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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. In 2017, Warton published an article that highlighted the rise of contractual workers in both the private and public sectors. They also need to manage their own training, resource development, and financing.

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Stop Setting Goals You Don’t Actually Care About

Harvard Business

Many people fail on their professional development goals for the year because they take on a lot of goals — goals that they feel they “should” do but ultimately don’t energize them. For example, this year, I decided to make writing a book proposal for a new book my primary professional development goal.

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HBR’s Best on Saying No to More Work

Harvard Business

Like many professionals, I used this month to reflect on what I wanted to accomplish in 2017. Carefully weigh the costs — not just your time and effort, but the opportunity cost as well. Think Strategically About Your Career Development. January is almost over. How am I going to make room to take on these new things?

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Project Management. Program Management Office (PMO). Product Development and Launch. If you’re a consultant working with several clients at once, you can expect to get questions about your time management and problem-solving or communication skills. Market Landscape. Growth Strategy. Strategic Planning.

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Why You Need an Untouchable Day Every Week

Harvard Business

When I worked as Director of Leadership Development at Walmart, my days were full of meetings. I now have research calls and phone interviews; lunches with literary agents and web developers; conference calls about book titles and publishing schedules; and radio interviews and media prep calls. Everybody’s were! But I was wrong.

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Hold Onto The Bright Bits… the art of Eulogy Writing

Confessions of a Consultant

But just as the newspapers have draft eulogies for high-profile figures – he wanted to be prepared when the time came. Co-ordinating his thoughts in advance – wasn’t just an exercise in time management. Recent Losses : Just before Christmas (2017) my sister Mary died. So, what’s the best way to write a eulogy?