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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

To meet the challenge I recommend changing your frame of reference. Take for example real estate agents, who are experts at keeping their names fresh in people’s minds: At least once a week I get a postcard listing recent home sales in my neighborhood. The subject was “Happy Birthday!” I hope all is well with you.”.

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The Psychology Behind Marketing Online Education

Tom Spencer

How do people decide which online university will meet their needs? Someone who wishes to achieve a degree in philosophy may be very different from someone who wants real estate training online. Aside from working on her own business, she likes to use social media, and read travel books.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business

Beginning in the Spring of 2016, our workplace analytics group worked with commercial real estate company CBRE to calculate the cost savings associated with relocating a 1,200-person Microsoft engineering organization from five buildings into four other buildings. 77 hours compared to.85

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Brain Drain and Capital Flight: 64% of Wealthy Chinese Plan to Leave China

MishTalk

And Chinese nationals are leaving in vast waves: Last year, more than 100 million outbound travelers crossed the frontiers. Still, the sheer volume of China''s outbound travel these days, and its massive economic impact, gives it new leverage. Today, China''s borders are wide open. Almost anybody who wants a passport can get one.

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Hypocrites and Bullies Speak on "The Importance of Trust"

MishTalk

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Mike Rogers, told he “absolutely” thinks that one of the countries will give Snowden travel documents. told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Minyanville Business and Market News.

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What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors

Harvard Business

To their credit, Tejon Ranch management was initially welcoming and agreed to meet with us in person. Other activists have expertise in development and commercial real estate. They also seemed genuinely willing to meet with us whenever we asked, even if they were not willing to do all we wanted. They were also cautious.