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Less Marketing, More Consulting — How To Win Projects Within Your Network with Stuart Friedman: Podcast #19

Consulting Success

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Reading at work

Seth Godin Blog

Most organizations think nothing of having twenty valuable employees spend an hour in a meeting that's only tangentially related to their productive output. But if you're sitting at your desk reading a book that changes your perspective, your productivity or your contribution, it somehow feels like slacking off. The Art of Work.

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Announcing the CEO Club of Greater Boston

Emerson Consulting Group

Being able to meet and get to know fellow CEOs from a different industry or even a similar one helps a lot due to the sharing of like information. aware of your product, service or event? Our members will be happy to meet you! Testimonials. Joe Bodio , CEO, Lan-Tel Communications. Current Sponsors. emerson consulting group inc.,

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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

Harvard Business

At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper. Let’s go back to our seminar list and take one of the responses: “achieve $100m net revenue.”

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Make Data a Cornerstone of Your Team

Harvard Business

If you were entering the job market in the early 90s, most job descriptions included “Macintosh experience” or “excellent PC skills” in their preferred qualifications. It also motivates colleagues to emulate their peers to have an opportunity to be mentioned by leadership in the next all hands meeting.

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Happy customers are closer than they appear

1 to 1

The ongoing chip shortage as well as major supply chain disruptions, however, have led to delays and inventory shortages that continue to upend new and used car markets. And we do that across all departments, whether that’s marketing or technicians or sales. But we do try to meet our teammates’ needs wherever possible.

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How to Talk to Strangers and Enjoy It

CaseInterview.com

A few days ago, I was in Manhattan taking a seminar on screenplay writing. During this informal “shop talk,” a 1Y from McK asked me how to be more comfortable meeting strangers (e.g., When you meet someone for the first time, hands down the easiest thing you can do is ask them about themselves. Lesson learned.). new clients).

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