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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Lee is not just a great leader; he also turned his leadership success into a highly profitable leadership and management training business, so he's got some best practices on how he stands out in the market and wins clients. Related Blog, Video, or Podcast Episode: The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band.

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Inside the Invisible but Influential World of Scent Branding

Harvard Business

Scented environments have been shown to reduce typos made by office workers ; improve the perception of product quality ; increase purchase intent , average unit sales , and duration of a retail visit or stay among consumers; and boost the willingness of consumers to pay more for a product. Steve Lewis Stock/Getty Images.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. The sales and marketing director said he was receiving complaints about sloppy service. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel. And something was wrong.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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What Nursing Parents Need to Know About Pumping During Work Travel

Harvard Business

” My interviews with people who have faced this challenge revealed some ways new parents can make this tough phase easier on themselves. Given the corporate climate, she felt enormous pressure to attend the company’s annual sales meeting, which meant leaving her 14-week-old son at home. Ask, Advocate, and Organize.

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Stop Wasting Money on Team Building

Harvard Business

One sales and marketing executive I know told me how he was flown to London with 20 of his colleagues, put up in a pricey hotel, and then trained to do the haka, a traditional war dance, by a group of Maori tribe members from New Zealand. It included questionnaires and interviews with hundreds of team members.

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