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7 Reasons Why You Can’t Do It Yourself

Strategy Driven

If you lack the skill set to tackle digital marketing and sales tasks, it’s important to remember that a tool that is easy to use doesn’t make you an expert. Just as anybody can use a hammer, only trained professionals can build a house. The same principle applies to your digital strategy.

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that).

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3 Qualities of a Great Mentor

Steve Farber

As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that).

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

Or, as it turns out, even the vicinity of 1455 Market Street, the address of Uber’s San Francisco headquarters. For developers, that may be Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer site specifically for programmers. ” the fictional star couldn’t find anyone to share his excitement about his new job, a developer for GE.

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8 Ways to Have a Successful Partnership

Leading Blog

Getting executives into a room and hammering out a contract doesn''t make a deal. This means priming the pump through joint sales calls and other marketing efforts. Besides, watching peers make money is far more motivating than a month of training and pep talks. Every partnership is like moving a stubborn mule. Think Small.

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Can AI Tell Us When To Use AI And When Not To?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, a central theme of Lumina Foundation CEO James Merisotis’ latest book, Human Work , is that we often struggle to truly understand what skills we have, and indeed what skills we need to have in order to thrive in the modern labor market. Task management. around its introduction.”

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The Branding Logic Behind Google’s Creation of Alphabet

Harvard Business Review

Reflecting this broader viewpoint, the company began to expand its market footprint, by, for instance, investing in a start-up that planned to sell furniture via the internet. stores in February 2008 for three hours to re-train baristas. Google is wise to learn from these two brand histories.

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