Consulting Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

From Disney HR leadership to Career Coaching: How Rainer Janetzki created a business that uses ALL his unique strengths and interests Do you have a variety of strengths and passions you want to express in your consulting or coaching business? Does the idea of doing the same thing day after day cause you dread?

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here’s how you can use it to increase the likelihood of achieving your desired outcomes. For example, “I want the client to ask me to submit a written proposal,” or “I want the client to understand why I need to step away from this project and how I can help him find someone else to do the work.” How do you want them to perceive you?

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David A Fields

JUNE 7, 2022

Consulting firm clients occasionally (or frequently) don’t live up to their obligations on a project—mid-project approvals come late, or not at all, critical information is missing, etc. The post [Scope Creep, Responsibility Dodging] How to Set and Keep Better Boundaries with Your Consulting Firm’s Clients appeared first on David A.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 27, 2017

If you’re too quick to react, you can end up with short-sighted decisions or superficial solutions, neglecting underlying causes and create collateral damage in the process. Traps like these keep you stuck in triage mode. In this mindset, taking time out to reflect on your intentions and actions feels like a luxury you can’t afford.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 17, 2017

I got that far not just because I worked hard — practicing every day in four-to-six-hour sessions — but also because I had an extremely tough coach who routinely offered both caring support and sharp criticism. But when it comes to delivering criticism, I do think some best practices translate.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 20, 2021

And it’s critical to nail this message if you want to successfully market and sell your products or services. 8 Powerful Value Proposition Examples (& How To Write Yours) is a post from: Consulting Success. 8 Powerful Value Proposition Examples (& How To Write Yours) is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 27, 2022

Since many of my students aspire to work in consulting after they graduate, the purpose of this post is to round up some examples in the consulting space as related to research methods. This post will be updated from time to time. McKinsey article, “Not enough comps for valuation?

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It’s a critical factor in your consulting firm’s success. However, how you think about time may hide the bigger, more important picture. The post How to Build Your Consulting Firm Faster by Rethinking Your Relationship to Time appeared first on David A. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “time”?

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Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2024

The ability to develop crisp mental models around the problems you want to solve and understanding the why before you start working on the how is an increasingly critical skill, especially in the age of AI. Coding is one of the things AI does best and its capabilities are quickly improving.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 30, 2021

Having the right consulting team is critical to establishing a strong and stable organization and, ultimately, a successful business. How to Hire and Optimize Your Consulting Team with Ex-Olympic Coach Mike Zani: Podcast #201 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2024

Critical reflection on personal experiences unlocks learnings that leads to better judgment and decision-making. Here is what you need to know about critical reflection and four steps to shift your mindset this new year. Why critical reflection matters Reflection is a powerful leadership tool. Biases are present in all leaders.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2019

Give yourself time to process it.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There’s the role of the decider versus the role of the critic. Anybody can be a critic. If a critic criticizes and is wrong, rarely does anybody go back and blame the critic. For the critic, there is no downside to criticizing. A critic only has to say your idea stinks. Critics rarely do.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 5, 2021

During contracting, you and your client come to an agreement on the business objectives at hand and how the two of you will partner together to achieve those objectives. It’s critical to measure the results of your intervention. You created a proposal, negotiated and renegotiated with your client and the deal is done.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

From her transition from school principal to parent coaching, Sari shares how she helps families navigate the often overwhelming journey of raising children while managing a business. Her advice on how to become a 'good enough' parent and not be too hard on ourselves for the inevitable mistakes we make is refreshing.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 17, 2023

From her transition from school principal to parent coaching, Sari shares how she helps families navigate the often overwhelming journey of raising children while managing a business. Her advice on how to become a 'good enough' parent and not be too hard on ourselves for the inevitable mistakes we make is refreshing.

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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? 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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Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

2) How critical has my boss been to my success? 3) How worried am I about the organization’s future? When your boss leaves for a new company, it can be tempting to try to follow them, especially if you’ve had a strong working relationship and built up trust. But is it a good idea? 5) Has my boss explicitly offered me a job?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2023

More and more businesses are turning to AI-powered technologies to help close the data-insight gap and improve their decision-making capabilities in time-critical, high-pressure situations. and 3) How can business leaders effectively benefit from these technologies while mitigating the risks?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On a hybrid project, communication and coordination become both more critical and more challenging. Digital tools and meetings may be the only way some team members can keep in touch.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 4, 2024

Talent Strategy Step #1: Identify the right analytical skill sets After establishing your data-analytics strategy that is tightly aligned with the mission and culture of the ogranization you need to determine the roles and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the talent most critical to meeting the needs.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 11, 2024

So, how can organizations and teams account for uncertainty and make progress on what matters? link] Scenario Planning: A flexible strategic planning method Scenario planning helps organizations focus on likely and critical external elements impacting the business and think creatively about their situation.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2024

That means that organizations need to quickly shift how they recruit and retain employees of all ages, including by developing new policies and benefits. The authors discuss why it’s critical for organizations to support employees in menopause — and highlight several that are doing so effectively.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 8, 2023

Find out how personal branding photography can transform your online presence and create a powerful connection with potential clients. We dive into the evolution of marketing, discussing how the traditional marketing template is becoming less effective, especially with women now making 70-80% of all purchasing decisions.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Networking is critical for senior executives who are making job and career transitions, but it’s hard to find advice on how best to manage the process.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how many companies operate and handle various tasks. Understanding how AI is revolutionizing instructional design is beneficial to learning and development (L&D) and their client companies alike. How is AI Changing Instructional Design?

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 29, 2023

There are so many things to consider: The field your company operates in, and how quickly it changes, affects the complexity, length, and scope of your strategic plan. Identifying the most critical areas to focus on first will help ensure that your plan is achievable and impactful.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But how inclusive should your strategic thinking and planning be? Here is what leaders need to know to be more inclusive in strategy development and how to overcome three common barriers. Strategic thinking uses critical thinking to consider the fundamental business drivers and challenges specific to an organization.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2019

Four steps to recover and respond.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Critical success factors (CSFs) represent the key areas or conditions you need to master for your business strategy to be successful. Here, we’ll quickly define critical success factors and explain why professional services firms should care about them. What Are Critical Success Factors for Professional Services?

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Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2022

Based on a recent conversation with Yinka, below is a summary of three main ideas as to how critical analysis skills can benefit young professionals: 1. How should you interpret a text that contains knowledge or methods beyond your understanding? How important is the ability to interpret texts for a young professional?

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

Experience, along with education plus critical thinking, helps consultants and business leaders to ask the right questions for each unique situation. The right questions encourage teams to think critically, challenge assumptions, and collaborate on finding solutions. Frameworks do help to guide the process.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Curiosity and creativity in addition to analysis and critical thinking are reasons why an individual would join consulting. When a mistake has been made, consultants will often speak to their managers or other members of the team to identify where they may have made a mistake and ask for assistance on how to fix it.

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