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Seth's Blog: Upcoming seminar/internships

Seth Godin Blog

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. Upcoming seminar/internships. I'm seeing some absolutely extraordinary talent. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Upcoming seminar/internships : « The illusion of choice | Main. | The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery). Purple Cow.

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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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Know When To Cut Your Losses

Martinka Consulting

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. Don’t worry if they’re extremely talented, have solid customer relationships, have a wealth of product knowledge or anything else. Take action.

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When It’s Time To Cut Your Losses

Martinka Consulting

Interestingly, last Thursday I attended a seminar on culture and one of the things the speaker said was that you can’t change your (bad) culture if you keep the same people. Don’t worry if they’re extremely talented, have solid customer relationships, have a wealth of product knowledge or anything else.

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How a C Player Becomes an A Player

CaseInterview.com

If you have the raw talent and work ethic but are simply inexperienced, that’s very different than if you are experienced (in terms of years worked), but just can’t seem to do a good job. That’s because someday you may be managing a C player and will need to know what your options are in terms of managing him.

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The More You Energize Your Coworkers, the Better Everyone Performs

Harvard Business

Members of this health care company who experienced relational energy with their leaders were more engaged at work, which then led to higher productivity. You attract talent, and people are more likely to devote their discretionary time to your projects. This translates into higher work performance. The opposite is also true.

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business

It’s one thing to note a person working solo in an otherwise empty seminar room, or a group of people huddling around someone’s desk because a conference room wasn’t available. What are the most satisfying attributes of the existing workplace that sustain productivity? This is easier said than done, however.