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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I Ask for help.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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And they need help to get onboarded to your tools and introduced to your team. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. But even the best marketers need structure. That’s why we recommend an onboarding checklist. Her secret? Pad deadlines.

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3 Tips for Learning to Sell Beyond Your Comfort Zone

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Salespeople are simply human,” says Kevin Hogan, author, psychologist and sales training expert. This is especially true for people who are new to sales, says Bryan Flanagan, author and head of the Flanagan Training Group. The best tool a sales rep can possess is curiosity. In the Zone. Be curious. Who do they listen to?

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Session 5 - Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011

Office Dynamics

Kerri and Michelle took the stage in sunglasses, saying they had wanted to change the culture of their company through administrative training! They created Novant Administrative Training Series (NATS) featuring Office Dynamics’ Star Achievement training series. Criticism is a valuable tool if we know how to receive it.”.

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7 Customer Service Books to Help You Level Up Your Business

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From turning complaints into positive reviews to employee hiring and training, this book will assist you in creating a company with customer service as its foundation. In fact, proper use of CRM tools can actually create a more personalized experience for your customers. Customer Service for Front Line Communicators.

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Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur | Bridging the Hybrid Work Divide with Mixed Reality

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In 2011, he co-founded a machine learning startup and later went on to be an early leader at two VR companies, Inflight VR and Megaparticle, the company behind PokerVR. But we’re just limited by the current tools and especially on these two dimensions, the social connectivity and deeper collaboration. CEO and Founder of Arthur.

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Review of Our Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2010

Small Business Labs

  Our 2011 list will be out in the coming weeks.    Not a tough trend to forecast and we expect pre-bubble credit standards will continue to be in force in 2011.   We are optimistic that this forecast will start to be realized in 2011.    Online training did advance in 2010. 

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