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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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Conferences Speakers and “Making Room” for Other Voices

Johanna Rothman

I've spoken professionally at conferences for 25 years. I asked these people if they could imagine three other alternatives that do not include me self-censoring my conference inclusion. Conferences don't always take my proposals. I already limit my travels (and have before the virus), so I don't speak “everywhere.”

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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. Consultants may spend as much as eight weeks per year attending formal training sessions and conferences.

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How I Make My Decisions to Speak at Conferences

Johanna Rothman

Consultants who make money speak at conferences. I know that I will write and speak about what I want to be known for over the course of a year. A conference that required international travel asked me to speak as a track talk about 45 days in advance. I speak at conferences to explore new ideas and gain clients.

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Boeing Starliner Failure: Lessons for Your Lean Program

Markovitz Consulting

The problem isn’t with this expensive “technology”—the people in the KPO, the course materials, or the andon lights. Front line workers focus on meeting takt time, while the C-Suite leaders are sequestered in conference rooms or traveling. It’s with the simple synching of front line workers with the leadership.

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How to Follow Up with People After a Conference

Harvard Business

Attending a conference is a whir of activity — flying to a destination, engaging in several days of nonstop networking, and coming home to an inbox that has spiraled out of control in your absence. ” The conference has probably left you with business cards scattered in your briefcase, pockets, and travel bag.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. Symposium conducted at the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA. World Conference on the WWW and Internet Proceedings, Orlando, FL: ED466611, 2–7. Hernez-Broome, G.