Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 18, 2021

As independent consultants, we’ve all probably worked remotely to some extent but as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it appears that working virtually will like be part of the “new normal.” To complicate things further for consultants, clients may misperceive “checking in” as a waste of time and/or something they don’t want to pay for.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That's not product development—and that's the first place we get stuck with Economies of Scale thinking. Product development requires teams who can learn together. Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

Are you looking for work, either as a consultant or a candidate? And candidates and consultants invest time that has no perceived payoff for them. I agree—hiring managers do need to assess a candidate's or consultant's skills. (I So what can a candidate or consultant do to show their skills without working for free?

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Business Consulting Agency

JUNE 17, 2023

While the task may seem daunting, help is readily available through consulting services that specialize in boosting sales performance. Business consultants bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and proven strategies to the table, helping companies navigate challenges, optimize sales processes, and achieve remarkable revenue growth.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 12, 2023

Training Effectiveness and Post Workshop Learning Best Practices Most seasoned corporate training professionals understand instructional design consulting best practices. While all those steps are important, the most impactful step from the training strategy is missing — post workshop learning and reinforcement.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 18, 2024

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced completion of a project for Instructional Design for Inexperienced Managers.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4% The leadership workshops were customized to align with the current business sales training workshops being rolled out across the globe. satisfaction 145% knowledge gain 96.5%

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Today I’m joined by seasoned consultant and passionate leader Ron Carucci. His work has taken him to over 20 countries in four different continents, and he is the author of several consulting and leadership books as well as a regular contributor to Forbes.com and the Harvard Business Review. Were you always interested in this?

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Sales Accountability From a sales leadership and management perspective, sales accountability is all about ensuring that sales team members are accountable for key leading and lagging sales metrics and understand the “why” behind each one of them. That takes consistent and frequent sales coaching.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Our process includes a series of one-on-one meetings and workshops with the new leader and the leadership team to identify current realities both internal and external to the organization, barriers to alignment, and opportunities. The post Accelerate results in your first 90 days appeared first on Brimstone Consulting LLC.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 21, 2024

Mastering Post-Training Sustainability: Strategies to Maintain Organizational Change By Nash Consulting Successfully planning and implementing robust training in an organization isn’t a small feat. The true challenge of any training or development initiative lies in keeping the momentum going.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. To make tracking progress effective, it's important to set SMART goals with specific metrics and targets that can be accurately tracked in software.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 17, 2023

The Container Store offers its employees competitive pay and benefits, as well as a strong focus on training and development. TDIndustries offers its employees a comprehensive wellness program, opportunities for professional development, and a strong commitment to community service. Finally, see Rick’s newest book.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. She works with individuals, teams, and leaders across the organization to resolve risks and see alternatives for their product development.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2020

This includes the team's board and the team's metrics. In the early 2000s and into the teens, I led many workshops for distributed teams. In every case (yes, through about 20+ workshops), the people in my workshops reported that not everyone had licenses for all the necessary tools. The place to gather team data.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 17, 2020

The STAP includes a series of one-on-one meetings and virtual workshops designed to identify barriers to alignment, foster communication, increase engagement, increase trust, drive better decision-making, improve operating discipline, promote individual leadership development, and build the capabilities of high-performing teams.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2023

That's because they knew the customers would find problems the development teams had not found. But the development teams? That's because the development teams worked by phase, not by feature. Most of my products are books, workshops, and presentations. And I'm the only developer on this product! Makes me nuts.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Sadly, our organizational culture assessment data found that most employees do not understand or appreciate what their talent development organizations have to offer to build their skills, knowledge, and careers. When employees have access to learning and development opportunities, it’s good for them, and it’s good for business.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 5, 2021

He pointed me to this slideshare: Lightweight Kanban Metrics (in German). First, let me set the stage. “ Troy Magennis offers workshops, etc about this very problem. I also offer workshops on this. Part of the article is about forecasts. I was ranting and raving about how to help people see their confidence levels.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

As consultants we see this pendulum swing all too often. The network is connected through lateral integrators such as communities of practice, shared metrics, or formal integrator roles. The most important part of the constructor, however, are the processes, forums, and metrics that drive alignment and clear guardrails.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Throughout a daylong workshop , we came up with three solutions for the problems in women’s STEM careers and leadership. A usual practice that organizations follow to develop future leaders is using organizational programs. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Set up women for success early on. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Those answers begin building productive paths and platforms for leadership development. Growing effective leaders is challenging work. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

You are the newly promoted vice president of business development at an oil company. When you submit a tender to the foreign government, they advise you that there is little likelihood of winning the contract unless you hire a consultant of their choosing. Picture this. Do you feel like you change who you are when you’re at work?

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