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Bad Boss or Good Boss: Who Do Your Work For?

Rick Conlow

They are an epidemic killing off employee productivity, loyalty, creativity and company profit. The worst bosses contribute to poor morale and bad attitudes, which lead to poor productivity, indifferent customer service, lower sales, reduced quality, and poorer overall financial results. Gallup says 82% of managers fail.

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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 Tom Peters Seminar.

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To Increase Sales, Get Customers to Commit a Little at a Time

Harvard Business

Most sales models include a conversion funnel in which reps try to convert a marketing-generated lead into a prospect and then a customer through sequential steps. ” This perspective is promoted in books and seminars, but research indicates it is not how people buy. An incremental approach to sales has many benefits.

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

Consulting Success

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. He shares a number of ways that he has made this work for him, including aggressively building product.

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Good Bosses vs. Bad Bosses: What’s the Difference?

Rick Conlow

They are an epidemic killing off employee productivity, loyalty, creativity and company profit. Interviews in seven hundred companies of 2 million employees suggest that the productivity of employees depends on their relationship to their boss. Poor managers continue to dominate the landscape of corporate world globally. But we can.

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6 Steps to Make Your Strategic Plan Really Strategic

Harvard Business

I’ll let you in on the six-step technique I have developed over many years, working with clients and in teaching my public seminars on strategic planning. It was a national distributor of milk and other dairy products and in it, farmers occupied two roles. But methods can be learned. You may think that this will be easy.

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Announcing the CEO Club of Greater Boston

Emerson Consulting Group

transforming CEOs and their firms into thoughtleaders: www.thoughtleading.com Maguire Associates , a research-based consulting firm that serves educational institutions: [link] Productive Media , Boston’s Custom Audio Visual and Video Production Solution: [link] The Salute Military Golf Association New England. Testimonials.

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