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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

If you were a hotel chain, would you be a Motel 6, Courtyard by Marriott, or a Ritz-Carlton? If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? Additionally, as an independent consultant, you will have discretion over the means and manner of your work. Friends don’t let friends W-2!

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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Want a common sense, down-to-earth approach for developing leaders, growing organizations, and creating a profitable consulting or coaching business? Today I'm talking with Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney resort and currently a consultant, author, and speaker.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

Consulting is a career where you hit the ground running. Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. The joys of consulting. Consulting offers many attractive benefits.

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Should Consultants Offer Guarantees? The Answer May Surprise You…

Consulting Success

Guarantee Benefits for Consultants. So, can consultants benefit by offering a guarantee on their services? “But Michael, I’m a consultant, not a pest killer,” you might say. BBBK provides services to its clients that include restaurants, high-end hotels, and other businesses. Here’s the thing.

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A Success Story: A Leading Fortune 500 Hospitality Company Upgrades Training Materials for More Effective Onboarding

Clarity Consultants

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide (now part of Marriott) is one of the world’s leading hotel and leisure companies. Clarity’s consultant had the expertise needed to assess the existing training materials and recommend appropriate enhancements.

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Consultant Marketing Name Change

Jerry Fletcher

We talked briefly about what I was doing in my Consulting practice working with elite consultants from Singapore to Madrid to make them more memorable and more profitable. It is great to know you’re scheduled to speak somewhere and all the details have been taken care of, the flight, transfers, hotels. All that stuff.

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A Career In Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

Consulting is an appealing career choice for many graduates. Consultants have the potential to travel with work, network with Fortune 500 executives, earn six figure salaries, develop high-level transferable business skills, and benefit from lucrative exit opportunities. (Source: Flickr ). What’s not to like?