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Beneath the Surface: Why Your Consulting Firm Wins/Doesn’t Win Projects

David A Fields

From your clients perspective, engaging your consulting firm is an emotional decision. The notion that people act on emotion then justify with logic has become clichd. We accept it as an immutable law of human nature, like children scream shrilly to be heard in a crowd and passengers in the back of the plane stand … Continued The post Beneath the Surface: Why Your Consulting Firm Wins/Doesn’t Win Projects appeared first on David A.

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Empowering Future Leaders: Bridging Generational Gaps for Workplace Success

Clarity Consultants

The modern workforce consists of multiple generations, each with unique strengths and perspectives shaped by distinct historical and societal influences. Recognizing and harnessing these unique strengths is key to building a more innovative, collaborative, and high-performing workplace. Our latest eBook, Empowering Future Leaders: Bridging Generational Gaps for Success, provides actionable strategies to leverage generational diversity for enhanced teamwork, productivity, and sustainable business

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The Art of Storytelling in Corporate Training

Clarity Consultants

Lets face itmost corporate training programs are boring. Endless slides and dry lectures leave employees disengaged and forgetful of key concepts. But what if there was a way to keep your audience hooked and make learning stick? Storytelling in corporate training does exactly that. Storytelling has that power. By turning training content into a compelling narrative with relatable and memorable stories, companies can improve knowledge retention, boost engagement, and inspire employees to take act

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The 4 Types of Thinking Leaders Need to Practice—and Teach

Harvard Business

How and when to use expert, critical, strategic, and systems thinking.

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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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Advisory vs Fiduciary Boards – What’s Right for You?

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

Yeah, I know. That title probably made you drop your coffee cup and think, Well its about time! Ive been WAITING for a clarification on the difference between advisory and fiduciary boards and its finally here! OK, so maybe that wasnt quite your reaction. However, being clear on what these two types of boards can […] The post Advisory vs Fiduciary Boards – Whats Right for You?

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Cultural Influences on Managerial Accountability

Effective Managers

Balancing Universal Needs with Diverse Perspectives Introduction Accountability in management is universally acknowledged as a cornerstone of effective leadership and organizational success. However, how accountability is perceived and implemented can vary significantly across different cultural contexts. This blog explores the influence of cultural factors on managerial accountability and emphasizes the universal needs of individuals in the workplace, regardless of their cultural background.

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The Consulting Success Growth System™: 4 Pillars Of A Successful Consulting Business

Consulting Success

Building a successful consulting business is like building a house. You need a strong foundation that will last. Over the past 14 years, we’ve helped more than 1,000 consultants build their businesses. Through all this experience, we discovered something critical: Every thriving consulting business needs four key “pillars” to support it.

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The False Dichotomy of Merit and Inclusion

Harvard Business

To fairly reward talent in all its forms, companies need to remove barriers that prevent people’s potential and contributions from being recognized.

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Controlling Copilot with Microsoft 365 Tools

Kraft Kennedy

Balancing Document Security and AI Functionality Copilot, Microsofts AI-driven assistant, is gaining traction across the legal industry, where a powerful tool to streamline document creation and management is a competitive advantage. But with this power comes the responsibility for data security and access boundaries. The complexity of the required can be a hurdle.

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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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Launch Your Dynamics 365 Project Right: Follow Our Roadmap for Success

Progressus

Make no mistake: Implementing Dynamics 365 is a major undertaking with many moving parts. If your organization has never undertaken something of this scale, its natural to be anxious. Fortunately, Microsoft and its partners have established a reliable framework called Success by Design that will help you set realistic expectationsfor your organization and yourselfand ensure… The post Launch Your Dynamics 365 Project Right: Follow Our Roadmap for Success appeared first on Velosio.

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Management Centred Podcast – Episode 2

The Management Centre

Welcome to our second podcast hosted by directors Yvette Gyles and Laura Slater and featuring guests Jennie Blake, Cam St-Omer Donaldson (Fundraising Everywhere) and Roy Johnson (Outward Housing). Click the image below to have a listen. This episode explores why L&D is an investment thatpays off by adding real interest. Our guest experts Jennie, Cam and Roy share their inner thoughts with Yvette and Laura which might prompt some discussions of your own.

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AI Agents Are Changing How People Shop. Here’s What That Means for Brands.    

Harvard Business

What retail companies need to know about AI agent optimization.

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High Functioning Team Training for Medical Leads

LSA Global

Redwood Shores, CA LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a customized High Functioning Team Training for Medical Leads that needed to shift in order to execute the company’s new growth strategy.

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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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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide

Progressus

Microsoft Dynamics 365 offers businesses an expansive suite of applications to streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and drive growth. However, understanding the licensing of Dynamics 365 can be a challenge due to its complexity and flexibility. With over 60 pages of detail in Microsoft’s official licensing guide, navigating these options can feel daunting.

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Ukraine Already Lost the War But the EU Hasn’t Figured That Out

MishTalk

Negotiated settlement, land for peace is what I said in 2022. Terms now include mineral rights.

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Use the STAR Interview Method to Land Your Next Job

Harvard Business

What it is, when to use it, and how to craft responses with clear, compelling, and memorable examples.

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The lonely unicorn

Seth Godin Blog

That’s not what usually happens. If there’s at least one unicorn in the world, it’s likely not the only one. And if one can make a valid English word from seven Scrabble tiles, it’s likely that more than one word can be found. “Impossible” is a very large set of situations. But once something is possible, it’s unusual for there to be only one way.

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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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Playing The Integrity Game with Jeff Kluebeck

Leadership Vision Consulting

What does integrity really mean? Its a word we throw around often, but in reality, its a deep, ongoing process of aligning values with actions. In this episode, we talk with Jeff Kluebeck, an expert in leadership development, accountability, and coaching, who has built a 10-point model called The Integrity Game to help leaders and teams live with greater integrity and accountability.

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Initial Unemployment Claims Spike by 22,000 Not DOGE Related

MishTalk

Unemployment claims jumped but it’s not Federal in nature.

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AI’s Growing Waste Problem—and How to Solve It

Harvard Business

To deal with the mountains of hardware being used and discarded in the AI boom, companies need to embrace the circular economy.

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Getting precise about tolerance

Seth Godin Blog

Tolerance is an engineering term. When the parts of a car are made to a low tolerance, that means that they fit perfectly. A modern Lexus is a better car than a 1976 Nova because relentless improvement means that the parts are more exact. Tolerance is a design term. When a system can tolerate non-perfect users and interventions, the interoperability increases and so a high tolerance design is often seen as more successful.

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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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How to Solve the Top 10 Greenhouse Operational Challenges

Progressus

Greenhouse owners face unique operational challenges. To start, they manage living inventory with a limited shelf life. This requires precise timing as to when to start growing flowers, shrubs, and treesand when to move them out of production to become available. Getting this right allows deliveries to reach customers at the right time so they… The post How to Solve the Top 10 Greenhouse Operational Challenges appeared first on Velosio.

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Homebuilders Have Most Speculative Unsold Inventory Since May of 2008

MishTalk

Homebuilder inventory of started and completed homes is soaring but sales are weak.

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How to Protect Your Company from Consultant Espionage

Harvard Business

When you allow an external expert to see company secrets, it can help boost innovation—but leave you vulnerable to information leakage.

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Long-term selfish (and the circles of us and now)

Seth Godin Blog

Whenever we make a choice, we do our best. We make a decision based on our interests. In other words, it’s selfish. So what makes a choice a selfish act worth addressing? There are two circles: the circle of us and the circle of now. A selfish toddler keeps both circles very small. They care about right now, not later. They care about their parents or whomever is in the room.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Playing The Integrity Game with Jeff Klubeck

Leadership Vision Consulting

What does integrity really mean? Its a word we throw around often, but in reality, its a deep, ongoing process of aligning values with actions. In this episode, we talk with Jeff Klubeck, an expert in leadership development, accountability, and coaching, who has built a 10-point model called The Integrity Game to help leaders and teams live with greater integrity and accountability.

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Top Ten Percent Account for Half of All Spending, Up From 36 Percent

MishTalk

The share of spending by the top 10 percent keeps rising.

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6 Questions to Help You Decide What You Want in Your Next Job

Harvard Business

Take this assessment to identify what really motivates you in your career.

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