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Category: management

  • What are the Marketeer’s Top Priorities in our New WORLD ? Your 2 minutes input for a POLL !

       Next 12th of May from 6PM to 8 PM, I will give a presentation with Luc Vandervelde, on the Consumer (R)evolution in the context of a world changing all the time (digitalisation, cloud computing, social media, …) Title of the conference : Back to the Future.   Location : Vrije Universiteit Brussel – campus

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  • How to make your presentations more social ?

    Very interesting post on how to make your presentations more social. I will clearly take some learning’s and apply for my own presentations. This will create more connection with the attendees (and also understand their expectations) before the presentation. This will also give opportunity to build relationship after the presentation. Take-Away : 1. Create Anticipation

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  • How do we work and live at Microsoft ?

    At Microsoft, we welcomed 60 nearly young graduates from different Belgian Universities. The idea was to share full experience on how we work and live and how technology enables innovation and flexibility. I had the opportunity to make a presentation with Luc Van de Velde (DPE Lead) on the current Consumer (R)evolution. Take a look

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  • How to optimize your BLOG ?

    Good reading about how to improve your BLOG http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ways-to-take-your-blog-to-the-next-level/ Some take-away. I’ve put in BLUE the things I will try to do shortly (Low Hanging fruits).   Make Your Goal and Target Audience Crystal Clear. If your blog is to be your business, treat it like that.  It’s okay to use a personal voice but keep it

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  • How to solve problem : a simple book for SMART people.

    Great reading during my holiday : Problem Solving 101 : a simple book for SMART people. About the author : Ken Watanabe studied at Yale and Harvard Business School and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for six years. He is now the founder and CEO of his own education, entertainment, and media

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  • How to transform your business by being remarkable ? Powered by Purple Cow.

    I’ve read a great book from Seth Godin : Purple Cow. In this book, Godin urges you to emulate companies that are consistently remarkable in everything they do, which drives explosive word of mouth. Some take-away of this book : Every day, consumers ignore a lot of brown cows (if you are on the highway) but

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  • Do you know some TIPS to kill CREATIVITY ?

    Some ideas to kill CREATIVITY and DISRUPTIVE THINKING within organization 🙂 Have a critical look at this check-list. Really a good food for thought. What are the most used TIPS used in your organization ? Source : Yougme Moon

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  • What is the impact of Twitter & Facebook on buying intention of a brand ?

    Very interesting study done by Chadwick Martin Bailey and iModerate Research Technologies.  This study shows that those who are fans or followers of a brand on Facebook or Twitter, respectively, are significantly more likely to buy products and services or recommend the brand to a friend. Some key-learning’s : The consumers are 67% more likely to

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  • Who are the top 15 World’s Tech Billionaire ?

    Who are the top 15 of the list from Forbes List of World’s Tech Billionaire ? Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires. Bill Gates has once again been displaced as the world’s richest man — this time by Carlos Slim. Facebook  founder Mark Zuckerberg, has rejoined, at #212 with an estimated

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  • Do you know what are the 8 things your TEAM want from you ?

    Good reading in HBR about Eight Things Your Employees Want From You.  Melissa Raffoni wrote this for the Harvard Business Review blog The job of a manager / leader is to make it practical for people to succeed. When you do this, everybody wins. This is not rocket science and by doing that people will TRUST you. I

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  • 10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein.

    Vety interesting Blog in Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life. To have the full article, just click HERE Here below, a sumarry of these 10 Amazing Lessons & quotes from Albert Einstein : 1.Follow Your Curiosity “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” 2.Perseverance is Priceless “It’s not that I’m so

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  • 3 Most stupid Tips, you can do to a customer !

    very good article (Blog by Scott R. Sheaffer) on  the most stupid thinks you can do to a customer Sales Tips Blog by Scott R. Sheaffer – Threatening To Escalate – Making The Buyer Feel Stupid – Questions With An Agenda To sum-up Finesse is the art of delicacy, subtlety and skill. As sales professionals,

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  • Turn the ordinary into the extrodinary !

    In the flight from Amsterdam to Seattle, I have discovered a good book from Mark Sanborn, called the Fred Factor. Good book as food for thought Is your professional commitment wavering? Do you just want to get the job done and go home? Find fresh energy and creativity for your life and work by imitating

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  • Situational Leadership : How to implement this approach in your team ? via @davidmerzel’s BLOG

    We’ve implemented the Situational Leadership within my Team at Microsoft. The principle is that managers must use different leadership styles depending on the situation. You will find all the secrets of this in One Minute Manager. Click here if you want to order this book. The model allows you to analyze the needs of the situation

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  • ONE MINUTE MANAGER: How to inspire your team with this approach ?, via @davidmerzel’s BLOG

    I’ve explained the concept of ONE MINUTE MANAGER to my team and suggested them to read the book of Ken Blanchard on this. Feedback from my team was very positive I really like this book as it is so simple and that you can read if fast and then you can write next pages during

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  • Great Quotes from Great Leaders

    Take a look at this VIDEO showing Great Quotes from Great Leaders My favorite quotes are : – If you can dream it, you can do it (Walt Disney) – Success is not final, failure is not fatal : it is the courage to continue that counts (Winston Churchill) – Failure is simply the opportunity

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  • Motivational Speeche

    We’ve all seen the locker room speech. It’s in many a movie. The team, usually with no reason to be there, or having the talent but recently saddled with some heavy baggage, is hanging it’s heads. Then the coach storms in and whispers or shouts, or massages their egos in just the right way so

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  • 4 Tips to create more enguagement from your TEAM

    I don’t know if you have ever worked with a micro-manager? This is someone who thinks he or she needs to be involved in everything that happens within the company. These leaders are closing out the talents of others by not divesting themselves from the day-to-day problem-solving activities of the company. Great leaders let go

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  • 5 things to do to improve your leadership, @davidmerzel’s BLOG

    Interesting article in Harvard Business Review regarding Leadership. My take-out is a list of 5 things you can do to achieve self-awareness and personal mastery in leadership. •Monitor your performance. Note areas in which you excel and need improvement. Communicate these to your team. •Realize that failures and mistakes are just one step on the

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  • What they’ll be talking about in Davos ?

    What they’ll be talking about in Davos The World Economic Forum annual meeting kicks off in Davos, Switzerland, this week with a lofty agenda devoted to some of the world’s most pressing issues, including rebalancing the global economy, shaping the future of climate change, and innovating health care. In this package of both new and

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