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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. References Holiday, R. The Obstacle Is the Way.

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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? Employees of major consulting firms like McKinsey and Accenture are called consultants, as are some in-house specialists deployed in an advisory role to work with teams outside of their own reporting structure (for example, an internal change management consultant).

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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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How to Figure Out Your Consulting Bill Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Field of expertise — Consultants who can diagnose problems and create sound strategies and actionable plans can charge more than those who focus on more tactical work like project management. Reference: Seven of the Best Salary Information Websites.) Confidence — This has a lot to do with what you can charge.

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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

If all of your peers are marketing people and the business has a shortage of operations people, it makes sense for you to differentiate yourself by highlighting your operations experience. At times you will have to reconcile what you genuinely have a competitive advantage in versus what is relevant for the firm.

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Becoming a Data-Driven Organization: What You Need to Know

Epicflow

Basic day-to-day operations will be automated, and people will be able to focus more on innovation, collaboration, and communication. . We can distinguish two major groups of factors that create roadblocks for companies striving to become data-driven – the first group embraces cultural issues, and the second one refers to data challenges. .

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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. References De Botton, A. That’s a lot of bending!

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