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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

To begin thinking of your own professional development goals, start by asking yourself three questions: If I could accomplish just one major professional development goal in 2017, what would it be? I’ve always been a huge fan of time blocking as a way to reserve time for important items.

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business

Notwithstanding the allocative efficiency of capital markets, the implications for firms that are valued for growth is that managers of these firms must recognize the opportunity of digital innovation and create capabilities to exploit this opportunity.

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5 Ways to Counteract Your Smartphone Addiction

Harvard Business

In France, companies with more than 50 employees are now required to do something similar; the country’s “ right to disconnect” law , passed in January 2017, mandates that they set aside hours when employees don’t have to be available via email. You and Your Team Series. Building Good Habits.

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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. Sometimes you’ll have to educate your manager on what saying yes would mean. It helps to sit down with your manager to go over your priorities and talk about how this new request fits in. January is almost over.

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6 Ways to Counteract Your Smartphone Addiction

Harvard Business

In France, companies with more than 50 employees are now required to do something similar; the country’s “ right to disconnect” law , passed in January 2017, mandates that they set aside hours when employees don’t have to be available via email. You and Your Team Series. Building Good Habits.

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

For instance, you have consulting within Business Strategy, Marketing, IT, Management and so on. Since you have the option of being part of many different projects in a fairly short period of time, you get the option of progressing more quickly than the rest of the peers in your industry. Project Management. How did you manage?