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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Team failures, which sit at about 60% , demoralize employees, reduce productivity, cost companies billions of dollars, and inhibit innovation. Less than 25% of employees have attended a company sponsored training program in the last five years. Companies do not prepare employees to work well as a team. You must act.

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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

Team failures, which sit at about 60% , demoralize employees, reduce productivity, cost companies billions of dollars, and inhibit innovation. Less than 25% of employees have attended a company sponsored training program in the last five years. Companies do not prepare employees to work well as a team. You must act.

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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

Many solopreneurs make the mistake of marketing themselves as a jack-of-all-trades. If you were a full-time employee at a company, think about any special projects or task forces, either as a team member or subject matter expert. For example, Fortune 500 or middle market? An individual, team, departments, or the whole company?

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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround. None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. It’s for techies.

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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

This job involved visiting their resorts in New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Hawaii, until the company was acquired by Blackstone. His company had the idea of counseling people virtually before the pandemic and started by focusing on reducing veteran suicides. He is also the author of The Surpassing Life: Deep Personal Excellence.

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Avoiding Costly Business Mistakes With Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

Talk to a business expert about your company or startup. Whether it’s mismanagement of funds, poor investment decisions, or inaccurate financial forecasting, the repercussions can be felt in the company’s bottom line. These inefficiencies hinder productivity and hamper the ability to adapt to market dynamics.

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Consultant Marketing Solo DoubleTrouble

Jerry Fletcher

You may have decided to change companies but once again you were assigned to a team. Now you are engaged in building a company. He and his Team have worked with hundreds of thousands of individuals, as well as thousands of companies from small yoga studios to Fortune 500 Companies helping them get clear, stand out and play bigger.