Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. Including me.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Storytelling is a skill. A skill like any other skills needed for successful selling. Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. Including me.

Storytelling 50

Storytelling How To Tools Books 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. This skill takes practice. Toastmasters is great for honing presentation skills). Test ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

I suspect that our assumptions about what type of work is skilled or specialized is also subtly gendered, although I’m not aware of any research examining this specific question. But why do we assume that STEM subjects are “harder” than subjects that are more person- or language-oriented? ” (Sigh.)

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Or observed a colleague asking another for help and thought, "It never occurred to me to ask for his input on that topic." In some organizations, people get promoted on the basis of a narrow subset of capabilities, so that those at the top don't necessarily have the full range of desirable skills.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Are we still subject to the stigma, well illustrated by Hillary Clinton''s much-publicized comment during her husband''s 1992 campaign, " I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies " instead of pursuing a legal career, that domestic-based endeavors and a profession were mutually exclusive?

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Some examples of shared team learning are: Regular seminars and guest lecturers: Bring in experts and professors on various topics related to the history, science, or culture of your industry as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and technologists who work in peripherally related fields.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. To find a cure, we will have to reinvent the architecture and ideology of modern management — two topics that aren’t often discussed in boardrooms or business schools. Architecture.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. To find a cure, we will have to reinvent the architecture and ideology of modern management — two topics that aren’t often discussed in boardrooms or business schools. Architecture.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s because, in the workplace, communication skills season the atmosphere for every single person who works there. We’re about to dive into a topic a little deeper, starting with the types of communication in the workplace. Written Communication Communication skills in the workplace extend beyond what is performed in person.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

They are able to play the role of ambassador, emissary, influencer, coach, facilitator, expediter, lobbyist, buffer/shield, crisis manager, negotiator, publicist, strategist, tactician, mentor, consultant, counselor, collaborative thinker and in some cases partner, based upon what the client needs. It’s just that simple.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

A new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reveals that 60% of Americans support the negotiations for trans-Pacific trade , down slightly from 2015. That failure will have implications for other critical topics on which the U.S. Such supplementary negotiations to win votes on trade agreements are commonplace.

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