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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Consultants are senior-level people, well-versed in the art and science of the domain in which we consult, be that change leadership or system architecture. By contrast, professional independent consultants operate as microbusinesses. Consultants often work full-time on a project for its duration or sometimes just for a day.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Looking back to consulting recruiting in graduate school, I always think about how interesting it was that so much of the conversation among candidates was about getting an offer from a top consulting firm. During the recruiting process, firms screen candidates for potential to succeed given the firm’s business portfolio and culture.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. hbr staff/Yury Vinokurov/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Organizational culture is everyone's responsibility, and leaders play a central role in influencing and reinforcing the company culture. Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture. What is Organizational Culture?

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1999, rock-and-roll legend Rikk promoted me within six months from sales associate and drum department head at Sam Ash Music to Operations Manager, where I not only led a warehouse crew, but I became the regional trainer on an Oracle-based POS system at the age of 23. Signs and Graphic Solutions. That’s a lot of bending!

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency.

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