Fri.May 19, 2023

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Leadership For Consultants: Want More Big Wins? Celebrate the Small Ones

Consulting Success

In 2017, I hosted a podcast called The Year of the Peer, where I interviewed 50 successful people from various walks of life. During our conversations, I asked each of them: Did you become successful all by yourself? They all laughed at the idea, explaining that countless people helped them along the way, providing various. Leadership For Consultants: Want More Big Wins?

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Facilitation 101: Tips for Running Successful Group Sessions

Tom Spencer

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. Surprisingly, one of the biggest revelations was how much we underestimated the importance of facilitating and how much of a central role it plays in our day-to-day work.

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Who Is Going to Regulate AI?

Harvard Business

As the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow.

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Consulting Industry vs. Consulting Profession

The Consultants Peer Group

The consulting industry is a broad, inclusive term that refers to all companies and individuals that offer consulting services, or sellers of expertise. These can range from large multi-national firms to boutique firms that specialize in specific industries or functions and to individuals, all together make the industry. But we all know this and we know it is big business, estimated worldwide annual revenue (2023) in excess of USD 700 Billion.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Overcoming Business Challenges with Business Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

In the dynamic and competitive world of business, companies often face a myriad of challenges that can impede growth and hinder success. However, partnering with business consultants through consulting services can provide valuable expertise and support to overcome these challenges effectively. Find out how business consultants can help companies tackle common business challenges and provide real statistics and facts to support the benefits of hiring a business consultant.

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Schedule Conflicts: Their Causes and Ways to Prevent Them

Epicflow

Schedule conflicts belong to the typical challenges of managing multiple projects with a shared resource pool. For example, the activities team members participate in can overlap or it can turn out that you’ve assigned a task to an unavailable employee. Anyway, schedule conflicts make it rather challenging to complete the project on time and within budget, which in turn will affect the success of other projects.

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4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them

Harvard Business

Poorly run meetings negatively affect team performance, cohesion, and ultimate success.

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Our homunculus is showing

Seth Godin Blog

The little person at the control panel, the one who sees what the retina produces, the one who decides, the one who speaks up… (This is the dualist solution to the free will problem–yes, I have a physical body, they say, but I also have a little human inside of me that gets to make free decisions separate from that…) Anthropomorphism is a powerful tool.

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What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity

Harvard Business

Three lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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When to Work Out: Choosing the Right Time for Your Body

Tom Spencer

As a consultant , you are likely working 60-80 hours during the week. Add in 6 hours of sleep every night, 14 hours for meals throughout the week, and 14 hours for weekly commuting, and there is not much time left for anything else. In order to keep your body and mind functioning optimally, you should dedicate 30 minutes for exercise every day. But where should you put this workout?

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Azeem on AI: Where Will the Jobs Come from After AI?

Harvard Business

Azeem shares his outlook on how artificial intelligence could change the labor market.

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Gather the Right Data to Support Your Facility Relocation Projects 

PM Alliance

No matter if you’re moving a single department from one floor to another or shifting entire business units across the country, facility relocations encompass vast volumes of information. Who and why are just the beginning. Your stakeholders also want to know how and when. Given the level of disruption even a small office move can have on operations, it’s not surprising that project teams get a lot of questions during the planning and execution phases.

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