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Buying a Business; Operating a Business; Selling a Business Employees are More Important than Ever

Martinka Consulting

Publications from the Puget Sound Business Journal, to the New York Times, to the Wall Street Journal and everyone in-between regularly have articles on the job market. Many people worked harder than ever when working from home, didn’t see much of others, and didn’t travel. Bottom line, it’s an employee friendly market.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Ideal backgrounds include business communication, public relations, marketing, journalism, and advertising. Gaining work experience can allow you to position yourself as a low-risk hire who can hit the ground running from day one by operating independently and delivering value without extensive handholding and supervision.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. An excellent virtual coach has the ability to: Operate the tools and functions of collaborative technology. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63, 243–253. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.

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Google Enters the Hotel Business, Takes on Advertisers Priceline, Expedia, and Trip Advisor

MishTalk

Thus, I welcome the Wall Street Journal report Google Checks In to the Hotel Business. Google is adding more photos and reviews to its hotel listings, so they increasingly resemble those of travel search sites such as Priceline Group Inc. The idea is to encourage travelers to plan more of their trips directly on Google.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Kollmann, T., Stöckmann, C., &

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Future of Healthcare: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Tom Spencer

Medical student education and resident training, patient therapy, and physician operations are three segments in healthcare with high growth potential for VR and AR technologies. 3 This was developed to provide better insights into how the heart operates and what happens when something goes wrong. . Images: Flickr , Flickr.

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Robot Taxis Starting 2016 in Japan; Self-Driving Trucks on German Autobahn; Millions of Truck and Taxi Driver Jobs will Vanish in US by 2025

MishTalk

Autonomous taxis will operate in test mode next year with a goal of full production by 2020. The company says it will seek to offer unmanned cabs to users including travelers from overseas and locals in areas where buses and trains are not available. It's just a test, but it won't take five years for live operation. Truck Yeah!