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Recession Planning for Businesses and their Leaders.
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Welcome to Leader's Digest — your one-stop destination for all things leadership and organizational strategy. This week, we'll be shining a light on recession planning, and what leaders can do to mitigate the effects of a recession.
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The True Costs of Implying in Leadership Communication (& How to address them)
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
MAY 26, 2023
Welcome to Leader's Digest! Three key lessons and insights from business leaders on core concepts that can assist you in addressing the problem at hand.
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Finite Attention Spans and Employee Agility Driving Corporate Training Trends
Clarity Consultants
OCTOBER 19, 2023
L&D leaders have been instrumental in helping employers and employees pivot to pandemic protocols and navigate both remote and hybrid operations and corporate culture. Video content is on average fast and easy-to-digest and coupling images with audio increases subject matter recall. The time commitment is minimal.
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Why Leaders Wake Up Early
Leadership Vision Consulting
MAY 7, 2023
In this episode, we introduce our new podcast series, What Leaders Do, small little digestible nuggets of wisdom to help you be a better leader. We're joined live by members of our community to discuss why the best leaders wake up early. We share insights on how leaders wake up early and stick to the habit.
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Content Marketing – Your Invisible Weapon
Chad Barr
MAY 17, 2023
Thought-Leadership: Successful thought leaders consistently publish influential content. ” So, aim to deliver your content in a manner that’s easily digestible for your audience. SEO: Quality, relevant content is integral to your website’s visibility on search engines, driving increased traffic to your site.
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Attracting the attention of legal services clients
The Source
OCTOBER 14, 2021
For example, they have a strong preference for easy-to-digest forms of content such as blogs and short articles. They’re also more likely to want to see content backed by summaries of existing research and interviews with industry leaders, rather than the cutting-edge analytics that are favoured by consulting clients.
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Unexpected Insights Learning About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Women in Consulting
JANUARY 28, 2022
I did this for several reasons: In the wake of the protests in the summer and fall of 2020, exploring racism in the US became important to me as a citizen of this great nation and as a leader of this organization. To bring smart people together for discussing and digesting thought-provoking books on racism.
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Marketing Guidelines for Professional Services Firms During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Prudent Pedal
APRIL 3, 2020
In the past two weeks, I have digested more “content” than is healthy. READ: The Purpose of a Leader 6 Marketing Guidelines for Professional Services Firms During the COVID-19 Pandemic 1. I’ve deleted more email spam and voicemails than I did ALL of last year. Partners need to listen. Panic serves no one.
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EntreLeadership – Decision Making for Leaders
Women in Consulting
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
In one of his chapters, he talks about the steps a leader should take when making decisions. In order for me to digest what Dave wrote about, I made a list so I can see the steps. Yet, a good leader will self-impose a deadline on decisions to force themselves to take action. Emotionally digest and accept the worse case scenario.
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The Art of the Elevator Pitch
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Business leaders are asked a version of this same question throughout their careers: What is your presentation about? When a listener doesn’t understand the overarching idea being presented in a pitch, they have a hard time digesting the information. But communicating your point in a simple, digestible way is hard.
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Learning without training – Books
The Management Centre
JANUARY 26, 2023
Books are particularly useful if you want to take your time to digest ideas and to process information. Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? However, these behaviours can cause long-term problems for organisations and these very traits that then cause the leaders downfall. These are seen as masculine behaviours.
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Ken’s Speaking Topics 2020
Emerson Consulting Group
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
A regular keynote speaker at events sponsored by IMC, the National Speakers Association, Harvard University and the Concord Festival of Authors, he’s been interviewed by the New York Times, Fortune, Newsweek, Financial Times, Investors’ Business Daily, National Public Radio, CBS, Writer’s Digest and many more. See Ken on video: [link].
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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 27, 2016
These challenges require extraordinary leaders. A study published in 2011 examined CEOs in the top-100 best hospitals in USNWR in three key medical specialties: cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care. ” But this is changing. Might there be a general message here? Other studies also find this correlation.
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Common Challenges of Leaders, Managers, and Doers
Billable Percentage
MARCH 21, 2017
If you are at an organization, you are one of the following: A leader, A manager, or. It’s one thing for leaders to have different opinions, discuss it in a meeting, and come to a consensus. It’s another thing when leaders say one thing in a meeting, but think differently in private. Economic volatility.
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Making Your Promises Explicit: Taking a Leadership Oath:
Confessions of a Consultant
APRIL 8, 2018
Should Leaders take an Oath? Or do you break Leadership down into easily digestible chunks and teach them the individual components – much like simple concepts in music are taught to a beginner with complexity added later in a sort-of layering process? As organization leaders, should we hold ourselves to the same high standards?
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Technical Experts Need to Get Better at Telling Stories
Harvard Business
APRIL 13, 2018
In my experience, startup and technical business leaders don’t tell their innovation stories well. That’s why tech leaders need to understand their target audience. The final result didn’t always convey every nuance I was aiming for, but the end result was immensely digestible. And I understand why.
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Communicating Organization Change: Separate the Presentation of the Model from the Announcement of the Leadership Team
Kates Kesler
DECEMBER 6, 2012
Whether called a redesign, restructuring, or reorganization, for most employees organization design is synonymous with the appointment of leaders into new roles. Let the audience digest the model and understand it. The announcement email typically begins with “I am pleased to announce my new leadership team….”
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How SMEs can welcome the decade of Organizational Culture
Asamby Consulting
JUNE 2, 2022
2) Reflect After the assessment, it is advisable to sit with the data and digest what has been unearthed. Some options are: Culture assessment Informal rules mapping Culture-oriented employee surveys Ritual spotting Tailored workshops with the team Individual team member assessments (e.g. using bluquist) Etc.
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Management Consulting Salary Guide for 2019
CaseInterview.com
MARCH 5, 2019
For project leaders, salaries are about $175,000 on average at top tier firms. Project leaders and partners mainly oversee these operations and interpret the data to provide solutions to clients. A big part of the success of consulting firms is presenting this knowledge in a confident and digestible manner.
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From meeting-heavy to essential meetings only
Asamby Consulting
MAY 4, 2022
This helps any leader to start a meeting reformation with intentional interventions that will shake off old meeting habits and boost productivity. Over at WorkLab (a Microsoft-powered news hub for new work) scientists, engineers, and business leaders unravel the facts, trends, and new narratives changing the work environment.
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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals
Harvard Business
AUGUST 8, 2017
As a new manager, spend time to consider the kind of leader you are and hope to be. ” In other cases, you might end up saying: “ In digesting what you have shared, I am finding I just can’t get myself comfortable with that direction. An authentic and connected presence begins from the inside-out. My view has changed.”
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Portugal Uncorks Bottle of.
MishTalk
JULY 11, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. Agreeing to Mr Cavaco Silva’s proposal would require António José Seguro, the opposition PS leader, to support €4.7bn in planned spending cuts and the potential laying off of tens of thousands of state workers, measures that he vehemently rejected until now. Chris Martenson.
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How to Find the Grit Passion for Winning at Business and Life: Interview with Dave Saliaris
Consulting Matters
APRIL 9, 2019
And as I'm sitting there thinking about what my next steps were, I tried to say to myself am I – do I have enough skill sets and capabilities to offer this as a consultant out in the world, and would that be digestible things that people would want? Now maybe I didn't digest it all and then kind of went back as we went.
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Political Atom Bomb.
MishTalk
JULY 15, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. In a new revelation, Mr Bárcenas said he made additional cash payments worth €20,000-€25,000 to Mr Rajoy and to Dolores de Cospedal, the party leader, between 2008 and 2011. Chris Martenson. Contrary Investor. Credit Card Forum. Daily Bell. Daily Paul. Danerics Elliott Waves.
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Announcing the CEO Club of Greater Boston
Emerson Consulting Group
MAY 10, 2019
Drive business leaders your way via an impressive menu of program benefits at an affordable investment. He lives in Concord Massachusetts with his wife Barbara, daughter Chloe and spitfire Golden Retriever Beckett. Membership & Rates. Sponsor, Affiliate, Partner Program. Looking to make New England CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, CHROs etc.
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How to Find the Grit Passion for Winning at Business and Life: Interview with Dave Saliaris
Consulting Matters
APRIL 9, 2019
And as I'm sitting there thinking about what my next steps were, I tried to say to myself am I – do I have enough skill sets and capabilities to offer this as a consultant out in the world, and would that be digestible things that people would want? Now maybe I didn't digest it all and then kind of went back as we went.
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How Managers Can Make Group Projects More Efficient
Harvard Business
JANUARY 17, 2017
” As a manager or team leader, how do you reap the benefits of effective collaboration without inviting inefficiencies and messiness? Assessment: Can You Handle the Increased Workload of Being a Modern Leader? In digesting what you shared, I am finding I just can’t get comfortable with that direction. Amy Jen Su.
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What Happens When Data Scientists and Designers Work Together
Harvard Business
MARCH 5, 2018
Giving them more data to digest was simply too much to ask. The epidemiologic model allowed us to discover that the hand-selected employees, while close to senior leaders, were too centrally located to meaningfully spread something new throughout the organization. We wanted to engineer a technology pandemic.
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Harvard Business
MAY 16, 2017
A core part of your job as a leader is to help others overcome the inherent, very human bias toward maintaining the status quo. They don’t have enough time to digest the new direction or cope with the situation emotionally. Identifying the Sources of Resistance. We all operate at different speeds.
Cybersecurity Has a Serious Talent Shortage. Here’s How to Fix It
Harvard Business
MAY 4, 2017
After recognizing the problem, leaders across the accounting field teamed with industry associations and academic institutions to solve the issue through awareness campaigns and hiring initiatives. In 1951 the U.S. Today there are over 800,000 female CPAs in the U.S.
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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: IMF "Baseline Scenario.
MishTalk
AUGUST 3, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. The optimistic scenario is five years away at the earliest, and unlikely at that, unless unions suddenly give in to badly needed reforms and/or some strong political leader can force free-market policies over substantial opposition. Chris Martenson. Contrary Investor. Credit Card Forum.
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MishTalk
JULY 17, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. When EU leaders approved the latest tranche of aid money for Greece earlier this month, they elected to spread it out over several months so as to increase the reform pressure on Greece. Chris Martenson. Contrary Investor. Credit Card Forum. Daily Bell. Daily Paul. Danerics Elliott Waves.
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4 Habits of People Who Are Always Learning New Skills
Harvard Business
JANUARY 31, 2018
First, track what skills the leaders in your industry are hiring for. This has its benefits, including freedom, convenience, and digestible content. Job requirements are quickly evolving. To ensure relevance, you need to focus on learning the latest emerging skills. You can do this in a couple of ways.
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Using an Algorithm to Figure Out What Luxury Customers Really Want
Harvard Business
JULY 18, 2016
A bit less than two years later, on March 23, 2016, Metis, accompanied by a film, addressed 30 Dorchester Collection leaders in the Crystal Suite at the eponymous Dorchester, in London. She had digested and analyzed millions of words of online conversation. The Richeys invited me to join their product development advisory board.
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28 11 Best Consulting Blogs: Read These Blogs To Grow Your Consultancy
Tsavo Neal
MARCH 30, 2017
David Fields – Irresistible Consulting Moments David’s vast experience as a consultant shines through his relatable and easily digestable content. Thought Leadership Resources As consultants, we all want to become thought leaders and influencers. Want to Get More Clients? Focus on High-Value Work. Finding New Clients.
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MishTalk
JULY 24, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. Bego is the President and CEO of EMS, an industry leader in the field of. Chris Martenson. Contrary Investor. Credit Card Forum. Daily Bell. Daily Paul. Danerics Elliott Waves. Decline of the Empire. Disciplined Investor. DollarCollapse. EW Trends and Charts. Financial Sense. Find the Best.
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Consulting Cover Letter
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 9, 2019
In a nutshell, writing a consulting resume requires you to reflect on your past experiences, select the ones that are most relevant to consulting, and summarize them in a manner that resume screeners can easily scan and digest. Top consulting firms typically look for the following in your resume: Big brand names (employers and schools).
Innovating in a Highly Regulated Industry Like Health Care
Harvard Business
JUNE 12, 2017
Discussing your project at the beginning of the innovation lifecycle, when the stakes are still low, gives them time to digest the new idea and provide input and guidance while the idea can still be shaped into an innovation. Talk to your legal, regulatory, and compliance colleagues early, well before your innovation is ready.
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How to Give Feedback to People Who Cry, Yell, or Get Defensive
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Leaders should walk in centered, prepared, and organized.” Let’s set up another meeting tomorrow morning after you’ve had time to digest.” Do you sugarcoat the feedback — trying to avoid a conflict — or get frustrated and fight back? ” Don’t wing it. I need you to think about this.
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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?
MishTalk
AUGUST 7, 2013
ETF Digest. Physicians Money Digest. “A follow-the-leader process develops as firms and households see that speculators are making a lot of money. Chris Martenson. Contrary Investor. Credit Card Forum. Daily Bell. Daily Paul. Danerics Elliott Waves. Decline of the Empire. Disciplined Investor. DollarCollapse. Growthology.
4 Steps to Having More “Aha” Moments
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 12, 2016
How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control. This oft-untapped resource is key to processing the deluge of information that a person needs to digest to make an insight-driven decision. You and Your Team Series. Decision Making. How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions. Stop Second-Guessing Your Decisions at Work. Carolyn O’Hara.
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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest
Harvard Business
JULY 11, 2017
While I worked with the leadership team to digest and communicate research and stories on this, my team doubled down on efforts to engage hiring managers in inclusive decision-making. We also conducted an in-house study identifying the best practices of our most inclusive leaders, identified through team feedback.
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28 Best IT Development Podcasts 2019 for consultants
QEmploy
JUNE 10, 2019
It focuses on conversations with leaders (CIOs, CDOs, CTOs) from the sectors of business, technology and innovation. With a format of easy to digest 30 minutes episodes, the weekly podcast has featured hundreds of guests and explored numerous IT topics from a Microsoft-centric viewpoint. The podcast list. Technovation. Scale Your Code.
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