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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

KnowYourNiche #SolopreneurSuccess Related Resources: Web workshop: Know Your Niche: Branding to Build Your Business Book: Succeeding as a Solopreneur: Six Keys for Taking the Leap, Winning Clients, and Building Wealth They have a defined niche that makes them easy to remember. Absolutely, but that’s not what makes them unique.

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10 Must Read Books for a Business Consultant

ConsultX

Our list of highly recommended books to help you succeed as a consultant. A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire. Conquer the Chaos - Clate Mask & Scott Martineau Crush It! But take heart! Conquer the Chaos shows you how.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

Last week , I wrote about how the unpredictability of “management by walking around” disrupts daily operations in an organization and leads to mura (unevenness), muri (overburden), and muda (waste). With more level demand, the warranty department was able to keep its turnaround time to under a week, even during the peak summer season.

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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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Common Project Challenges – and how to deal with them

The Management Centre

Throughout our Project Management training programmes, we find out about the kinds of challenges that make for a worried Project Manager. As a first step book in a meeting with your Project Sponsor. During scoping ensure there is clarity on the roles of Project Manager and Project Sponsor. But fear not, you are not alone.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events. To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events. You build your way up to those levels.