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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. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].

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The Secret Sauce to a Superior Customer Experience

Rick Conlow

When I got to my hotel, the clerk seemed annoyed with me. Research shows us that the top service companies have higher sales growth and profits over time. And training, coaching, recognizing, and supporting your employee teams so they become superstars. See this: 21 Servant Leadership Training Lessons.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

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???After the World Cup: MLS Brand Can Expand!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Strategy second: The first step you take is a step back: Brand tracking, segmentation, heritage, talking to fans, and figuring out what you’ve learned that you should apply next year. Second, build a strategy by understanding what you will and won’t do. Brand Strategy is three questions: a) Who are we targeting? Kill profits.

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Another Ghost Town in China, This Time a Replica of Manhattan

MishTalk

Ghost cities, ghost malls, and empty train stations in China have been in the news for years. China’s project to build a replica Manhattan is taking shape against a backdrop of vacant office towers and unfinished hotels, underscoring the risks to a slowing economy from the nation’s unprecedented investment boom.

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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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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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