David A Fields

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your consulting firm’s offerings are suited for it, Colorado Pricing could increase your revenue and profitability while smoothing out the up/down cycle of consulting. 2-Constraint vs. 1-Constraint Consulting Projects Quite a lot of consulting consists of discrete, one-and-done projects. For instance, Cadbunny’s chocolate chips are melting, so they hire your consulting firm for $150K. … Continued The post “Colorado Pricing.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Build not just a brand, but a magnetic force that attracts opportunities. Today, Joe Mechlinski, the founder of Gift of Work, shows us the way to speaking, recurring revenue, and personal brand converge to reshape the future of consulting. Hear about his early struggles and how he found a unique approach to consulting that changed.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the BEST marketing method for consultants. Over the last several years, we’ve published hundreds of articles on our consulting blog. Many of them have ranked 1st for competitive keywords. For example, here’s an article we wrote on “consulting fees” that is the first organic result — outranking a multi-billion-dollar company.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Earlier in the week, three people quit, the company terminated four others due to downsizing to eliminate an entire department, and payroll came a day late. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs would rise without additional subsidies and no one would receive holiday bonuses this year.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Boards are not monolithic. They often are composed of people with different kinds of personalities. This article describes six types: the narcissist, the data chaser, the deferential, the status hound, the unprepared, and the stakeholder champion. It offers tactics for influencing each.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Strategy is arguably one of the most overused words in the English language. Most people that use it have no idea what the word means. Yet, being strategic is one of the highest-valued skills in business. Hundreds of professors have dedicated their lives to studying strategy, and consultants are paid fortunes to develop and implement […] The post Strategy Unpacked: More Than Just Plans or Tactics first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Most employees lack enthusiasm and commitment toward their work and workplace. Evidence suggests that only two in ten U.S. employees are satisfied with their place of work. Yet, 71% of executives say an engaged workforce is critical to their company's success. You are not alone if you are on a quest for that perfect career or feel stuck in a rut. A recent BCG study found that nearly three in ten employees are looking for a new job in the new year.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Leaders often struggle to get complete, unfiltered information from the people around them. This wealth of unspoken information represents a great untapped resource for today’s leaders, and yet most remain at a loss for how to reliably access it. Common tactics for overcoming this problem, such as taking another’s perspective or reading their body language, simply aren’t sufficient.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ever since I was on the Troubleshooting Agile podcast , I've followed Squirrel and Jeffrey. (I highly recommend their podcast.) Recently, Squirrel posted something fascinating on LinkedIn: Aim for a “single source of lies” about your business. That's quite a provocative idea, especially when many of us persist in looking for a “single source of truth.” Why might you want a single source of lies?

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Being a management consultant is a rewarding yet challenging profession. Business consultancy can involve helping to increase a business’s capabilities, develop a new product, or enter a new market. While you may be a highly proficient management consultant, the pressures of the job can make it challenging to take consistently good care of yourself.

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Kraft Kennedy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Why Law Firms Need IT Policies Is it okay to store your password on a post it note on your computer monitor in your personal office? Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As AI proliferates, companies are using it to offer data-driven recommendations on a wide range of activities, from whom to hire to what product a salesperson should recommend to customers. How much to rely on these data-driven recommendations should hinge on two questions: How high are the decision stakes? And how reliable is the data-driven insight?

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you read this blog or my newsletter, you know I enjoy both nonfiction and fiction writing. I have another short story as part of the 2023 Holiday Spectacular : Underdog Party. Copyright © 2023 by Johanna Rothman I was feeling pretty mellow by seven in the evening, as I relaxed back into my wooden armchair. I was in my third place, in the very back corner of the Chelsea Tavern, on December fifteenth, in plenty of time before the Underdog Day Party would start.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Small businesses face multifaceted challenges that can hinder their growth trajectory in today’s competitive landscape. From limited resources and strategic uncertainties to operational inefficiencies and market competition, these hurdles often impede their progress. The Business Consulting Agency emerges as a guiding force, offering tailored solutions and strategic insights to empower small businesses and drive their growth.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In today’s digital age, we are inundated with content. From articles and YouTube videos to social media posts, the volume can be overwhelming. But what if you could absorb this information at the speed of light? That’s where ChatGPT comes in. Transforming Content Consumption with ChatGPT Did you know ChatGPT can summarize lengthy content for you?

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More often than not, a firm that’s losing great employees year after year is being negatively affected by a leader’s bottleneck-style behaviors. These leaders don’t think they’re bottlenecks, but they’re often standing in the way of high-potential employees’ progress. To remove these bottlenecks in businesses, the author outlines the signs of a bottleneck leader and three strategies to delegate responsibilities and allow high-potential employees to take on more ownership: 1) Figure out who your

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

My 60 seconds of WIP this week. I also post these on my YouTube channel. If you want a laugh, take a look at my supposedly incognito clip. As soon as I turned on the camera, I realized I could not be incognito. Yes, that moment will make it into some writing in the future. In the meantime, enjoy. (I am fine, just recovering.) I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for December 21, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.

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This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Venture Capital firms, the driving force behind innovation and growth, play a pivotal role in funding and nurturing promising startups. However, their success hinges not only on investment decisions but also on strategic guidance and insights crucial for their portfolio companies. Business Consulting Services, offered by entities like the Business Consulting Agency, stand as essential partners to Venture Capital (VC) firms, offering multifaceted benefits that transcend mere financial investments

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In Proposals Part 1: Why They are a Waste? I presented five problems associated with the commonly accepted ‘standard’ consulting proposal – the kind that can be found online with a simple search. What spurred my need to write this two-part series consulting proposals? Within the past month I was talking to a relative newcomer to the consulting profession.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? What is a credible path to get there? To successfully use these questions to chart a course, people must be brutally honest with themselves about where they are now. Once a company understands its present situation, it can chart a path to creating a truly differentiated offering that can create economic value.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Earlier in the week, three people quit, the company terminated four others due to downsizing to eliminate an entire department, and payroll came a day late. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs […] The post You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture appeared first on Harmonious Workpl

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The retail industry in the United States is undergoing a transformative phase shaped by changing consumer behaviors, technological advancements, and market dynamics. This article delves into the state of the US retail industry, exploring the contrasting landscapes of online and offline retail, backed by facts and statistics. Retail in the United States can be a lucrative business.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Where we choose to direct our gaze determines not only what we learn or believe, but how we choose to see the world. Typing is a skill. Juggling is a skill. So is project management. It’s easy to overlook the fact that we can get better at what we think about, create and consume. If we’re not happy with how external forces are stealing and redirecting our attention, we can change it.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Historically, disruption is extremely rare. Only 23 of the 568 companies included in the Fortune 500 since 1997 were under 15 years old when they entered. But right now, there are three forces converging that might transform finance and other industries. The first is the explosive growth of AI. The second is a massive migration of tech talent from big finance to big tech.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2023

High Functioning Leadership Teams Matter We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that high functioning leadership teams are crucial to an organization’s sustained success, resilience, and growth. Building high functioning leadership teams impacts every part of the business, from day-to-day operations to long-term strategies. Three Critical Components of High Functioning Leadership Teams In our leadership development experience, the algorithm for success requires a full comm

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