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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

It’s an honor when clients or friends refer me for a speaking engagement. So, following a successful program, during a break in the agenda, after leaving the stage and talking with many with conference attendees, I often find myself standing beside the organizer.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

A well-rounded and comprehensive set of leadership requirements can be defined by involving stakeholders from finance, operations, and other relevant areas. This can be achieved through mentorship programs, access to industry conferences and training, and opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.

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Front Line Leadership: The Keys To Managing Millenials, Part 1

Terry Starbucker

They are often also referred to as Generation “Y,” and you likely have one or more on your team. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine. When that’s not possible, one tactic I use is to mention the success of team members during higher level meetings and conference calls.

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Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust

Skip Prichard

It requires that we put ourselves in another person’s shoes, understand their frame of reference, take thoughtful actions to navigate potentially harmful situations, and build real trust and long-term relationships in life and business. When the day of the meeting arrived, the team waited nervously in a conference room.

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

This helps both in terms of coming up with novel ideas for new businesses and also attracting the finance to help them to grow. For a nation that often likes to refer to itself as E-stonia, it’s perhaps not surprising that there are also a number of initiatives designed to enhance the digital skills of the country’s citizens.

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Turn a C-level Customer Into Your Most Valuable Reference

Harvard Business Review

These basic actions are what generate genuine enthusiasm from a customer, and without that, you don't have a real reference. Remarkably, some firms try putting an agreement to provide references or other advocacy activities up front in a new C-level customer's contract — a major turnoff. Tie advocacy to performance.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. References. XYZ Widget Manufacturing Corporation has been in business since the early 1980?s Succession: Are You Ready?