Struggling to convince your boss to send you to MozCon? Use these proven templates to make a confident, ROI-focused pitch that secures your spot.
With the rapid transformation of the corporate industry over the past years, businesses are still trying to improve their remote work policies.
These are prominent pages on the web, with a lot of visibility. Having your brand present on these pages means you likely have more credibility, that you’re a known brand. I looked at the top 50 websites mentioned in Ahrefs…
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A friend sorts his records in an interesting way: not by name or genre, but by which musicians are friends with each other. That means some shelves are very crowded, and I’m imagining a few notorious artists have plenty of room all to themselves.
It’s possible that we sort the folks in our lives this way as well. The people who can be counted on, who are part of a larger circle, who are dynamic or interesting or selfish… lots of shelves, available to anyone willing to put in the work (or not).
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Freedom, liberty and independence are human rights.
But they depend on responsibility. Responsibility to others, to our future, to the community. Responsibility for our actions and our choices.
The only way to earn our independence is to keep the promises we’ve made. Can we become the present that the future will thank us for?
“If it breaks, we’ll know how to fix it.”
Old cars had an oil light, and that was about it.
Often, we build things hoping they’ll work. But complex systems are more resilient when we build in the diagnostics for failure from the start.
A multi-unit retail chain, a medical practice, a school–they need a dashboard and process for finding and fixing things before the entire enterprise fails. A personal finance plan and a career probably need one too. It’s easier to do that well if we plan for it.
They don’t use canaries in coal mines any more, but you might need a few.
PS if you’re already doing this, you know. If you’re not, this is the moment to begin.
Alan’s12 traits for people to write about leadership on Linkedin:
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There is a numbered list of traits and behaviors with no justification or credibility.
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Many are simplistic: Treat people kindly. Do not drop hot coffee on their laps.
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Some are wrong: Practice “servant leadership”; make sure you have gender-neutral restrooms.
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Cutesy illustrations and cartoon figures are required for slow readers.
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There should be arrows and indicators on how to proceed (in case you can’t read).
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Charts and graphs create gravitas and must be in color. They needn’t be correct.
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Use opinion as statistics: “Ninety percent of CEOs are clinically depressed.”
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Find bad guys to blame: the top team, the environment, other workers, the customers.
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Never imply that workers have accountabilities or obligations. They are victims.
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Make a snide, subtle (not really) reference to the horrors of the current administration (wink, wink).
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Suggest other countries that have better working conditions (always include Denmark and Iceland).
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Never, ever having led anyone, anywhere, to accomplish anything yourself.
How do successful consulting business owners think and make decisions? In this article, we decode the consulting mindset for success.
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