David A Fields

JANUARY 30, 2024

You’ve set goals, determined strategy and identified initiatives to build a more successful consulting firm. Are you actually propelling your initiatives powerfully enough to achieve your goals? Any outsider can tell you in a few moments how committed and focused you are and how rapidly your consulting firm will make progress by looking for where … Continued The post Accelerate Your Consulting Firm’s Growth with “RIDE” appeared first on David A.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 31, 2024

Have you ever considered that your next setback might pave the way to your most significant triumph? Thomas Edison’s journey to invent the electric light bulb is a testament to this. Despite facing thousands of failures, his unwavering dedication and refusal to surrender culminated in one of the greatest inventions of all time. Consider Steve Jobs in 1985: ousted from Apple, the very company he established.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you provide services to companies as an independent consultant or to business professionals as an executive coach, you should be using LinkedIn to help build your business. It’s an excellent tool to establish your credibility, create awareness about your expertise and services, expand your network, and of course, keep in touch with your existing connections to help foster referrals.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A deep dive into aligning people, purpose, and profits Picture this: An organization filled with people who feel like they belong … …where everyone from the C-Suite to the front-line can show up and do their best work… …and still have plenty of time and energy for their personal lives… …even in today’s ever-changing, complex world of work.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2024

Have you ever considered the profound influence of language, tone, and style in connecting with your team? In this episode, we share the second of a two-part series (originally aired as one episode) where we were guests on the Access Ideas podcast with Janna Stam. In our conversation, we illuminate the the nuances of leadership, the dynamics of communication, the intricate nature of trust, some great reflections on Strengths and a plethora of other things.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

No one likes a tyrannical, controlling, and disempowering boss. A heavily top-down approach might have worked in the past but this style of boss management is increasingly ineffective and alienating to employees. In the modern workplace, the best managers have instead embraced a more empowering and collaborative method known as lead management. While most companies are already adopting a version of lead management, it is pertinent to keep this distinction fresh in our minds, particularly as we s

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some tunes might help push through tough times Let me start by stating that I LOVE music. I love music so much that I married music; my wife serves as a talented and award-winning music teacher in a middle school in Chicago’s suburbs. We met in high school band and courted while we both worked at a music store. All of our kids play music, and everyone has their own unique playlists.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

In today’s world, business transformation has morphed from a one-time special project to a never-ending series of transformations — the majority of which will fail. With a future full of changes, challenges, and surprises, leaders need a new approach. Forward-thinking organizations are focusing on regeneration — developing a long-term vision and a series of unified actions to more harmoniously link business operations and performance and create lasting value.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of today’s business world, companies of all sizes face unique challenges and opportunities. Whether launching a startup, navigating the complexities of a small business, or steering a large enterprise through expansion, the benefits of business consulting services are profound. This article explores how consulting services contribute to the success of startups, small businesses, and larger enterprises, supported by facts, statistics, and real-world examples.

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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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Buzzsprout

JANUARY 30, 2024

YouTube isn’t just for videos anymore! With Google Podcasts shutting down in March 2024, Google is pivoting to YouTube Music as its podcasting hub. This change means podcasters can now submit their audio-only podcasts to YouTube! Podcasters will need an existing podcast and an RSS feed to submit their show to the new directory. If you don’t have a show or an RSS feed yet, you can get started on Buzzsprout !

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. Too few organizations can do that. But teams can change how they work—in any approach. Here are three suggestions to emulate flow efficiency thinking: Start the project with a cross-functional team that stays together for the entire project.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite its critical importance, most executive teams are not in agreement around the foundational question: What does success look like in X years? The challenge lies in developing a clear collective understanding of what winning as a team looks like and then aligning efforts, resources, and strategies toward these common goals. In this article, the authors offer guidance on how to prepare for and lead a success-defining discussion with your team.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In today’s digital era, a company’s online presence serves as its initial introduction to potential customers. The performance and functionality of a website play a pivotal role in shaping user experience, customer satisfaction, and overall business success. This article explores the significance of seamlessly integrating, customizing, and consistently updating website technology and databases, highlighting the substantial impact these elements have on website performance.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Designing a winning price in Government contracting involves quite a concentrated effort to compose the technical strategy as well as the strategy to get to that right price. All components that go into an elegant masterpiece must play with each other in a well-orchestrated approach. The strategic price component is not just about the numbers. It is also how the price story and value proposition carry out the complete picture for the intended Government contracting customer.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week's 60 seconds is from a thriller short story I sold to Thriller Magazine. The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for February 2, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from my story in Thrill Ride magazine, which will be published later this year. Since it’s not yet published, I’m declaring this in progress.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2024

You may be excited to move forward to your next career opportunity, particularly if you’re trying to leave an unhealthy work environment. But as you interview with prospective employers, don’t ignore the signs of toxicity that may be right in front of you. Identifying toxicity in an organization you don’t currently work for can prove to be tricky. If you’re trying to leave a toxic workplace but don’t do your due diligence on future employers, you could end up back in another miserable environmen

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Action Plan

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Many things in life are hard. Work is hard. Marriage is hard. Aging is hard. But none of these is as hard as not voicing our opinions and judgments. We all have an opinion or judgment about almost everything. This is not a modern phenomenon. Since the beginning of time, we have judged others as well as ourselves. It would be one thing if we had opinions and judgments and kept silent, but quite another thing to voice our opinions and judgments.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the dynamic realm of business, the role of effective marketing and advertising strategies cannot be overstated. Many businesses are now turning to marketing consulting services to augment their efforts, relying on the expertise of consultants to navigate the intricacies of the contemporary marketplace. This article delves into the ways marketing consultants support clients and explores the concrete benefits that businesses derive from collaborating with them.

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Office Skills

JANUARY 29, 2024

How to Use the SMART Goal System to Achieve Success While Working From Home You can get the most out of your workday by applying the SMART goal system. This […] The post How to Use the SMART Goal System appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It’s common to wrestle with feelings of unmet expectations, missed opportunities, and paths not taken when you reach the midpoint of your career. But experts say that arriving at middle-age is also a profound opportunity for growth and self-reflection. It’s a chance to reevaluate your priorities, draw from your experience, and carve out a path that aligns with your goals for the second half of your professional life.

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Action Plan

JANUARY 30, 2024

We all like certain things. But have you ever thought about what you really like? There’s a whole lot of things to choose from out there. What are your preferences? Below is a list of things that you may like. Just read each one and think, for each category, “What do I like or love the most?” Just say it to yourself and then go to the next one. Ready?

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 31, 2024

Expanding business operations into the lucrative and dynamic United States market is a strategic move that can yield significant rewards for foreign companies and investment groups. However, success in this endeavor requires careful planning, understanding of the local business landscape, and adherence to regulatory frameworks. This article provides a comprehensive guide on how foreign entities can enter the US market correctly and successfully, covering key aspects from market research to legal

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

As we’ve stepped into 2024, it’s high time to learn what trends in project management are expected to shape the domain in the near future. In the era of constant transformation, project managers and business leaders should stay informed of the tendencies that will impact the way they work on projects. So, let’s take a closer look at how project management trends are expected to evolve in 2024.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Generative AI has the potential to close content, insight, and technology gaps that large corporations typically have over their smaller counterparts. This shift presents a unique opportunity for SMEs, whose inherent agility gives them an edge in adopting and innovating with AI. This article shares some early examples of how new approaches to text and image generation, AI-generated video, customer insights, and more can help boost the competitiveness of SMEs willing to invest in generative AI to

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Granite Leadership Strategies

JANUARY 29, 2024

Government contracts are a unique marketplace. Pricing preparation is unlike any other market. Most savvy companies prepare their prices differently than those in the commercial environment by weighing all the various components and factors that will affect the price over the life of the project – a strategically minded approach. Pricing in any market is a significant piece of the proposal puzzle that makes or breaks your bid.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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