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4 Advantages Of Using External Consultants Over Internal Employees

Consulting Success

Perhaps you’re a consultant and you’d like to communicate why a potential client should hire you over an employee. Or maybe you’re a company that’s torn between hiring a consultant or an employee for a project. Far too often companies hire internally when they should hire a.

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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

They think that putting themselves out there with a variety of services and expertise means they’ll be hired for more work. This is why you want to be “The Person” to talk to for a given situation. They want to hire a specialist and you want to be that person. The exact opposite is true. The tricky part is narrowing your niche.

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How to Use Storytelling to Ignite Transformation with Joy Spencer

Consulting Matters

And for the neuroscience junkies out there, she’ll give us the science behind why storytelling is so powerful and transformational. We explored the importance of creating in our careers, whether it's a product, service, experience, or project, and how our internal narratives can shape our approaches to storytelling.

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Leading with Heart: Lessons from Simon T. Bailey's Latest Book

Consulting Matters

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. He started by hiring an instructional designer and investing in developing content. Understanding how and why men think the way they do.

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Leading with Heart: Lessons from Simon T. Bailey's Latest Book

Consulting Matters

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. He started by hiring an instructional designer and investing in developing content. Understanding how and why men think the way they do.

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Earn Your Seat in the C - Suite with Darden’s Chief People & Diversity Officer Sarah King

Consulting Matters

Sarah and I met in 2012 when she hired me to consult with her and the senior team at Wyndham Vacation Ownership on a massive org transformation project she was leading. She does it all through her ability to influence, which is an essential skill for consultants and coaches – both internal and external. That is not true!

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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. Tune in to hear Brad's incredible journey and get the real reasons why executives hire consultants. He talks about his exciting career journey, which started at the Naval Academy, then to British Petroleum, and finally to Disney.