A Little Advice
Alan Weiss
MAY 16, 2020
Many of these you should continue even after personal meetings are common again. Create NEW service offerings and, if you haven’t yet, move toward advisory work to the maximum extent you can.
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Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for April 5, 2024
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 5, 2024
After the little giggles or murmurs in response to that story, I ask people to put their hands up if they're supposed to multitask between at least two projects. My audience knew that even if they couldn't use all my advice, they could try some of it. This excerpt is from the speaking book. ” “Yes,” they said.
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85 Best Podcast Interview Questions to Ask [2024]
Buzzsprout
JANUARY 8, 2024
Tips for asking great podcast interview questions A little preparation goes a long way toward an engaging conversation. A little time spent on this step can go a long way toward keeping the conversation productive and avoiding awkward silences. Follow these interview tips to get the most out of each interview-style podcast.
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Consulting Tip #2: Avoid Unsolicited Offers of Help from Strangers
Johanna Rothman
JUNE 19, 2023
Before paying anyone for anything, here's a little test to see if you should believe any of their claims: Make sure every offer of unsolicited advice points back to a website. But ignore all that unsolicited advice from people who are not successful and don't know about your business. It's not even noon. But I suspect not.
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How My Mistake Led to New Learnings About My Social Connections
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Especially since Bob Sutton had posted this, and I replied to it last week: A little advice for authors who are seeking blurbs. Last week, I realized I made several mistakes: It was past time to ask for people to write praise quotes. I had only asked men to write praise quotes. Is the praise from only white dudes? What had I done?
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See Something, Say Something: 3 Three-Word Tips
Successful Independent Consulting
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Frequently, however, the advice is harder to deliver because it’s more personal, like when a business leader needs to change a behavior or a team member is acting inappropriately. Over the years I’ve discovered three, three-word tricks to make delivering difficult observations and advice easier — and more effective.
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Tips for Sending Successful Messages on LinkedIn
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Little research is done before the outreach – This makes your message look unappealing. Is this someone you know and need advice from? Due to COVID-19 and the lack of physical interaction the “virtual coffee chat” has become a thing. However, due my busy schedule there is only a handful of requests that I can reply and offer to help.
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Safe Space – I can’t stop rescuing people, and it’s making me ineffective!
The Management Centre
MARCH 8, 2024
Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. In this regular feature, we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them. In this regular feature, we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them.
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How to Create Better Products With Much Less of a Backlog
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 18, 2024
I offered “now” advice in that newsletter. I discussed this a little in Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video) and in How to Assess the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging.) Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ?
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The Little Known Strategy for Becoming an Executive Advisor
Consulting Matters
JANUARY 7, 2020
For others this means that they want all of their revenue to come from their ability to give expert advice to executives. There is little chance that you'll be perceived as a trusted advisor if you come into the organization as a subcontractor. For some this means that they want to work with more senior leaders in larger companies.
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7 Strategies to get a Business Owner to open up
ConsultX
MARCH 21, 2022
The Seven Strategies Ask broad questions Listen Refrain from judgement or advice Use minimal encouragers Be inquisitive Use open body language Use your intuition Ask broad questions These will be open-ended questions that prompt open conversation, opposed to closed questions that will only give you a yes or no answer.
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What does a Business Consultant do?
ConsultX
MARCH 8, 2022
When someone states “I’m a Business Consultant”, the Business prefix does little to explain what that individual actually does. The definition of a Business Consultant Unsurprisingly, we would define a Business Consultant as a professional giving expert advice on Business to an organisation or individual. Accelo states: ?”A
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Safe Space #19: my team are dragging me down – help!
The Management Centre
JULY 5, 2023
Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. In this regular feature, we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them. In this regular feature, we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them.
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3 Reasons Pricing is the Big Moment in Your Business
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
There is a ton of bad advice out there. Most people make their pricing decisions with little consideration for what the pricing decision says about them. Pricing is Marketing’s MVP Moment…Duh! A lot of people are confused about pricing. Pricing is difficult. The simple formula is price = value.
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Decisively Solving Problems (Without Overreach)
Martinka Consulting
JUNE 23, 2021
Wordsmithing little things back and forth, trying to make it their deal by changing deal terms, and painting a “doom and gloom” picture for every little issue. Wordsmithing little things back and forth, trying to make it their deal by changing deal terms, and painting a “doom and gloom” picture for every little issue.
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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!
Successful Independent Consulting
APRIL 27, 2022
Consultants give strategic advice and often lead complex projects. If you were a hotel chain, would you be a Motel 6, Courtyard by Marriott, or a Ritz-Carlton? If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? Friends don’t let friends W-2! Friends don’t let friends W-2!
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Acing the Fit Interview — Finessing Negative Stories
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
At my most recent internship, I had several disagreements with my supervisor but tried particularly hard to ease up a little and take on a less intense demeanor. The final touch that I love to end on here is the last line seeking advice from the interviewer themselves. After all, who likes to talk about their blemishes?
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Management is for softies – but it gets solid results: Bob’s story
The Management Centre
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
To his credit (and, I confess, a little to my surprise) Bob didn’t stint in giving it a go. But he was constantly being interrupted by up to 35 phone calls a day from his engineers asking for help, advice and reassurance. Let’s call him Bob. I first met Bob a couple of years ago. We looked at how to take performance to the next level.
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The 3 Secrets of a Successful Consulting Interview Suit
Management Consulted
JUNE 4, 2017
We gathered Tian’s tips for consulting interview suits, along with some key advice from our very own Jenny Rae, and here’s what they had to say about putting your best foot forward going into a consulting interview. Everybody knows you should dress conservatively for a job interview. But there’s so much more to dressing to impress than that.
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Marketing Tips and Tools for your Internship
Tom Spencer
AUGUST 12, 2022
In this article, I would like to share a few tangible pieces of advice that may benefit you if you are planning to jump into a marketing related venture. Data may sound like an overwhelming word, but once you become a little more familiar with marketing analytics, you will realize how helpful it is. Developing Digital Marketing Media.
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11 WAYS TO MENTALLY PREPARE FOR AN EVENTUAL RETURN TO IN-OFFICE WORKING
People Business Psychology
MAY 22, 2020
Following up specialist advice may help. Useful checklist To make a return to work a little easier, it is handy to have a checklist of bite-sized advice to guide you. It’s not a race We do not want to suggest that we should all race back to the office. Jan de Jonge, the founder of People Busines Psychology Ltd.,
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You-Focused Website Language
Kai Davis
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Let’s take at four ‘I’ focused pieces of copy and see how with just a little work, they can flip around to a ‘you’ focus: Example #1 – Main text. Add a little : As Shopify Plus Partners and WordPress experts, we can help you create seamless and stunning digital experiences. You want to write in a way that speaks to your reader.
7 Communication Tips for Collaborating with Other People
Rick Conlow
DECEMBER 27, 2021
After a little silence, finally, a man stood up at the back of the group. .” Getting along with other people is a key part of this equation. This doesn’t always mean you have to approve or agree with what others do or say. Rather, it means working effectively with others towards common goals. No one stood up. 7 Communication Tips.
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LinkedIn Hacks for Management Consulting Applicants
Tom Spencer
JUNE 2, 2023
A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. While there are lots of good ideas online that can help you ‘stand out from the crowd’, it is hard to find specific advice for consulting candidates.
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Alternative Case Interview Tips
Tom Spencer
MAY 2, 2021
At the same time, too little eye contact can also be a problem. As such, inserting a little humour can help to lighten the mood. When conducting a search for case interview tips on the internet, you will quickly find yourself drowning in information. This post is not intended to be just another one of those articles. Tip 6: Mirroring.
The Safe Space #2 – giving bad news
The Management Centre
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. In this new blog we’ll share some of those challenges, and our advice for dealing with them. This will offer you little comfort I know. What’s the issue? Sadly, it’s about to get worse.
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Strategic Fail
Tom Spencer
JULY 29, 2013
BACK in high school, you teachers probably trained you in ‘exam technique’ For example, your maths teacher probably gave your class exam-prep advice which sounded something like this: “do the easy questions first, skip anything you don’t understand and come back to it at the end of the test if you have time.
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Monthly Website Commentary Extravaganza
Kai Davis
JULY 5, 2019
It was an hour of straight talk, actionable advice, and helpful commentary for every member that signed up. Head on over to [link] and learn a little more about the community. p.s., the advice that applied to nearly every website we looked at? We’re already planning the next Website Commentary event for August.
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“I tweaked a few things”
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 24, 2020
The easiest way to get a contribution, advice or feedback is to present something that’s 90% done. Human nature pushes the inexperienced feedback giver to wait until you’re almost done and then to offer feedback on little things. Tactics, not strategy. Colors, not shapes.
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Safe Space #16 – How do I manage my new manager?
The Management Centre
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. In this regular feature we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them. In this regular feature we share some of those challenges, and our advice, for dealing with them.
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How to make your homepage a more effective salesperson
Kai Davis
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Over the years, I’ve found that this is a super effective way to catch those little bits of copy that sound weird, have edit-induced typos, or or have errors that the brain and eye automatically gloss over. Kai p.s., Looking for actionable ‘fix this now, fix this later’ marketing advice on your homepage and the rest of your site?
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What’s a good Data scientist?
Consultants' Consultant
APRIL 10, 2019
Consultants Consultant: I’ve been asking that question for a little while now, on my podcast, Smarter Data People: you can listen here. The post What’s a good Data scientist?
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Maximizing Your Summer Internship
Tom Spencer
APRIL 22, 2022
Nobody is expecting you to be an expert before the internships, but a little research will help you get off the ground faster. This advice may sound obvious, but it deserves to be said. Stepping into an internship programme can seem like a nerve-wrecking challenge. Before the Internship. Evaluate Commitments. Research Content.
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Is Peter Mandelson really a strategy consultant?
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 25, 2017
However, when he fulfilled his obligation as a peer to declare this role in the public Register of Lords’ Interests he called the firm a “strategic advice consultancy”, and he has continued to do so to this day. Its eventual revelation caused his first resignation from government. They may have done this for practical reasons.
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5 Rookie Consulting Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Consulting Matters
DECEMBER 7, 2018
It’s not that I didn’t have any money, but I was terrified of parting with any of the little cushion I had safely in the bank. So, I did what many of my mentees do – they go with the cheapest option they can find and get little to no results from their website. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.
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Workplace Challenges and Approaches
Tom Spencer
JULY 25, 2021
You may have limited control over the source of the problem and little leverage to resolve it. This has several benefits such as helping you find your feet, discover opportunities, collaborate more easily within and between teams, and getting advice when you are facing an insurmountable challenge. Workplace challenges may emerge early.
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Tips for Landing Your First Job at a Digital Agency
Tom Spencer
AUGUST 5, 2017
This advice is equally relevant for graduates looking for management consulting jobs.) Ask For Advice. Often they will be happy to provide you with advice on how to apply, and answer any questions you may have about the process or the firm. In order to make an impact with your potential employer, your resume has to stand out.
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60 Consultant Marketing Soundtrack
Jerry Fletcher
AUGUST 15, 2020
Seems to me there’s a little sexual tension there and if you are really into consulting it has some of those connotations. That little foray into sensuality got me wondering what the key melody was for all those years I was growing the practice. You can’t grow up when I did without knowing about a little town called Detroit.
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Brief History of the Consulting Industry
Tom Spencer
JUNE 5, 2016
Executives often rely on the advice of management consultants. Little, founded all the way back in 1886 by a professor at MIT whose name was (funnily enough) Arthur D. Little to accept a challenge from the CEO of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company to start a consulting arm for the bank. Was it always this way?
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5 Rookie Consulting Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Consulting Matters
DECEMBER 7, 2018
It’s not that I didn’t have any money, but I was terrified of parting with any of the little cushion I had safely in the bank. So, I did what many of my mentees do – they go with the cheapest option they can find and get little to no results from their website. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.
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Think vs. Doing for Your Marketing Success
Do It! Marketing
AUGUST 3, 2020
” If you want some strategic help with that then check out [link] If you need a little more DOING, then… GO ALREADY – start doing the work! .” ” If you want some strategic help with that then check out [link] If you need a little more DOING, then… GO ALREADY – start doing the work! So stop it.
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52 Details, Details, Details, and Ambiguity
Martinka Consulting
MARCH 5, 2020
And, it seems the other party also ignored this advice, thus a mess. In all cases, don’t ignore the advice above. “A A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.” This was many years ago when said attorney and I were on a panel together. Wise words, aren’t they? I will never forget them. Here’s how.
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40 Three things I wish I knew going into my summer internship
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
In the end, although I tried to take their advice to heart, a part of me still wanted to make sure I was at the top of my game. In the end, although I tried to take their advice to heart, a part of me still wanted to make sure I was at the top of my game. Your manager and your team have little to no expectations of your skills.
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68 Offer after Final Round Rejection
CaseInterview.com
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
I came across your website after being unsuccessful in my final round interviews with one of the MBB firms, and receiving feedback that I needed to "dig a little deeper" when it came to case analysis. I was able to watch all your videos and to practice my cases using the advice you provided. My email is of a similar nature.
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