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Preparing for a Business Seminar

I attended my first business seminar in May 2003, when I was just starting as an entrepreneur. It was training on sales and goal setting. The experience was completely new to me. I had never listened to a seminar or a lecture of any kind on sales or goal setting. These are both topics that […]

Seminaarin valmistautuminen

Osallistuin ensimmäiseen business-valmennukseeni toukokuussa 2003, juuri kun aloittelin yrittäjänä. Päivän aikana käsiteltiin lähinnä myyntiä ja tavoitteiden asettamista. Kokemus oli minulle täysin uusi. En ollut koskaan aiemmin kuullut minkäänlaista luentoa myynnistä tai tavoitteiden asettamisesta. Nämä molemmat ovat asioita, joita ei opeteta koulussa. Kokemukseni oli niin inspiroiva, että hyvin pian seminaarin jälkeen aloin haaveilla jonkinlaisesta valmennusliiketoiminnasta. En tiennyt kuinka se tapahtuisi, mutta kirjoitin unelmani paperille. […]

Nordic Business Forum iPhone and iPad App

You can now find a lot of valuable information on Nordic Business Forum 2013 also on your iPhone or iPad. From the app you can: Check the daily schedule and info about the seminar and its location Tweet & share your thoughts about the speakers & seminar directly from the app See the #NBForum2013 Twitter […]

How To Take Notes at a Seminar?

In this video Brian Tracy, Timo Metsola and Henkka Hyppönen reveal how they prepare for a seminar they are attending, how they take notes and how they use their notes afterwards. More videos at www.nbforum.com/videos

Live Stream from Nordic Business Forum’s Press Room

This year, we will be live streaming the seminar’s press conferences online at www.nbforum.com/livestream. All the speakers of the seminar will be meeting the press in the press room. Those who cannot participate in the seminar, can use this broadcast to see all of the speakers live online. The live stream will be hosted by […]

Soulaima Gourani – Nordic Thinkers 20

Soulaima Gourani from Denmark is one of the two women who did it to the Nordic Thinkers 20 list. We invited her to Finland for an interview. You can read the interview and check the list of the 20 greatest business thinkers in the Nordics at http://www.nbreport.com

“Just Call Me Jack” – the Surprising Softer Side of Jack Welch

by Jukka Niemelä Mr. Hans-Peter Siefen and I had the unique opportunity of interviewing Jack Welch. Expecting to interview a cold-blooded businessman, we were disarmed by his warm laughter and a request: “Just call me Jack, ok.” What Makes a Good CEO? Straight to the point. Jack does not nominate any TOP CEOs. There are […]

Be Cool and Heat Things Up

by Kristal Davidson While the world is engaged in heated discussions on climate change, a kind of a business and management geologist Lynda Gratton propagates a rise in temperature: hot spots are her area of expertise. Iceland, the Galápagos Islands and Yellowstone National Park – three examples for what beauty hot spots can create. Not […]

From Chaos to Growth

By Esa Matikainen For the last few years Finland has been desperately searching for “a new Nokia”. We have already seen some successes, for which the companies Rovio and Supercell are the most prominent examples. With the right skills, timing, hard work, and in most cases with trial-and-error as well, these companies have grown from […]

Speed of Change Accelerates, Business Principles Remain

by Jukka Niemelä Mr. Tom Peters, a best-selling author of many business books, says most of the principles in his first masterpiece In Search of Excellence (1982) have held up “pretty well.” Most certainly they have. University students and young business professionals in their late 20’s, read that book, take the doctrines and adapt them […]

Persona in Canalibus

by Petri Parvinen Contemporary research on the efficiency and effectiveness of sales hovers above two key questions: adaptive interaction and value added.  Researchers and managers alike have noticed that the match between the customer’s and the salesperson’s personalities and interaction styles is more important than the salesperson’s personality or skills. “Lika bra leka bäst” (Swedish […]