Introverts across the world have been sold a lie: that our ability to network depends on having the “gift of gab.” This is nonsense. You don’t have to be outgoing to be successful at networking.
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Helpful Insights for Leaders at All Levels
Congratulations go out to authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner! Their latest book, Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership, was Soundview’s most-downloaded book summary during the month of August 2021. Our Top Book Summary in August: Everyday
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The Promise (and Danger) of Big Tech
Trampled by Unicorns explores how technology has advanced humanity’s most noble pursuits, while grappling with the origins of the industry’s destructive empathy deficit. Author and leading technology executive Maëlle Gavet argues that the causes and
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Build Meaningful Business Connections
Networking is often considered a necessary evil for working professionals. With social media platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, reaching potential investors or employers is much easier. Yet, these connections often feel transactional, agenda-driven,
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The 11 Best Leadership Books for New Managers
Recently promoted to your first leadership position? Most first-time leaders are promoted based on their outstanding performance as a subordinate employee. Because of this, stepping into a new leadership role can present new challenges that
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Continuous Learning Can Transform Business
For decades, leaders have been encouraged to run their organizations like lean, agile startups. They often place their bets on trends like digital transformation or design thinking. This is well-intended, but in isolation these trends
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Ensuring Marketing Success in the Digital Era
In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, the celebrated promoter of the Four Ps of Marketing, Philip Kotler, explains with his co-authors
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The Best Ways to Survive Workplace Uncertainty
Congratulations go out to author Phil Buckley! His latest book, Change on the Run, was Soundview most-downloaded book summary during the month of June 2021. Our Top Book Summary in June: Change on the Runby
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A 60-Day Guide to Successful Leadership
New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Donald Miller knows that business is more than just a good idea made profitable; it’s a system of unspoken rules, rarely taught by MBA schools. If
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Take Employee Engagement to the Next Level
From morning cups of coffee to Wednesday team meetings, our lives are steeped in rituals. Rituals Roadmap combines cutting-edge scientific research with examples from the most human companies, like Adobe, LinkedIn, and KIND, to show
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A Framework for Achieving Your Goals
Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? By the time
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Marketing in the Modern Business World
As technology has evolved in the last several decades, marketing has had to change with it, evolving through four significant stages that build on the strategies and tools of the previous era. What happens next
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Turn Culture Into a Competitive Advantage
Recent Deloitte research compiled from over 3,000 leaders across 106 countries found that company culture and employee engagement are the most important human capital challenges confronting organizations around the world. Leaders want to achieve a
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