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5 Tips for Writing Meaningful Thank-You Notes

Harvard Business

Thank-you notes are a powerful professional tool for leaders. The author — a senior communications professional at Pfizer — shares her experiences learning about the power of thank-you notes from her high-powered mentor and seeing how it benefitted their business, professional relationships, and personal well-being. She also posits five principles of thank-you note-writing: Take time to reflect; thank those who are often forgotten; be specific; make it matter; and it’s never too late.

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My Top 5 Consulting, Coaching & Entrepreneurial Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Consulting Matters

It’s hard to believe it, but I’ve had my own consulting and coaching business for almost 15 years! Along the way, I have had my successes…and failures. In this post and Enough Already podcast episode, I’m sharing with you my 5 biggest mistakes that I’ve made over the past 15 years with the hope you’ll learn from me, avoid my mistakes, and build a thriving consulting or coaching business.

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How One Major Healthcare Firm Became the Leader in Innovative AI Use

Harvard Business

Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) has gone on a journey from being the least efficient user of technology in the Blue Cross system to the most efficient as measured on a technology cost per employee basis. Not only that but they have absorbed waves of new technology: cloud, new security protocols, extensive mobile support, more than 20 production AI applications and now generative AI (gen AI).

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10 Best Places to Get Free Music for Your Podcast [2024]

Buzzsprout

Adding music and effects is a great way to polish you podcast, but using illegal music can quickly get you booted off major directories. In this blog, we share the best podcast music resources, and debunk common about using copyrighted content. What kind of podcast music can you use? The vast majority of music is subject to copyright. Artists want to protect their music and get paid when it's used.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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California Files a Lawsuit Against Big Oil, What’s the Logical Response?

MishTalk

Chevron is doing what every sensible CA-based company should do, if possible, leave the state. But what about the big oil lawsuit?

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Learning Styles: What Type of Learner Are You?

Girard Training Solutions

Understanding how we learn and process information can significantly enhance our ability to communicate and work effectively with others. The VARK model, developed by Neil Fleming in 1987, offers a practical approach to identifying individual learning styles. Unlike other learning style inventories that consider numerous components, such as personality, motivation, social preferences, and physical environments , VARK focuses on sensory modalities.

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Strengthen Your GenAI Rollout with Established Change Management Principles

Harmonious Workplaces

How Change Management Will Benefit Your Artificial Intelligence Implementation Generative AI, or genAI, is quickly moving from the bleeding edge of innovation to a proven technology across entire organizations. Just like with any technology rollout, you can improve the likelihood of success by grounding your rollout in time-tested change management principles.

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Silence vs noise

Seth Godin Blog

When a group comes together, noise is easy. Just a few people have to make a commotion for noise to happen. But silence requires everyone to be in sync.

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Change Management Basics

LSA Global

The Change Management Basics to Get Right What Is Change Management? We define the change management basics as the process of helping people successfully and consistently embrace new ideas, beliefs, and behaviors. We know from change management consulting research that successful leaders consistently anticipate and respond to internal and external shifts by implementing new ways of thinking and working.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Trump Fires Arrows Missing the Target Badly, Will a Recession Save Him?

MishTalk

Trump's strategy has gone from boring to shockingly bizarre and counterproductive. Does Trump think his opponent is Brian Kemp or Kamala Harris? What about recession?

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Trump Seeks More Influence Over the Fed, a Really Stupid Idea

MishTalk

To understand why it’s stupid, ask yourself what would happen if Democrats get complete control again.

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