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Beyond Bullet Points: A Guide to Structured Consulting Decks

Tom Spencer

You can use various methods to collect data, such as interviews, surveys, observations, documents, and benchmarks. This is where data collection and analysis come into play. Data is the evidence that will allow you to validate your hypotheses.

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Now Is the Best Time to Raise Your Rates

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

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Now is the Best Time to Raise Your Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

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How and When to Raise Your Consulting Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Third, do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

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Now Is the Perfect Time to Raise Your Consulting Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. Do the math a few different ways and see how these numbers play out. for year one, $165 for year two, and $172.50

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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

At this level, there aren’t any established project management practices or standards; documentation and metrics are ad hoc. An organization has certain project management processes and corresponding documentation, but they aren’t standardized. Level #1: Initial process. Level #2: Structure process and standards.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Start treating offices errors and mistakes as real defects. Obsess over quality. Stand in an Ohno Circle.