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Get More Business as a Consultant by Adding a Logo to Your LinkedIn Profile

Successful Independent Consulting

Photo 88154384 / Be A Professional © Lkeskinen0 | Dreamstime.com As a solopreneur, good marketing is critical. A well-polished image can attract clients by conveying competence and professionalism. It can differentiate you from competitors, and it demonstrates that you take your business seriously.

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Bread & Butter Projects: What They Are and Why Your Consulting Firm Needs Them

David A Fields

At virtually every restaurant, waitstaff plunks down some variation of bread and butter soon after you’re seated.

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Employee to Entrepreneur: Embrace A New Mindset with Denise Musselwhite

Consulting Matters

Today, Denise Musselwhite shares the moment when she decided to shift from CIO to executive coach and business owner. Denise had been dreaming of being an entrepreneur for a long time, but the Pandemic inspired her to take the leap.

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The Differentiator that Makes a Great Visionary

Makarios Consulting

You might think that a great visionary is someone who comes up with wonderful, creative, profitable ideas. That is the straightforward definition of a visionary in business, and it is the basic job description of any and every visionary.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Startup Panic: How VC Investors Caused the Collapse of SVB

Tom Spencer

On March 10th, Silicon Valley Bank went bankrupt. Federal regulators had to take over operations to avoid economic disaster.

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5 Ways to Boost Creativity on Your Team

Harvard Business

The way we work today often stifles creativity. But it doesn’t have to. Creativity Innovation Decision making and problem solving Leading teams Digital Article

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From Great Ideas to Implementation

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

After months of conducting industry research, several work sessions, debates, conversations, and meetings with industry leaders as well as with front-line team members, a client’s new strategic plan is complete. They’ve received board approval.

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Increasing Profitability In Times of a Crisis: How the Right Approach to Project and Resource Management Can Help Improve Business Outcomes

Epicflow

How can organizations ensure sustainable business growth and increase profitability during an economic downturn? Is it at all possible when a great number of companies are cutting their expenses, postponing new projects, and reducing investments in an attempt to survive? In fact, it is!

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The Role of Consultants in an AI-Driven World

Tom Spencer

This is the third of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry.

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The Surprising Effects of Business Vs. Leisure Travel

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Sample strategic planning agenda 2023 strategic planning process UPDTE

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Strategic planning Agenda for your next strategy meeting. We've been leading strategic planning meetings for the past 12 years (and counting), and we've tested dozens of different strategic planning agendas so that you don't have to.

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How Machine Learning Can Improve the Customer Experience

Harvard Business

Seven potential applications — from better recommendations to fraud detection. Customer experience Consumer behavior AI and machine learning Digital Article

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The Know It All Leader and What It Means

Rick Conlow

Know it all leaders abound. I think I know it all. You think you know it all. This post is for the leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, and CEOs. In truth, this message is a for everyone because it can benefit everyone.

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Leadership Tip 21: How to Know if People Are Working Hard

Johanna Rothman

Too many managers don't know how to manage remote people. Worse, those managers, or their organizations, don't trust people to do a good job. The organization installs spyware to see if people are working. That's classic Theory X behavior. However, people are smarter than the spyware. Many of these spied-upon people have installed mouse (and keyboard) simulator products. Yes, these products randomly move the mouse to pretend the person is “working.”

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.

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The Secret Way Smart Firms Grow Instead Of Fighting For Top Talent

Henry DeVries

Brian Gerstner, president of White Label IQ, says flexible staffing can boost innovation, provide access to specialized skills, improve employee morale, and adapt to changing demand. Leadership Strategy /leadership-strategy Leadership /leadership Leadership Strategy /leadership-strategy leadership

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How To Develop a Training Program That Works For Your Organization

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

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Leaders Need to Get Comfortable Collaborating on Strategy

Harvard Business

Three common fears that hold them back — and how to overcome them. Strategy Corporate strategy Digital Article

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Action Required if running Outlook 2013 on iManage Work Communication Servers

Kraft Kennedy

Action Required if running Outlook 2013 on iManage Work Communication Servers Issue Microsoft announced the end of support and updates for Microsoft Office 2013 as of April 11, 2023.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

Streaming real-time intent is a homerun for marketing and sales’ account-based marketing (ABM) strategies. With real-time buyer insights, you can be first-in-line to provide solutions and lead better, hyper-personalized conversations.

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From Great Ideas to Implementation

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

After months of conducting industry research, several work sessions, debates, conversations, and meetings with industry leaders as well as with front-line team members, a client’s new strategic plan is complete. They’ve received board approval.

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Why Do Organizations Need to Take Instructional Design Seriously?

Clarity Consultants

When training employees, there are countless measures you can take to ensure that they’re getting the knowledge they need to perform at their best. Because of this, choosing the one that’s right for your team can feel daunting.

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3 Surefire Ways to De-Stress Your Work (and Life)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Periods of excessive stress can have consequences as severe as heart disease. Not just individual well-being and happiness suffer when mental health suffers. The well-documented business impact of a stressed-out workforce is significant.

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Don’t Learn the Wrong Lessons from Failure

Harvard Business

Three common traps that leaders fall into — and how to avoid them. Organizational learning Decision making and problem solving Organizational decision making Digital Article

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Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps

Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects using different types of data.

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Exchange Online Kiosk Mode: Preventing Downloads of Firm Content on Non-Firm Devices

Kraft Kennedy

We recently received a request to configure Exchange Online Kiosk Mode to limit firm email access to OWA for specific users and groups. Specifically, the aim was the preventing the download of attachments within OWA.

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Executive Coaching is a Powerful Tool

Brimstone Consulting

Executive coaching is a powerful tool to transform your leadership and your organization. Coaching has a direct impact on business performance while accelerating personal development and performance. Here are four reasons to consider executive coaching.

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5 Tips To Rapidly Improve English To Advance Your Company, Career Or Cause

Henry DeVries

“I understood that a single well-connected conversation with someone can open doors, close deals, or even put me in the driver’s seat for that well-deserved promotion,” says two-time immigrant Genady Knizhnik of LillyPad.ai. Here are his tips for rapidly improving English language skills.

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Why is feedback so hard to give?

The Management Centre

Receiving feedback is vital for all of us. It lets us know what we are doing well. It also provides us with areas of development, improvement and stretch. Everyone we meet wants feedback, but the vast majority say they don’t get enough.

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

After gathering some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros, we've package them here for you. Try one of these 16 plays in your next salesflow or as inspiration for your next winning sales engagement strategy.

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What Silicon Valley Bank Did Right

Harvard Business

It became a fixture among startups because it understood their needs better than other banks. Entrepreneurial finance Financial crisis Entrepreneurship Finance and investing Digital Article

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Workspace App for Mac – Known Issue – March 23rd 2023

Kraft Kennedy

Workspace App for Mac – Known Issue – March 23rd 2023 Issue Users may experience the following issues due to expiration of a code signing certificate used by Citrix Workspace App for Mac: 1. Unable to communicate with Authentication Manager service. The Store doesn’t exist.

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Rethinking the Sports-Industrial Complex

Seth Godin Blog

School sports can have some valuable outputs: Learning teamwork A lifetime habit of fitness Giving non-academically-focused kids a chance to shine Offering leadership opportunities Valuing persistence, innovation and responsibility And yet, many schools act as if all they have is a trophy shortage.

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