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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Positioning yourself the wrong way can limit your income, cost you thousands of dollars a year in taxes, stunt your professional development, and tie you unnecessarily to the traditional 9-to-5 routine. By definition, we stand outside of the system we analyze, troubleshoot, or design. The definitions have become fuzzy and intermingled.

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Building Consensus Around Difficult Strategic Decisions

Harvard Business

When we’re talking about the future, data is by definition incomplete, so we’re often relying on assumptions and personal beliefs. The authors of this article have developed a tool that they call “strategic sparring sessions.” So how can leaders get clarity on the best path forward?

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Dealing with Ambiguity at Work: 1 Tool You Need

Organizational Talent Consulting

An essential part of organizational consulting is helping individuals and teams gain clarity during change and dealing with role ambiguity created by the changes. Applying a RACI template in conjunction with a given change initiative is not intended to substitute for a robust change management plan.

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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. One area so far relatively untouched is change management.

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Great Leadership from the Inside Out: The Best Question to Ask Yourself

Makarios Consulting

When leaders live into and live out mission statements like these, they are by definition engaging in acts of service. Mentor and develop new leaders. Practice effective change management. Next, reflect on some of the many ways leaders can build connections on their team and in their company. Mediate and resolve conflict.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Culture has been studied for years, resulting in many different models and definitions. A working technical definition of corporate culture is an often hidden shared pattern or system of beliefs, values, and behavioral norms. The concept of culture is abstract and not well understood.

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Great Leadership from the Inside Out: The Best Question to Ask Yourself

Makarios Consulting

When leaders live into and live out mission statements like these, they are by definition engaging in acts of service. Next, reflect on some of the many ways leaders can build connections on their team and in their company. This, in turn, would create a fantastic customer experience and ensure customer retention and revenue growth.