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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

Leading Blog

When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.

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3 Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

Leading Blog

I F you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong. Most startup advice, like most myths, have a kernel of truth to them, but you have to know when to apply it and when to skip it.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2021

Leading Blog

From Michael Dell, renowned founder and chief executive of one of America’s largest technology companies, the inside story of the battles that defined him as a leader. Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it.

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How are you doing on price? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Since then, I have had more and more discussions with my clients about their pricing strategies and being squeezed in this market. In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever.

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First Look: Leadership Books for August 2021

Leading Blog

Emerging technologies, changing demographics, the data economy, automation, and other trends?the Too Proud to Lead provides essential advice on how to avoid that hubristic behavior that can endanger businesses, as well as cope with arrogant overconfidence in others in the workplace. Will the next rogue wave sink your ship?or

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2020

Leading Blog

The Innovation Ultimatum : Six strategic technologies that will reshape every business in the 2020s by Steve Brown. Most businesses identify six key digital technologies?artificial These new disruptive technologies present significant opportunity for businesses in every industry. In B2B and B2C?

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5 Ways Outsourcing Your IT Will Save Your Company Money

Strategy Driven

But, when it comes to IT or Information Technology, does it actually save your company money? As you know, the technology world moves at such a rapid pace that yesterday’s innovations could become tomorrow’s obsolete products. Outdated Technology. Expert Advice. You don’t have to pay any extra fees. Smaller Premises.