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When you are pitching your proposal to VCs, tell them an emotional story, says Nick Morgan. And put away the PowerPoint!

Content: Article | Author: Sean Silverthorne | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Personal Development

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Achievement, Personal Development

How to give a speech your audience will remember.

Content: Article | Author: Jeff Ousborne | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Personal Development

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Content: Quotation | Source: The Abraham Group | Subjects: Achievement, Life

The 20 tech-savviest business schools. 49 straight-to-the-point executive-ed courses. 25 books, gurus, conferences, journals, and corporate training programs that get it — and will make sure that you do too.

Content: Article | Authors: Deirdre Lanning, Stephanie Clifford | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

There are two standard schools of advice on how to make decisions under pressure: Use your head, or go with your gut. A third option-the experiential approach-combines the best of the rational and the intuitive.

Content: Article | Authors: Gary Klein, Karl E. Weick | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Susan Scott believes that interpersonal difficulties–at work and at home–are a direct result of our inability to communicate well. Fierce Conversations is based on principles from her international consulting practice, in which she teaches executives how to conduct such exchanges more dynamically and ultimately more effectively, thereby improving the relationships they enjoy with their various dialogue partners “one conversation at a time.” Using identifiable anecdotes … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Susan Scott | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

You have to understand the doctrine to know when to break the rules.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Call it networking if you want, but Keith Ferrazzi’s game is bigger. It’s about how to work the world’s hidden machinery — how to enter the secret society of elite business insiders. It’s a game of power. And it has rules.

Content: Article | Author: Tahl Raz | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Our choices are always broader than our past. The best adventures in life need to be chosen, not from a predetermined menu based on what we’ve done already, but rather out of our deepest sense of who we are and how we can contribute to the world.

Content: Quotation | Source: Amazon.com | Subjects: Experience, Potential

Learn how to write a business letter. Includes information on defining and establishing the purpose, analyzing the audience, detailed format descriptions, common types of business letters, and effective letter-writing principles. From the Writing Center at Colorado State University.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Writing@CSU | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Wordiness results from many sources. Many of us have learned to pad our writing with all sorts of empty phrases to reach length requirements for academic writing. Wordiness also tends to occur when we’re struggling to clarify our ideas or when we’re tired and not thinking clearly. Regardless of the reason for padded writing, we can achieve concise writing if we incorporate several strategies during … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Judith Kilborn | Source: The Write Place | Subject: Personal Development

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Content: Online Resource | Source: InFocus Corporation | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

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Content: Online Resource | Source: Epson America Inc. | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

This article (part 2 in a series) takes a look at the difference between criticism and feedback and offers some useful tips for offering constructive and well-received performance feedback.

See other articles in this series:
Part 1: Why We Shoot the Messenger
Part 3: Getting the Message

Also see, “Everyone’s A Critic”

Content: Article | Authors: Gary R. Casselman, Ph.D., Timothy C. Daughtry, Ph.D. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

The real meaning of success — and how to find it.

Content: Article | Author: Po Bronson | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

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It’s now part of every executive’s job description: Be good at TV.
In the past, the big challenge was to give a good speech. Enter corporate speechwriters, who could make sure that the words on paper at least made sense. Keep your head down, stick to the script, and you’re home safe. But now that’s table stakes. Now you have to be fast on your feet, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Alison Overholt | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Personal Development, Public Relations

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with great talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Ability, Achievement, Education, Success / Failure