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Honing and Highlighting the Consulting Skillset

Tom Spencer

As an aspiring consultant, simply knowing which skills to show on your CV is not enough; you’ll also need to know how to hone and highlight these skills, which is what we’ll be covering in this article. Problem solving Problem solving refers to the ability to reliably overcome challenges.

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Shift Your Perspective to Make Business Development Easier

Successful Independent Consulting

Most of us never had sales training so this concern is understandable, but reframing how we think about business development can turn concern into action. Read any definition of business development and you won’t find the word sales. A shift in perspective can make a significant difference in how you approach something.

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Looking for answers? Keep sight of the questions

Jacq Hackett Consulting

As consultants, we are brought into organisations to solve problems or assist with a particular challenge. The situation you land in is invariably complex; there is generally history, personalities, competing ideas, deadlines, politics, tension; and everyone has high expectations that ‘the consultant’ will fix it all.

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5 Ways to say No

The Management Centre

I find it really hard to say no to colleagues’ requests – never mind my manager – and I feel like I’m drowning at times. Like many people, it sounds as though you want to be a team player and so end up saying yes to every request that comes your way – whatever your own pressing priorities. Ah, yes – you’re not alone.

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Is your project a zombie, troll or unicorn? Maybe it’s just confused and needs a rationale

The Management Centre

In this blog, Director, Laura Slater looks at common problems with projects, and gives an overview of =mc ’s approach to Project Rationale. mc’s Systems Model outlines 3 elements in getting your project rationale right. What are you actually going to do? They are: Driver : what triggered this project? In order to…?

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Looking for answers? Keep sight of the questions

Jacq Hackett Consulting

As consultants, we are brought into organisations to solve problems or assist with a particular challenge. The situation you land in is invariably complex; there is generally history, personalities, competing ideas, deadlines, politics, tension; and everyone has high expectations that ‘the consultant’ will fix it all.

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The CURE for Burnout

Consulting Matters

I realized it was time for me to do the same. This burnout was more like soul burnout or spiritual fatigue that no trips to the spa, bubble baths, or even a new set of supplements would solve. Today, we’re talking again about burnout and the CURE. So here it goes! Hi, I’m Betsy. I’m a recovering stressaholic.

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