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Why Offsites Work — and How to Get the Most Out of Them

Harvard Business

Some high-profile companies have recently issued return to office mandates, which have been met with mixed reactions from employees and the general public. A decade of research suggests a performance-boosting alternative for helping employees build meaningful collaborative networks: corporate offsites. They can be a powerful strategic tool for managers, allowing them to reshape employees’ informal organizational networks to facilitate more sharing of ideas and expertise.

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High Quality

Alan Weiss

You need to have both a high quality offering (products and services) and a high quality buyer (e.g., someone who looks at ROI and not cost, and has money to invest). High quality buyers are almost always people with P&L responsibility, and not staff people (although a CFO or CIO makes sense) and are virtually never in HR. If you have high quality offerings and a high quality buyer you’ll tend to obtain higher sales amounts and frequency.

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A Simple Exercise to Help You Check Your Biases

Harvard Business

Five science-backed tools to help managers address the most common DEI challenges.

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Continued Unemployment Claims Are the Highest Since November 13, 2021

MishTalk

Continued claims look bad. But they are only part of the picture. The complete picture is ominous.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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How Iowa Communities are Focusing on Quality of Life - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Harvard Business

Sponsor content from Iowa Economic Development Authority.

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7 Steps to Optimize Employee One-on-One Meetings

LSA Global

How to Optimize Employee One-on-One Meetings: Strategies for Lasting Impact We know from Action Learning Leadership Development Programs that one-on-one employee meetings are the most critical touchpoint of your relationships with each of your direct reports. Research by Steven G. Rogelberg at the University of North Carolina shows that managers who don’t hold one-on-one employee meetings frequently enough or who manage them poorly risk team member disengagement.

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SEO for Consultants: Your Most Pressing Questions, Answered

Consulting Matters

Let’s be real: SEO can feel like a big, mysterious puzzle for consultants. You’ve probably heard the buzz about how SEO can attract your dream clients without you having to chase them. But if you're wondering “Is SEO really worth my time?” or “How do I even start?”—you’re not alone. If you’re a consultant or coach, I know how valuable your time is.

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Important problems

Seth Godin Blog

Some problems are easy to solve, others are difficult, requiring a lot more labor, willpower, resources and coordination. Some problems have simple solutions, while others are complex in what it takes to move forward. The trivial problems are fun. They’re simple to solve and don’t require much effort. Yes, please, go solve them. We’re tempted to focus on the problems that are complicated but apparently easy.

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Nate Silver’s Gut Says Trump Will Win, Just Don’t Bet On It

MishTalk

Nate Silver, Nate Cohn (NYT), and Sean Trende (Real Clear Politics) all say the same thing: It’s close.

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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.