Consulting Success

JANUARY 20, 2025

[podcast_headshot url=”[link] How exactly does a classically trained marketer transition from big-budget ad agencies to founding a consultancy that propels private equity portfolio companies to their revenue goals? Summer Craig, founder of Craig Group, joins Michael today to share her journey from corporate roles at HomeAway.com and Gulf States Toyota to building a 23-person growth.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2025

Companies often undertake investments or make decisions that slowly erode their original unique strategy or dilute the sharp boundaries that gave the firm its original clear identity. This happens because its not always clear to decision makers that the decision will dilute the core differentiation, there are many decisions that combine to dilute the differentiation, and managers are often motivated by short-term incentives to look for growth and profit opportunities.

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David A Fields

JANUARY 14, 2025

You know a rain barrel full of reasons why your consulting firm is better than other firms that do what you do. Among the reasons, of course, is you. Your experience and ideas and unique perspective. Hence, when Bethany Buttonwerk asked you why her company should work with your consulting firm instead of others shes … Continued The post The Right Response to “What Makes Your Consulting Firm Better?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2025

By many measures the price of food is on the rise. Let’s discuss some charts.

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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Effective Managers

JANUARY 15, 2025

How Defining Clear Roles and Accountabilities Enhances Organizational Performance The foundations of managerial accountability are crucial for organizational success, which is increasingly driven by swift decision-making and effective execution. The concept of managerial accountability stands out as a critical pillar for high-performing organizations.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 17, 2025

Picture this: Miami, April 2024 at our Consulting Success mastermind event. A room full of consultants just like you, each nursing their own private doubts about what’s truly possible for their businesses. As the ocean breeze carried whispers of potential through our sessions windows, we uncovered a powerful lesson… The ceiling on your success isn’t.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2025

AI agent autonomy is a conundrum. In many cases, supervision is needed in the form of a human in the loop to avoid disaster. Yet, you lose productivity gains if you impose excessive supervision on your agent. Too little latitude, and the agents capabilities are constrained to answering simple questions. Too much autonomy, and brand, reputation, customer relationships, and even financial stability are at risk.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2025

Deaths are expected to exceed births within a decade.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 15, 2025

The future is being written before our eyes, and the latest Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum is a beacon of insight for navigating the shifting sands of the global workforce. With its detailed analysis of job trends, this 289-page report highlights opportunities and challenges that are shaping industries worldwide. But here’s the exciting part: while flipping through its pages, one chart on page 19 caught my attention— Fastest-Growing and Fastest-Declining Jobs,

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2025

Download a printable PDF file. Kat: Shermie, I need you to hire me another gerbil for the production line. Shermie: Uh, Kat, this is the third one this week. Kat: I know. I just cant seem to retain workers. Kat: Coincidentally, I forgot my lunch for the last three days. Shermie: Well, theres a new […] The post Shermie Cartoon: Replacement Worker Request appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Halo Psych

JANUARY 13, 2025

12 minute read Whether youve already set some goals for 2025, or youre still thinking about it give yourself the best chance of success by tapping into what psychology and behavioural science tells us. Create an action plan and make it as vivid and concrete as possible Research suggests that vowing to achieve a goal doesnt work. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

But replacing U.S. workers with foreign talent isn’t as easy as supplying them with ChatGPT.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 18, 2025

The campaign by California to force trucking companies to adopt electric trucks will soon crash.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 14, 2025

Redwood Shores, CA LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a highly customized 1×1 Intensive Leadership Coaching for a Director that needed to elevate individual and team performance.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Process is the investment we make in inefficiency now to prevent errors from costing us later. Jet airlines are the safest form of travel ever created, largely because of the inefficient process that we put in place. They’re over tested and over staffed, with checklists and feedback loops in place to ensure that errors dont occur. It would be way less costly if one person simply jumped onto the plane with you and took off–less costly, but less reliable as well.

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Alan Weiss

JANUARY 18, 2025

People buy because they need or want something. Success is in fulfilling that want or need. So don’t tell prospects what youdo,the them what you create and how that results in their benefit. Give, don’t take. Is that so hard?

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2025

Tips for assigning the right projects and helping them get the recognition they deserve.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 16, 2025

Retail sales rose 0.4 percent in December. Adjusted for Inflation, sales rose 0.1 percent.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2025

Kick Off a Sales Call with a New Prospect in 120 Seconds in 5 Steps Starting a sales call with a new prospect is a delicate balancing act that sets the tone for the entire conversation in two minutes or less. An effective opening can establish credibility, build rapport , and open the door to meaningful dialogue. Here are practical steps to ensure you make the most of those crucial first moments.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Freedom is something we desire. The freedom to choose, to speak up, to produce, to follow our passions and our dreams. And organizations in search of efficiency, shortcuts or profits often argue for freedom as well. The freedom to organize their production and to go to market without regulation or hassle. Our actions, though, have consequences. That power plant might be venting steam into the river that millions depend on.

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1 to 1

JANUARY 17, 2025

With more technology and insights at their fingertips than ever before, retailers are diving into their data to learn more about customers so they can deliver better, more personalized shopping experiences. Harnessing the power of AI-generated insights, offering hyper-personalized customer experiences (CX), and tapping into the buying power of Gen Z were key themes at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show this month in New York City.

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This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2025

What are the right things to do or say when your colleague loses a home in a disaster? You may worry about having the right words, but staying silent leaves a void. While theres no perfect answer every time, the authors, both of whom have experienced catastrophic damage and home loss, offer four recommendations: 1) Do reach out but dont expect a response; 2) Do offer direct help and expertise; 3) Do you research on ways to donate; and 4) Dont forget them in a month or even a year.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 13, 2025

China’s exports surge while imports stagnate. Is global retaliation coming?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 13, 2025

Investing in Your Leadership Pipeline We know that investing in your leadership pipeline matters. According to research by Zenger Folkman, great leaders deliver more than double the value of poor and average leaders. Yet, DDIs latest Global Leadership Forecast report finds that only 11% of organizations have a strong or very strong leadership bench.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

The cult of consulting suggests that if you simply had better advice from someone who knew more than you, your problems could be solved. Generally, the advice isn’t really the hard part. There’s endless good advice just a click away. The art is in creating the conditions for people to choose to act on the advice. Good advice unheeded is a waste for everyone involved.

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