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Anyone Can Succeed - Celebrating 15 Years of Consulting Success with Dan Weedin

Consulting Matters

Dan Weedin is an author, speaker, consultant, coach, podcaster and founder of Toro Consulting , a firm that specializes in small business growth, particularly in the insurance/risk business. Dan Weedin: Well I'd been an insurance broker for pretty much all of my career. So I had been selling insurance but then I started thinking.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. As alarming as those numbers are, they shouldn’t come as a surprise if you consider how sales training is usually conducted. Here are some ways to incorporate better technology into training: Before.

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Are You Overly Enamored?

Martinka Consulting

(We think) our house is worth more than the market says it is, so is our car, and what about the following three business things? One customer is 52% of sales, or three are 80% of sales, it’s a sign of how much they love us. What about service providers who get hung up on their methodology? Time is an illusion.

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How Much Gold Should Someone Own? Where and How To Own It?

MishTalk

There is no fixed answer, but rather a general methodology that I like: Do not invest outside your comfort zone. Remember, if you do choose physical possession, you will need theft insurance or some other means of ensuring its safety. Additionally, shares of the Trust are bought and sold at market price, not at net asset value (“NAV”).

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. The result was the Booking.com platform.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

market for latex condoms. Recently, Mayer Laboratories sued Church and Dwight, Trojan’s parent company, for illegally monopolizing the market. It requires a broad knowledge and a high-level, big-picture understanding of the company and its markets. My group chose to examine the U.S.

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A Tool for Balancing Your Company’s Digital Investments

Harvard Business

A retailer’s point of sale (POS) system falls into that category. Today, for example, many banks, insurance companies and law firms are exploring how they might exploit blockchain technologies. Others are essential to running the existing business but don’t necessarily provide a competitive advantage.

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