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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Factors that Impact Your Base Rate The 2x-3x estimate will give you a rough idea, but tweak your numbers up or down based on the following factors: Pedigree: Did you learn your craft at a consulting firm with formal training, such as Deloitte or Bain & Company? Other tips: Benchmark your rate to increase your confidence.

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J. Jeff Kober’s Insider Secrets Behind Disney’s Performance Excellence

Consulting Matters

Jeff is the President of Performance Journeys, a training and development group devoted to improving performance and learning in the workplace. He is also CEO of World Class Benchmarking, where he provides a programming series that benchmarks many of America's greatest organizations, such as Nordstrom, Ritz-Carlton, and Disney.

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Evaluating ROI on Your Company’s Learning and Development Initiatives

Harvard Business

Leaders can use an approach called balanced benchmarking, borrowed from operations management, to conduct a needs assessment and apply training where it can be most effective. Historically, the challenge with implementing learning and development programs has been the difficulty in quantifying the impacts on organizational performance.

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Is Your Staff Cross-Trained?

Peter Stark

With the pandemic, it brought out a need more than ever for employees to be cross trained with employees working in remote, in office, in quarantine, or out sick. Organizations in Peter Barron Stark Companies’ Best of the Best Benchmark are consistently rated higher in the competencies of cross-departmental teamwork.

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From Expert to Trusted Advisor: The Role of ISO 20700 in Management Consulting

Effective Managers

In this blog, we’ll explore how ISO 20700 training can be a game-changer in your journey from being an expert to a trusted advisor. Establishing a Global Standard of Excellence ISO 20700 sets a global benchmark for management consulting services, providing a comprehensive framework for excellence.

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Understanding ISO 20700: Elevating Your Management Consultancy

Effective Managers

It’s about setting a global benchmark for how consulting services should be offered and delivered. When consultants are trained and operate according to these guidelines, they send a clear message to potential clients: “We are committed to the highest standards of professional conduct and service delivery.”

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Why ISO 20700 Matters: The Future of Management Consulting

Effective Managers

Pioneering a Global Benchmark ISO 20700 is groundbreaking as it establishes a global benchmark for delivering management consultancy services. To complement the checklist, ICMCI offers specialized training programs delivered by accredited trainers. To learn more about ICMCI’s ISO 20700 Checklist Training, click here.