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If You're a SME Make Extra Money with GLG

Successful Independent Consulting

GLG refers to these SMEs as Council Members, and they provide expertise in small bits, like an hour or two by phone or video conference. I didn’t upload a résumé and it said I’ve only been an independent consultant since 2016, although I’ve worked as one since 2004.) GLG also sometimes hires independent consultants for longer projects.

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back. Money management · Cash flow – This is probably the hardest part about being self-employed, especially if you are going to work with large companies. One way to get over the psychological hurdle is to avoid calling it “sales”.

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Gallup Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This period was dominated by “quality gurus” who popularized awareness and value for “total quality management” – a fancy way of saying that organizations should focus their efforts into continuously improving the quality of products and services to consumers. In 2004, that’s just what Gallup did.

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How Companies Are Already Using AI

Harvard Business

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Related Video.

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

MishTalk

The Yen was in this general area, at times, in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2014. This weakness is negative for an economy that suffered a blow to domestic demand from an April sales-tax increase. sales for Japanese automakers in the six months through June rose 6.2 Since then, the Yen declined to and 94.83 How did that work out?

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. sales force teams. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for?

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Thirty years of projects

Seth Godin Blog

1985—Tennis and golf on VCR, British video games on floppy disk and other Spinnaker projects.  It took me more than three years to get all the licenses I needed to launch this series of novels, each based on a video game that was popular on Nintendo.   1986— Business Rules of Thumb , my first book.