, many of them complained about their inability to attract and recruit talent. Many recruiting firms keep a good handle on their available talent inventory.

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How to Overcome Your Imposter Syndrome Fears

Consulting Matters

This fear is the primary culprit behind procrastination on getting a business launched, resistance to creating a world-class website and being strategic about marketing and sales. It comes out with all types of logical excuses about money and ethics about marketing. And this fear is sneaky. But the fact is you and I both know it is.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Now I run a national talent agency for HR consultants as well as the Professional Independent Consultants of America, both organizations that help independent consultants be successful. One way to get over the psychological hurdle is to avoid calling it “sales”. I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back.

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3 Steps Toward Getting Your Workforce Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Right

Organizational Talent Consulting

Some of the many ways different business functions could begin utilizing generative AI in the workplace now are: Marketing and sales functions - writing sales copy and creating product user guides. There is a growing interest and concern with ethics associated with AI models.

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Ineffective Sales Leaders Can Cause Lasting Damage

Harvard Business

Success in a sales force requires having strong talent up and down the organization. A weak salesperson will weaken a sales territory, a bad sales manager will damage their team and dampen results in their region, and a poor sales leader will eventually ruin the entire sales force. Consider two examples.

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Driving Sales Success This Quarter, This Year, and Beyond

Harvard Business

Most sales forces focus a good deal of their attention on the short term — on bringing in today’s sales or making this quarter’s numbers. It’s understandable: The sales team wants to be successful. But sales forces that are managed only to meet short-term needs can drift into mediocrity.

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