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Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot

Martinka Consulting

We were trying to help a young friend of the family with his job search (before and after insisting he meet with Matt Youngquist at Career Horizons). Sports are exciting because of upsets. The post Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot appeared first on Martinka Consulting. He never seemed to get this.

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Business Development and Networking During a Pandemic Lockdown

Successful Independent Consulting

I provide the Zoom meeting link, but we each bring our own drink. Teams with higher scores on the five behaviors also received higher ratings from their leaders on producing quality deliverables, completing tasks on time, working productively together, and meeting or exceeding goals. Consulting guru David A.

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Socialism May Work in Sports but Not in Business

Martinka Consulting

In the NFL, and other pro sports, the league has a salary cap that teams must adhere to. Banks are in business to be paid back and have their own metrics, which borrowers must meet or exceed. The post Socialism May Work in Sports but Not in Business appeared first on Martinka Consulting. It’s to promote parity and it’s worked.

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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

In our first meeting, Alan recommended the book The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner. Ted Lasso: An Empathetic Leadership Paradigm The Apple TV series Ted Lasso exemplifies empathetic leadership, contrasting with traditional coercive methods in sports. People felt threatened.

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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

Before an interview, you should receive the names of those you will meet. One big area is sports – many people have a vested interest in major sports. If you know about the key events and happenings in major sports, you will be able to hold a conversation about a topic that many consultants enjoy talking about.

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The Way of Marketing Moderation

The Fearless Marketer

All three sisters did a lot of exercising in their lives – sports, running, walking, skiing. But I was never heavily into sports. And my income-producing work consists of meetings with clients or program participants Tuesday through Friday. No more than 4 meetings a day. Well, apparently not. But it’s a paper tiger.

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Sports & StrengthsFinder – Using Strengths to Build Strong Teams

Leadership Vision Consulting

Having worked with numerous high level sports’ teams I know coaches would rather have this information than not have it at all. I cannot tell you how many people I meet of all ages who cannot answer the question of ‘what are you good at, what do you well?’ There is no formula that will guide you exactly how to do this.

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