Tue.Nov 14, 2023

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How to Price Your Consulting Projects High… But Not TOO High

David A Fields

Correctly pricing your consulting firm’s projects is like positioning a balloon in an unlit room made of nails. I’m not sure why such a room would exist or how you would get the balloon in there, but go with me on this one. On the pricing floor of the room are the rusty nails that … Continued The post How to Price Your Consulting Projects High… But Not TOO High appeared first on David A.

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There Are No Shortcuts in the Change Journey

Makarios Consulting

Change is coming. If your business or team isn’t in the midst of change already, then get ready: it’s right around the corner. Change is chaotic. It doesn’t matter whether change is viewed as positive or negative … change is always messy. Change is demanding. As a leader, you have the power to shorten the duration and intensity of the chaos and the mess.

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When Your Go-To Problem-Solving Approach Fails

Harvard Business

We make decisions all day, every day. The way we make decisions depends largely on context and our own unique problem-solving style. But, sometimes a tough workplace situation turns our usual problem-solving style on its head. Situationality is the culmination of many factors including location, life stage, decision ownership, and team dynamics. To make effective choices in the workplace, we often need to put our well-worn decision-making habits to the side and carefully ponder all aspects of th

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Maximizing Business Success With Expert Help

Business Consulting Agency

In the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship and investment, the journey of starting a business is rife with challenges and complexities. Navigating this terrain requires more than just a groundbreaking idea; it demands a comprehensive strategy, astute decision-making, and adept handling of multifaceted operations. This is where seasoned business consultants emerge as invaluable allies, offering indispensable guidance and expertise to investors and entrepreneurs embarking on the thrilling yet da

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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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Is Your Curiosity Helping or Hurting Your Work?

Harvard Business

Undirected curiosity has the potential to derail you from your work and keeps you from ending up where you want to go. But intentionally directed curiosity, where you make a conscious choice to think creatively about something important, can be an incredible force for good in your job and dramatically increase your overall innovation and effectiveness.

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Improve Your Company’s Use of AI with a Structured Approach to Prompts

Harvard Business

Despite their power and seemingly intuitive interface, it can be hard for new users to really put AI’s capabilities to work. Companies need to invest in both prompting and fine tuning. The authors suggest a framework for doing so: building an internal library based on their prompt-query alignment model (PQAM). This framework provides a structured approach to crafting prompts and fine-tuning AI models to enhance productivity, quality, and human upskilling.

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How To Enable New Work Habits

LSA Global

How To Enable New Work Habits When Change Is Needed When strategies and leaders change, work habits often need to change. But change management consulting experts know that it is not always easy to enable new work habits – even if the changes are viewed as positive. Anyone who has tried to break a bad habit or to learn a new skill understands how hard it is to make lasting change.

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Let Corporate Purpose Guide You Through ESG Turbulence

Harvard Business

In the midst of divergent ESG (environmental, social, and governance) practices between the U.S. and Europe, companies face a challenging landscape. While U.S. stakeholders push for reduced ESG efforts, European regulations demand more stringent sustainability measures. The key to navigating this complexity lies in a corporate “statement of purpose.

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4 Ways Silicon Valley Changed How Companies Are Run

Harvard Business

Silicon Valley firms don’t just create technology. Over the past 30 years they’ve invented a new way of running companies, what author Andrew McAfee calls the “Geek Way.” It’s comprised of four norms that increasingly define successful businesses: Speed, ownership, science, and openness. Companies that resist this recipe risk being left behind.

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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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Nvidia’s CEO What It Takes To Run An A.I.-Led Company Now

Harvard Business

A conversation with Jensen Huang about leading a new era of computing.

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