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From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise

McKensey

Let’s say a retail merchandiser starts the process of analyzing scores of sales data and making recommendations for stock adjustments. Sales, on the other hand, is likely to see relatively low automation in the next five years (around 25 percent), given how much this function involves customer-facing activities.

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Smart Exits: 4 Succession Plan Case Studies

Success

The smartest leaders don’t wait for a crisis or a sale to think about the future. That realization shaped how they built their next venture, Roof Maxx, a sustainable roofing treatment company with a network of 350+ franchise partners. The smartest leaders don’t wait for a crisis or a sale to think about the future.

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Ep 333: Sarah Fulton on Hotel Venue Sourcing for Assistants

Go Burrows

JOIN THE FREE COMMUNITY Join the Leader Assistant Global Community for bonus content, job opportunities, and to network with other assistants who are committed to becoming leaders! So we usually do things for meetings, off sites, conferences, sales, kickoffs, any type of events, retreats. Other sports industries.

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Hiring C-suite executives: 6 essential questions

Insperity

A great CTO or CIO: Understands the ins-and-outs of your organization May be charged with ensuring the reliability and implementation of automated accounting, procurement and sales customer relations management (CRM) tools May have responsibilities that cut across several areas, making the position more mission-critical than a CFO.

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New Entrepreneurs: Here’s How to Get Your Business Started on the Right Foot

Success

six years ago with almost no network. The best business is a customer-financed business. The safest, best way to guarantee growth is through a customer-financed business. What does a customer-financed business mean? In order to be successful, you must be willing to tell people and to generate a sale.

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Forget About the Career Ladder—Focus on the Career Lattice Instead

Success

Build your network The people who are most well positioned to make a lateral move are those who have incrementally built a diverse network of colleagues in a variety of fields and functions, says Anne Shoemaker, an executive coach in Greensboro, North Carolina. They’re not just networking with people in marketing,” she says.

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So You Want to Take a Break from Your Career—Here’s What You Need to Consider

Success

In order for one to be in the cards, you need to have some money in the bank to finance this next step. You better network. Once you have a complete understanding of your network, you can begin working to harness the power of it. They might be the ones to provide you comfort or financial assistance during this major life change.