Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2018

To win business and deliver results - all consultants MUST cultivate their political savvy. While we may think that executives hire consultants for economic reasons - the reality is that more often that not, we're brought in for political reasons. What happened to the last person or project that failed? Are there cliques?

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A paying client is someone who will sign on the dotted line and hire you to deliver your coaching or consulting services. But we chose the path of consulting and coaching business ownership in part because of the control over our time and in part because we wanted to add significance to our success. She saw it and so did everyone else.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 16, 2020

A couple of days ago I wrote an article that differentiates between consultants and coaches and the respective business models. Quick Recap on the Difference Between Consultants and Coaches. Consultants and coaches are both executive advisors. The difference between the two is the way that they advise their clients.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 6, 2018

One of the biggest transitions consultants go through is figuring out how to help their clients with massive change projects without positional authority. You see, a consultant is not a leader. A consultant is one who helps a leader by framing the problems that the leader is accountable for solving.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Are you so over those labor intensive projects that keep you as busy as you were when you were an employee? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? This is a longer video than a typical Quick Win that you might see here.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

I am super excited to introduce you all to Charles Browne, the latest graduate from the Consultant’s Institute, who has got an amazing new business that he is launching, so welcome. So, I know that you didn’t just wake up one day and say hey I want to start a consulting business, you’ve been thinking about it for a while.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

As a business owner, you’re going to have a better chance of winning business if you have a memorable, recognisable and professional brand. But while you might think of yourself as a ‘consultant’ rather than a ‘business owner’, you do need to embrace this and invest your time in developing a brand.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bosses, colleagues and friends all questioned the wisdom of quitting his high-paying job and steady paycheck for the unknowns of starting his own consulting business. After over 15 years of consistent and growing consulting success - they now understand exactly why he did it. He had some ideas that worked.and some that didn't.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

As a business owner, you’re going to have a better chance of winning business if you have a memorable, recognisable and professional brand. But while you might think of yourself as a ‘consultant’ rather than a ‘business owner’, you do need to embrace this and invest your time in developing a brand.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 7, 2021

Managing up is consciously establishing a good working relationship with your managers in order to ensure mutual success. Managing up is consciously establishing a good working relationship with your managers in order to ensure mutual success. How to Manage Up. How to Manage Up. What Is Managing Up?

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Tsavo Neal

AUGUST 21, 2020

Which are the best consulting website themes for WordPress? As a consultant, your website has different needs than other businesses. Choosing the best WordPress theme for consultants will give you an effective website. The best theme on the market for consultants is X Theme by Themeco. EXPERIENCE.

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

” She was referring to how much the thread had covered, but the pun wasn’t lost on us. DTC companies end up raising baskets of money and spending just about all of it on social media and online ads, payments to influencers, etc, losing money on every customer. Buy as many clicks as you can, and you can grow your business.

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Management Consulted

JULY 22, 2013

In our last post, we discussed 5 major differences between 2 prominent types of consulting. From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of exit opportunities, strategy operations consulting far surpassed financial advisory consulting as our recommended career to pursue. Missed part one?

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The Management Centre

JUNE 5, 2021

Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. This month our consultants are joined by guest blogger Sophia Moreau. Sophia is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion consultant and a multi-award-winning campaigner. What is the issue?

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Working in local government has never been so tough. But such change is also going to need specialist skills, new insights and new ways of working. The leadership team decided that meeting such challenges required a fresh approach – and they met those challenges by putting in place a team of specialists to act as internal consultants.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Many consultants are also business owners which means we have a lot of different aspects of our business which we need to manage. Learning what works for other consultants can be an important way to define and prioritize strategies and activities. Consulting has a lot of positive to offer all practitioners.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 19, 2019

In this article, we will take a deep-dive into this goal-based networking process, explore other areas where networking becomes relevant, and at the end look into some networking techniques that have worked for me. We then need to focus on how you can create advocacy to secure a full-time offer.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Today I’m joined by seasoned consultant and passionate leader Ron Carucci. His work has taken him to over 20 countries in four different continents, and he is the author of several consulting and leadership books as well as a regular contributor to Forbes.com and the Harvard Business Review. I was out working in Europe.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

The consulting industry is a very competitive field with an abundance of highly educated professionals with proven track records of success. In order to succeed and stay relevant in such a competitive field, consultants have to keep their knowledge up to date and continuously hone their skills. How to win friends and influence people.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Today’s guest is Mindy Millward, a veteran consultant with over 20 years of experience from Navalent. You may remember my guest Ron Carucci, from episode 21, who recommended Mindy as an outstanding and insightful consultant, and he was right. The Mindset That Wins Consulting Work With Fortune 500 Companies with Mindy Millward.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 16, 2017

Want a guaranteed way to “level-up” your consulting business? Read books written by successful consultants, for consultants. Specifically, consultants who can teach you how to master the business side of consulting. Consultants like David Fields. The Perfect Consulting Proposal.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 14, 2020

My career, my business, my life’s work — all wrapped up into one neat, 2-dimensional digital package. Exclusive Bonus : Download my guide on How To Make A Personal Website In 5 Easy Steps if you want to start YOUR personal website (takes less than 30 minutes) — and level up your career and self-development. But what about others?

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Is it possible to balance work and life as a consultant? There are however 5 factors that can have a huge influence on your work life balance. I worked in the New York Office at McKinsey and in general, people in New York work much harder than they do in other cities around the country. Here is the reality.

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Kai Davis

MARCH 6, 2019

The easiest way to become an influencer as a consultant is by picking a super small, niche market, becoming a ‘Consulting Niche Celebrity’ ( [link] ), and then expanding over time. First, what the hell is an influencer? Becoming an influencer is an excellent goal for every single freelancer and consultant.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful.

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Brimstone Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our team is made up of highly-skilled, senior-level consultants from a wide range of backgrounds—educators at top universities, serial entrepreneurs, former C-suite executives, and seasoned process consulting experts. It’s learning and practice that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with our whole hearts.”.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

They care that people will learn something new or learn how to make an “old” idea work better. That means your abstract has to influence the program committee so they will choose you. I no longer remember how or when I discovered Kent Beck's One Startling Sentence, but I am thrilled I did. Start Your Abstract.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

HR leaders are often asked: Where should work be managed in the organization? How do we promote consistency, while recognizing local differences? How do we simplify the organization and empower our teams on the ground, while building global platforms and brands? As consultants we see this pendulum swing all too often.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

There is no serious debate that well-designed organizations with clear organizational strategies influence desired behaviors, culture, and performance. Selfless love brings out the best in how people think, act, and feel. Globalization and technological advances are projected to continue to increase workgroup diversity.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

To be effective in organizations today, you must be able to influence people. How do you motivate colleagues to support your initiatives and adopt your ideas? How can you become a go-to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice? How can you become a go-to person that others look to for guidance and expert advice?

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 13, 2017

What’s one big difference between a global consulting firm and a small consulting firm? Small consulting firms and independent consultants don’t have the same sized marketing budget. McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. Global corporations have massive budgets. The structure?

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Consulting lead generation isn’t easy, especially when done online. Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Only a few years ago, your prospects didn’t care about your website.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2017

Through coaching, she learned to project a powerful demeanor that was genuine and compelling. Through coaching, she learned to project a powerful demeanor that was genuine and compelling. In each case, one of us served as the executive coach and worked with the executive to set their individual goals.

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The Management Centre

AUGUST 8, 2019

Sometimes we hold ourselves back, sometimes our inner voice gets in the way, and sometimes we just don’t know how to be assertive. =mc Yvette: during the session we talked about the challenges we face at work that lead us to be passive, rather than assertive. It was a popular session, with some fantastic questions.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

How do they do it? Then, we spent five years trying to understand what they do, and how they do it. We got under the skin of each organization, to understand how they live and breathe, by interviewing people who work (or worked) with them, observing them in action and reading everything about them.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

You might also be sold on how insights from behavioral science can make a big impact in your organization. All the best strategies, policies, and plans start with a vision — that is, being clear on how you intend for your company to benefit from behavioral science. ” You aren’t alone. Get the Vision Right.

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