Month: October 2022

Teamwork is an essential part of the workplace. From small to large businesses, it is the backbone of successful operation and productive environments. Most would say that mankind is more evolved because human cognitive abilities are much higher than that present in the animal kingdom. However, animals that work together have amazing organizational structures, behaviors, and traits to help them thrive in their habitats. This is crucial to help us learn what it means to work together as a team.  

A Pride of Lions 

Prides of lions are one of the leading examples of teamwork. They exhibit discipline, strategy  and authority. Hunting and feeding time is one of the top priorities for a pride. Hunting zebras, buffalos and wildebeests is no easy feat; which requires a lot of the pride’s cooperation. Working together to take down their prey, lions give us key lessons we can implement into our workspaces.

In September 2014, I wrote a blog post on dynamically passing parameters from PowerPivot to a SQL Server stored procedure using VBA. Back then, VBA was a real lifesaver. It perhaps still is for many of us. But frankly, I even forgot how to write VBA. Maybe it is time to look at it again. I also wrote a quick tip in August 2020 about doing a similar thing in Power BI using Query Parameters. Check it out if you’re keen to know how it works in Power BI.

Eight years later, one of my weblog readers asked how to do the same thing in later versions of Excel; he is specifically asking for Excel 2019. I thought it would be good to cover this topic after 8 years and see how it works now. So, here it is, a new blog post.

The Problem

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Filipino Billionaire Andrew Tan is expanding his privately held real estate portfolio in Spain with the recent opening of the group’s first overseas shopping mall in Madrid.

Kevin Tan—the CEO of the tycoon’s publicly listed property to spirits conglomerate Alliance Global Group—shared the latest development on his Facebook page. “Today marks another historic day for the Philippines as we have finally opened the doors of the new Torre Caleido Shopping Center, our first mall and township project outside the country,” the younger Tan posted on October 7.

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The Torre Caleido Shopping Center near Madrid’s Cuatro Torres business district is one of the commercial properties owned by Tan’s privately held Emperador Properties in Spain. Emperador Properties

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.

I don’t go into depth about the finds, but I encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

• Nextcohort– offers a directory of various cohort-based courses. This approach differs from other online programs because each lesson has a specific start and end date, live classes, meetups, lectures, Q & A’s, and a strong focus on community.
• Churnzero -is a customer success platform that helps brands reduce customer churn by personalizing and automating to-do lists, calendars, customer journeys, and surveys based on everyday events and behaviors.
• Kumospace– is a virtual office and event-hosting platform where remote teams can interact, collaborate,

Every great athlete, high-profile business leaders and celebrities use coaches to improve everything from their health and fitness to their communication skills. They often use coaches to help them change habits, instill new techniques, and learn new options.

Whether you choose a coach or consultant the intent is the same. Finding solutions and improving results. The coach is a guide helping your discover possibilities. The consultant is expected to provide the right answers to solve the problem. Sometimes it can be difficult to decide which is the better direction to choose. Let’s explore some considerations as you decide whether a coach or consultant is best for your business.

In 2021, Indeed.com published article; Coaching vs. Consulting: Overview, Differences and Similarities where they identified what makes each discipline unique.

“Coaching requires developing the client’s abilities to solve a problem themselves using a wide range of tools, such as goal setting