Is the ‘new normal’ the permanent ‘normal?’

Will we eventually be able to return to the prepandemic ways of conducting business? That’s a question that has been on the minds of many professionals. The latest survey from

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Jim Marshall
Mental health in the workplace: The long road ahead

By Ian Adair What originally, was thought in the beginning as a temporary separation from office life became a radical transition in our work culture today. After all of the

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Soliciting and engaging a guest speaker – budget or no budget

So, you want to have a guest speaker? You want to bring value to guests of a work, or social, event by livening it up? As an author, and speaker,

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A powerful and misunderstood key to leadership success

By Mary Key, Ph.D. What is influence? The movies often portray influence as making a dramatic speech at the climax of the story (complete with music swelling in the background)

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Four crucial considerations before hiring a CMO

By Christy Vogel Congrats! Your business survived the pandemic. Things are going well at your company. Revenue is steady, a niche has been established and you’re ready to take things

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Attaining employee engagement to drive customer experience EX + CX = OX

The ultimate question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, could be applied to the Customer Experience (CX) and Employee Experience (EX). Which one comes first? According to

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Building a high-performance sales team

Ask any sales leader whether they want to build a high-performing team and the immediate, and obvious, answer will be, “Yes.” But what are the specific best practices that support

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Jim Marshall
Prepare for hybrid work now

We are finally starting to see COVID-19 vaccines being distributed, and they will soon be made available to the general public. Best case scenario, these vaccines will accomplish what they’re

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How AI and data analytics are transforming the way we work

By Kirstie Tiernan, principal, BDO Digital The portrayal of artificial intelligence (AI) in movies and science fiction often leaves workers fearing that they could be replaced by robots. While this

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Empathy and how to practice it

There’s that word again: empathy. It’s buzzing this year. Forbes named it the No. 1 skillset to shift in 2021. “Empathy is connecting to the emotions that underpin an experience,

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Critical elements of proactive client retention

Here’s a tricky question, from the Sandler Research Center, for any business leader responsible for customer success or net revenue retention. Of all the clients who changed suppliers last year,

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Jim Marshall
Embrace the power of, and the power in, collaboration

“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” — poet Mattie Stephanek Collaboration is empowerment. Collaboration is not giving up something. Collaboration is a

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