Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

Management consulting is widely known as a highly intense industry. Much is expected of consultants in terms of hours of work, quality of output, and responsiveness to client requests. So, how can one continue to excel in the pressure cooker environment of consulting without losing momentum and sanity?

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Effective Managers

APRIL 16, 2024

In the world of management consulting, being an expert isn’t just about having extensive knowledge in your field; it’s about becoming a trusted advisor to your clients. This transformation is pivotal in elevating your consulting practice, and it’s where ISO 20700 plays a crucial role.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 3, 2023

Are you considering a career in people advisory consulting? In this blog post, I’ll provide an overview of what people advisory consulting is, what people advisory consultants do, and how to break into the industry. What Do People Advisory Consultants Do? What is People Advisory?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Especially if your first job is management consulting as you will be presented with many opportunities to jump into industry. For those of you in university, this is a great exercise to do prior to committing to a full-time role. The question of when to leave your first or second job is intimate and messy. Leverage these if you can.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Conversely, I represent several consultants who are always in demand. Exercise #1: Look at Your History. Let’s look at some examples.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Are you a consultant or coach who knows it's crucial to build your brand but honestly has no clue what that means? Branding, to me, isn't some marketing exercise. This journey starts today with this foundational episode, where we'll explore what a brand is and why it's vital to your consulting and coaching business.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. What will you learn from starting a business that will help you prepare for consulting? – and perhaps more importantly, you will have firsthand experience in business strategy. .

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

Agile strategy can transform your organization. When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies. Agile Strategy.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves. There are over ten positions that are chosen each semester, and they include co-presidents, marketing, strategy, and operations.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Today we bring to you some key ways that you can increase your business understanding and, therefore, your effectiveness in consulting. As a consultant, you have to look at things in ways that most people would not. There are other options - including our “Consultant for a Day” exercise or the MC Consulting Bootcamps.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

No one enjoys being turned down, especially in the case of a consulting role where a lot of preparation is required. Fortunately, a top management consulting firm is not the end all and be all. Fortunately, a top management consulting firm is not the end all and be all. In order to do this, you can follow what I call the R.I.R

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

important;}”] Agile strategy can transform your organization. When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

When you first start your consulting and coaching business, you are likely to get a lot of referrals to potential clients. But when it comes to marketing as a consultant, you need to add one other thing: You need to establish your credibility. But referrals will only take you so far, especially if you want to scale up your business.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned.

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Kai Davis

JANUARY 25, 2021

If you want to level up your business and act as your strategic business consultant, I strongly encourage you to start regularly practicing Quarterly Business Reviews. The focus should be on strategy, not tactics. What initiatives or strategies are underway? How to host your own Quarterly Business Review. Think big picture.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 16, 2018

In chapter four we’ll discuss your organization’s high-risk scenarios, but before we get there, following is an exercise to consider undertaking with different members of your leadership team. This exercise will help you spark discussions and gain necessary awareness. If you happen to be a consultant reading this, don’t do this!)

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Tom Spencer

MAY 19, 2023

Recently, I had the opportunity to run an “Impact Workshop” that aimed to reflect on our role as advisors (“consultants”), explore our individual motivations, and agree on behaviors that reflect our role. Driving change’ is both a rational and emotional process and as consultants we need to balance both sides of the equation.

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Comatch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Independent consultants worldwide are making an enormous impact on the healthcare industry. In this interview, we’ll be speaking to independent consultant, Daniel, who has considerable experience consulting with large and small companies in the healthcare industry. However, the majority of my work is in healthcare.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

What was missing from current consulting resources? An update to The Consulting Bible wasn’t enough. We had to up the ante…free ourselves from the confines of a book…so that we could blast open the most valuable vault in the history of consulting interview prep. What had they wanted more of?

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Use a whiteboard exercise to think about ideal approaches to solving a problem. There will be some players that will be way more agile than others and able to capitalize on both important behavioral implications and operational tactics. But this discussion isn’t limited to Secure Act 2.0…. Anchoring is a powerful force that inhibits change.

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Tsavo Neal

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this video, you’ll learn how to improve the copy on your consulting website by focusing on the business outcomes you provide. The consulting website used in this demonstration is 760 Blue. Welcome to episode 4 of Consulting Website Design: Pictures On The Wall. Slides ] Transcript. It’s a good starting point.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 11, 2023

That brought me around to an exercise where I wrote down ways that I help my partners improve their businesses. Larger Market Share : Having a good strategy with clear targeting and positioning can help you claim more of your market. The post 10 Ways I Improve My Client’s Businesses appeared first on Wakeman Consulting Group.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 20, 2019

“Why am I not getting any clients through my consulting website?”. In this article, I’ll take you through the exact questions — and steps — I would ask a consultant whose befuddled why they aren’t getting any clients with their website. As a consultant, your website has a purpose — to make you more money.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 23, 2021

An exercise we often do with clients to create social connection is Journey Lines. In the exercise, program participants identify the critical events that have shaped their leadership journey, identify each event with a dot on a graph, and then connect the dots. appeared first on Brimstone Consulting LLC. Here’s why.

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PM Alliance

APRIL 8, 2022

One recurring challenge our project management consultants hear from organizations seeking to improve their project planning and execution strategy is that the list of last-minute activities seems to snowball, leaving too many tasks to complete in a very short amount of time. Start assessing your situation early.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Strategy from Shared Data In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective strategic management stems from data-informed decision-making. Leadership should exercise mindfulness and keen observation of the warning signs of information hoarding with individuals and groups.

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Kai Davis

JANUARY 11, 2018

Starting an email list and working at email marketing has been one of the most valuable things I’ve done for my business as a consultant in the last five years. Email marketing is great for helping you: Exercise your writing muscle. Exercise your critical thinking muscle. A first date before marriage. The secret?

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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 results for a leadership action learning program called Action Learning for Leading Leaders.

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PM Alliance

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Even though enterprises wanted to maintain a strategic plan that looked several years out, the exercise simply became less relevant and, in many cases, downright problematic. As a result, fewer companies today craft forecasts that extend more than a couple of years into the future.

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LSA Global

MAY 26, 2023

About LSA Global Founded in 1995, LSA Global is the leading performance consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps high growth technology, services, and life-science companies create a competitive advantage by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with their strategy. Learn more about getting aligned.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here is what leaders need to know about empowerment and five strategies to ignite a spark in others to achieve excellence. 5 Strategies to empower others for excellence Although there is limited research into the most effective means for a leader to empower others, your leadership plays a key role. Not all questions are equal.

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 4, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The Secrecy of Management Consulting. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Labels: Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar. at 2:05 PM.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate your strategy and their role in accomplishing it?” It’s a good exercise to make sure employees, especially those who have customer contact, know the firm’s strategy and value proposition.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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 results for an action learning program entitled Leading Leaders for Senior Executives.

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Comatch

MAY 3, 2023

To keep up in the rapidly evolving digital landscape, it’s critical that consultants understand how AI can enhance and facilitate their work. We’re breaking down the essential information about ChatGPT and its impact on the consulting industry, with a focus on its consequences for FinTech. Let’s start with the basics: What is AI?

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. This realistic, in-the-trenches guide offers six strategies that, when combined, give you a step-by-step approach for reaching entrepreneurial success. Small business consultant and author Michael E.

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