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The Advisor’s Corner – Can I Afford a Bad Hire?

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Fact 3: 90 percent of failures are UNRELATED to brains and technical skills. And yet… we hire most people and positions based on shiny new degrees and/or technical skills along with perceived or tested IQ. Still, we continue to hire and promote people, including leaders, largely for IQ and technical skill sets.

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The Big Picture of Business – Mentoring Guides Your Success

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Many people do without the substantive insights into business because they have not really developed critical thinking skills. Analytical and reasoning skills are extensions of critical thinking skills. Skills and Tasks. Values, customs, beliefs, goals, benchmarking. Book value is not guaranteed.

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The 7 Most Common Negotiating Mistakes

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They can be modified if you simply propose an ethical, viable and mutually beneficial alternative solution. Much useful information can be gleaned during casual conversation, including what they value in life, what motivates them, what annoys them, their ethics, etc. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

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Employees and executives are rarely mentored on the people skills necessary to have a winning team. It is up to both to obtain skills, inspiration, mentoring, processes, accountability, creativity and other components from niche experts. Technical, Niche Skills. Skills Enrichment. Amassing People Skills.

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The Big Picture of Business- Evergreen Business Strategies. Digest of Take-Aways From 36 Articles.

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Finely develop skills in every aspect of the organization, beyond the scope of professional training. Long-term track record, unlike anything accomplished by any other individual, all contributing toward organizational philosophy, purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95

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The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend

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Ethics and integrity. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. These are the ingredients that make a legend: Significant business contributions. Mature confidence and informed judgment. Visionary abilities.

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The Big Picture of Business- When the Rules Don’t Fit the Game, Corporate Cultures Reflect Business Progress and Growth

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That professionals can get by without developing public speaking and writing skills. Addictive organizations show frozen feelings and ethical deterioration. These executives have poor human relations skills. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Collective Dumbness.