Consulting Success
APRIL 4, 2017
Would earning 100%, 200% even 300% more than you are now with your consulting fees be of interest? If you’d like to learn how to increase your fees so you can make more with every project that you take on and spend potentially less time on each project this will be relevant for you. In today’s article I’m going to explain how to establish value for your consulting fees.
David A Fields
APRIL 4, 2017
Lessons from financial investing and a technique called Cascading Buckets can improve the results of your business development efforts for your consulting firm. I learned investing from reading One Up on Wall Street, the Investor’s Business Daily, and Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Actually, that’s not true.
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Management Consulted
APRIL 2, 2017
We’re continuing our Top 10 Consulting Firms series this week by focusing our expert eye on the Middle East. For the purposes of this article, let’s define the Middle East as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and the Sultanate of Oman. It’s purely optional to listen to ‘Desert Rose’ by Sting while reading this.
Tom Spencer
APRIL 1, 2017
Most of us work pretty hard to ensure an even schedule throughout the working week: five or more days of calm, measured – if industrious – productivity. Yet most people will also recognize the simple truth that, from time to time, work tends to get bunched up together. Whether it’s a fast-approaching deadline, a backlog of tasks, or an upturn in the market, everyone has to face up to striving onwards in the face of fatigue every once in a while.
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BCG
APRIL 3, 2017
Article Monday, April 03, 2017 Women don’t simply step off the leadership track. According to new BCG research, they’re more commonly pushed off, by male-dominated corporate cultures and negative experiences at the workplace. The good news is that CEOs can take steps to foster a more diverse culture, retain women, and create balanced leadership teams for the future.
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Chad Barr
APRIL 5, 2017
Whenever I travel, I’m always looking for something adventurous to do: climb mountains, find the best view of the sunset, explore local gardens. Even when I’m at home, I seek out adventure in my everyday life. This “adventure mindset” has led me down unbeaten paths to extraordinary experiences—both in my personal life, and in my business.
Henry DeVries
APRIL 7, 2017
Today, playing safe is playing dumb. Here is a surprising truth from companies from Southern California to Boston: It’s often easier to make a product 10 times better than it is to make it 10% better.
BCG
APRIL 4, 2017
Article Tuesday, April 04, 2017. Large companies that want to bring deep-tech startups into the fold need to consider carefully the particular needs of these young operations.
Melissa Agnes
APRIL 6, 2017
I’m always talking about developing a crisis preparedness program rather than simply developing a crisis management plan. But what’s the difference and why is a program so much more valuable than a plan? I answer this question in this week’s #crisisready video. Take a look! Looking To Hire A Crisis Management Keynote Speaker? Is crisis management a topic for your next event?
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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
MishTalk
APRIL 2, 2017
If Central Banks wanted to make a positive impact on the global economy, they would abolish themselves and let the free market set rates. Instead, and after pursuing a 2% inflation target for decades, central bankers now ponder the need for even higher rates of inflation. (more…).
Harvard Business
APRIL 5, 2017
Marion Barraud for HBR. There’s a lot of advice out there about how to make meetings more efficient and productive. And while it’s true that leading focused, deliberate conversations is critical to organizational performance, meetings aren’t just about delivering results. There’s another outcome that leaders should be paying more attention to: creating a quality experience for each participant.
BCG
APRIL 7, 2017
Article Friday, April 07, 2017. Many global enterprises today have succeeded by following a simple recipe: procure, manufacture, and assemble in the lowest-cost locations, link these using reliable, standardized logistics and information technology, market the resulting products globally, and book profit in low-tax havens. This powerful formula for economic arbitrage enabled by technology and supported by the politics of open borders is the fruit of several decades of globalization.
Confessions of a Consultant
APRIL 2, 2017
Enda – the road. One time Unionist MP for South Down, Enoch Powell, is famous for his so-called ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech delivered in 1968 when he stated: “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure…”. The scenario usually plays out as follows. A senior politician makes an error of judgment and gets fired from the front bench.
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MishTalk
APRIL 6, 2017
With zero evidence backing him up, Trump Launched an Airstrike on Syria. Trump then issued a statement saying the strike was in the “vital national security interest” of the U.S. Herre is his video address. (more…).
Harvard Business
APRIL 7, 2017
The research is clear: when we choose humble, unassuming people as our leaders, the world around us becomes a better place. Humble leaders improve the performance of a company in the long run because they create more collaborative environments. They have a balanced view of themselves – both their virtues and shortcomings – and a strong appreciation of others’ strengths and contributions, while being open to new ideas and feedback.
BCG
APRIL 5, 2017
Focus Wednesday, April 05, 2017. Additive manufacturing could soon be widely adopted for industrial use, and the market could grow more than threefold through 2020. But industrialized AM will become a reality only if key stakeholders—including materials suppliers, equipment providers, and end users—act now to differentiate their strategies.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 5, 2017
Predict the weather Read an X-ray Play Go Correct spelling Figure out the P&L of a large company Pick a face out of a crowd Count calories Fly a jet across the country Maintain the temperature of your house Book a flight Give directions Create an index for a book Play Jeopardy Weld a metal seam Trade stocks Place online ads Figure out what book to read next Water a plant Monitor a premature newborn Detect a fire Play poker Read documents in a lawsuit Sort packages.
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MishTalk
APRIL 6, 2017
In 2013, the US was on the verge of war with Syria. Obama prepared for war but backed down when allies would not support the idea. Trump tweeted against the idea. Had Hillary won the election war was certain. Last week, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said that Mr. Assad’s fate “will be decided by the Syrian people.” That is exactly how it should be.
Harvard Business
APRIL 6, 2017
Employee burnout is a common phenomenon, but it is one that companies tend to treat as a talent management or personal issue rather than a broader organizational challenge. That’s a mistake. The psychological and physical problems of burned-out employees, which cost an estimated $125 billion to $190 billion a year in healthcare spending in the U.S., are just the most obvious impacts.
BCG
APRIL 4, 2017
Article Tuesday, April 04, 2017. Most deep-tech startups don’t fit comfortably into corporate-venturing systems. Here are six areas in which corporate sponsors need to assess their readiness for deep-tech collaboration.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 1, 2017
We have a holiday for it, but no good words. Belief in disbelief. The asymmetry between incredulity and credulity. The fact that too often we believe in the wrong stuff, follow the wrong leader and take the wrong medicine. In just a few decades, we've managed to wreck April Fools as a useful holiday. The stakes are just too high. For a long time, we've been easily fooled by patent medicines.
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Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c
MishTalk
APRIL 4, 2017
Illinois’ fiscal condition is in bad shape and worsening. Jim Muschinske, Revenue Manager, notes a “ February Freefall “ Compared to last year, February income taxes are down 12.1%; Sales taxes are down 7.5%, and public utility taxes are down 34.3%. For fiscal 2017, general revenues are down a whopping 8.1%, and the state is two-thirds through the fiscal year.
Harvard Business
APRIL 3, 2017
The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. The company was an eager user of my “cascading choices” framework for strategy that I have used for decades and written about extensively, most prominently in the 2013 book I wrote, with friend and colleague A.G.
Strategy+Business
APRIL 2, 2017
Organizing around a common purpose and sharing leadership encourages people to bring their authentic selves to work.
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 4, 2017
There are very few fences that can stop a determined person (or dog, for that matter). Most of the time, the fence is merely a visual reminder that we're rewarded for complying. If you care enough, ignore the fence. It's mostly in your head.
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