December, 2012

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Interview Blitz – in London THIS SATURDAY!

Management Consulted

'Have you heard the news? We’re getting a head start on our 2013 Consulting Bootcamp calendar – MC is coming to London this week! Our trip to the UK marks the inauguration of MC’s Consulting Bootcamp service – where we provide a full A-Z on consulting interviews to eager audiences of MBA candidates, business majors, and consulting club members.

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Creating Trust: How to Grow it Right From the Start|Women In.

Women in Consulting

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Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work

Consulting and Organizational Management

'Library. Translate This. Home. A. A. A. Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Guest Writer Submissions. Policies. To Subscribe to a Blog. About. Feedback. Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work By Carter McNamara on December 2, 2012. (This post was written by co-host, John Dupre.).

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How Prepared Are You for Next Year?

Chad Barr

Imagine embarking on a US road trip from east to west coast without a plan, a map or a GPS. Similarly, how would you reach dramatic greater success at the end of next year without having created your roadmap? For the past several weeks and over the next few week, I am working with my clients to help them create their own roadmap. I am also glad to report that I have put myself through the same process that I am putting my clients through.

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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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Communicating Organization Change: Separate the Presentation of the Model from the Announcement of the Leadership Team

Kates Kesler

'Whether called a redesign, restructuring, or reorganization, for most employees organization design is synonymous with the appointment of leaders into new roles. The announcement email typically begins with “I am pleased to announce my new leadership team….” Regardless of the thought that went into the change or the attempts to describe the rationale behind it, the announcement is often seen as a reshuffling of responsibilities with some new faces and old.

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Reader FAQ – Switching gears: from intern to full-time, from IT to strategy, and from PwC and IBM to MBB

Management Consulted

'It’s time for our final Reader FAQ for 2012, and we’re going out with a bang. (Even Santa’s reading MC now!) This month we feature questions from readers who want to switch gears – with a focus on moving from non-MBB firms to MBB. Concerns around the move to top 3 plague many MC clients – “I have a great internship and wouldn’t mind staying with this firm.

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S-Corp Owners: Is Your Salary Reasonable?|Women In Consulting.

Women in Consulting

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When Strengths Clash

Leadership Vision Consulting

'Strengths are generative: a strength produces life in you and in others. This is one of the most fundamental and enduring principals of StrengthFinder™ recurring throughout Gallup’s publications and training. In our experience, whenever there is a potential or actual conflict between people / strengths, we have found more often than not a misunderstanding or(.).

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The Power of Visuals

Chad Barr

© Chad Barr 2012. All rights reserved. The post The Power of Visuals appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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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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Predictions for 2013 - Henman Performance

Henman Performance Executive

'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Predictions for 2013. by Linda Henman on December 31, 2012. As we look back on the year that comes to a close tonight, let’s also look forward to what will come. Of course, no one knows for sure, but my crystal ball just came back from the cleaners, so I’m going to hazard some guesses: Once we avoid, fall over, or push someone over the fiscal cliff, our economy will start to enjoy significant gains.

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10 bank fraud lessons of 2012

MBO Partners

As much as we’d like to think that remote banking is safe, the reality is threats across all customer channels still exist. If we aren’t ready for them we could find ourselves victims of these often preventable crimes. Persistent criminals proved throughout the year that they aren’t going to stop anytime soon. With new and emerging threats facing financial institutions every day, banks need to stay one step ahead of today’s tenacious criminals.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: Does An Ideal Seatmate Exist?

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Does An Ideal Seatmate Exist? Brought to you by Guest Blogger "Chloe Murray". (Thanks Chloe!). Long distance flights always make me nervous. It’s, not the tight. security and long check- in lines, flight delays or baggage claim. I. can even handle spending long periods of time with no foot rest, no. turning room, and seats that can barely accommodate someone with a. healthy backside.

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Be a Better Marketer! Stop Writing Marketing Copy |Women In.

Women in Consulting

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Why Build a Professional Network

Leadership Vision Consulting

'Why am I inviting people to be a part of a professional network? The answer is easy: connection, community, collaboration. Connection Individuals are stronger when connected. I have made many connections through LinkedIn that I highly value. When we connect with each other, we form new relationships and have an opportunity to refine who we are.(.).

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3 Effective Newsletters Ideas

Chad Barr

© Chad Barr 2012. All rights reserved. The post 3 Effective Newsletters Ideas appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Linebacker II: A Belated Thank You - Henman Performance

Henman Performance Executive

'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Linebacker II: A Belated Thank You. by Linda Henman on December 18, 2012. Americans frequently express their gratitude to our service members, even though we find ourselves in ongoing unpopular wars. During the Vietnam War, however, the gratitude remained unexpressed and possibly unfelt.

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Keeping Personal and Business Accounts Separate | Women in.

Women in Consulting

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Podcasts, videos and free stuff ‘key to online success’

Chad Barr

This article was originally written and posted on 10. Dec, 2012 by Halina St James , founder of Podium Media & Communications Coaching, reports from the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers’ annual convention in Winnipeg. Are you relentless in giving away good stuff? You should be, according to Chad Barr. Chad creates software and internet solutions to help businesses find online success.

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3 Top Web Site Mistakes

Chad Barr

© Chad Barr 2012. All rights reserved. The post 3 Top Web Site Mistakes appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

Chad Barr

© Chad Barr 2012. All rights reserved. The post Where Do Ideas Come From? appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Are You Ready to Strengthen Your Thought Leadership?

Chad Barr

What do you think needs to take place in order to strengthen your thought leadership positioning next year? This may be the perfect time to start think about this. With the hope that this may be of help, here is the list I’ve compiled for myself: Create powerful relationships with other thought leaders. Attract thoughts leaders and those on their way to achieve that status or as I would call thought leaders -1.

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Choosing Between Teleconferences and Webinars

Chad Barr

Use a teleconference when you want: The audience to listen to you only and not interact with you. To allow audience interaction, and there is a very small group of people (say 10), and they all use landlines, and they know how to keep a quite surroundings. Otherwise there is way too much noise during such interactions. And if the group is large, just forget it.

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How to Create Provocative Content That Gets Noticed

Chad Barr

Unfortunately, most of the content I view on the web is pure and simple boring and does not grab attention. I also refer to it as suffering the “blah” syndrome. During a conversation with one of my clients today, here is the quick list of tips I develop to create provocative content that gets noticed: Negative titles are a great way to grab attention.

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Are There Any Videos on Your Site?

Chad Barr

If my memory and a quick search on Google serve me right, YouTube was funded seven years go, or back in 2005. I am still astonished at how many of the sites I visit, neglect to incorporate videos on the site and of the few that do incorporate such videos, most are done poorly or in an amateur way. This also (or perhaps especially) apply to individuals who speak and fail to incorporate videos on theirs site and especially on their speaking page.

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What’s Your Point?

Chad Barr

I am here in Winnipeg attending the CAPS speakers convention, meeting some great and friendly people, attending outstanding presentations, and getting ready to speak tomorrow. There were several speakers presenting today where I would rank some as remarkable, others as good and others as perhaps in need of improvement. So here are my recommendations whether you are a speaker on or off the stage, or perhaps simply speaking to your prospects or clients: Get to the point quickly.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c

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The Key to Negotiation

Chad Barr

. Be willing to walk away. Negotiate terms not fees. When true trusting relationships have developed, and the prospect is enthusiastically ready to move forward to gain the proposed value, it never feels like negotiation, but a partnership! © Chad Barr 2012. All rights reserved. The post The Key to Negotiation appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Giving: Not Always Blessed - Henman Performance Group

Henman Performance Executive

'Home. About Linda. Client List. Newsletter. Executive blog Contact Us. Giving: Not Always Blessed. by Linda Henman on December 7, 2012. Sometimes I’d rather not receive—unsolicited feedback. More often than not, the feedback has more to do with the needs of the sender than any benefit to the receiver. And I just find it annoying. Recently I gave a speech to a room full of executives.

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When Strengths Clash

Leadership Vision Consulting

'Strengths are generative: a strength produces life in you and in others. This is one of the most fundamental and enduring principals of StrengthFinder™ recurring throughout Gallup’s publications and training. In our experience, whenever there is a potential or actual conflict between people / strengths, we have found more often than not a misunderstanding or [.].