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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. I hope you found this blog post interesting.

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

It provides mission and purpose, brand, vision, goals, desired customer experience, products, and service offerings. It includes: HR practices such as training, staffing and communication, performance metrics and rewards, and performance management and coaching. The people strategy is about the WHO.

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Project Management: Leverage Data for Better Cost Control 

PM Alliance

Data such as workforce metrics, vendor rates, and material pricing gives your team the necessary background to minimize costs by identifying the right resource mix for each market. You may be able consolidate or eliminate activities, which can simultaneously reduce costs and increase productivity.

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A Refresher on A/B Testing

Harvard Business

To better understand what A/B testing is, where it originated, and how to use it, I spoke with Kaiser Fung, who founded the applied analytics program at Columbia University and is author of Junk Charts , a blog devoted to the critical examination of data and graphics in the mass media. Or buy our product? What Is A/B Testing?

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How to Build a Better Sales Playbook

LSA Global

Do not make the mistake of investing heavily in sales enablement tools until you have alignment around and commitment to your target clients , value proposition , success metrics, and go-to-market sales strategies. Sales Culture.

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business

That advice is easier preached than executed, of course, so Clark suggests, “using the methodology of power posing [before the meeting] to tamp down your cortisol levels.” If, for instance, colleagues say you are a great people manager, seek out metrics to support that idea. Share a blog that he has written on LinkedIn.

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Trustworthy I-O Master’s and PhD. Program Rankings

NeoAcademic

As I’ve explained on this blog before, evaluating program quality a complicated problem. By the way, I’m defining “trustworthy” as based upon empirical data, reporting a transparent ranking methodology, and where a reasonable argument could be made for construct validity of “program quality.”