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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

Although I’ve developed a number of blog posts addressing the practice of management consulting, I have spent little time tying things together into a framework of secret weapons of the modern consultant. niche, large traditional), and has experience as both an operating manager and an advisor.

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How to Use Strategic Planning to Help With Goal Setting & Prioritization

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

We bring valuable expertise and experience to the table from working with diverse groups of people and working through many types of conflict. On top of that, people may not speak as freely with an internal facilitator or member of the leadership team leading the session. We make sure that everyone’s insights are valued.

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Learning without training

The Management Centre

There are thousands of podcasts on all kinds of topics. By listening to people speak on topics, you can engage with the subject in a more interactive way. We love learning here at =mc, as you would expect! In this blog we take a look at how to learn from listening, and have podcast recommendations for you.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stressor for self-employed management consultants is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. Second, when knee-deep in projects and facing deadlines, consultants are hard-pressed to find time to publish thought-leadership articles or create, launch, and manage marketing campaigns.

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Pivoting the education matrix

Seth Godin Blog

For the longest time, school has been organized around subjects. It turns out, the skills we need to use in life (and in school) aren’t subject specific. But we use those subjects to teach the skills we actually end up using. Management. Leadership/cooperation. School usually has a different flavor than learning.

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11 Best Consulting Blogs: Read These Blogs To Grow Your Consultancy

Tsavo Neal

Whether you are a management consultant, sales consultant, or design consultant, reading these blogs (and most importantly, taking action on their advice) will help you improve your consulting business. 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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The Importance of Adaptive Response In The First Moments of Crisis Management

Melissa Agnes

It’s an important piece that discusses a topic that is often seen as controversial. Lou and I go into even more detail on this subject in episode #024 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast. If you’re in law enforcement or emergency management, I highly recommend the listen. Tune in here. A crisis is a change.