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How to Choose Your Management Role for Most Effective and Efficient Work

Johanna Rothman

In my experience, effective managers act a lot more like effective consultants when they choose which role to use at the time. Instead, consider the image with this post that I offer in Successful Independent Consulting. What if it's most efficient to do the work for a person or a team? Individual efficiency is a red herring.

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Want Both Efficiency and Effectiveness? Lower WIP and Right-Size Work

Johanna Rothman

Several of my trusted advisor clients have asked this question, “Why do I need to choose between effectiveness and efficiency? Then move to efficiency, by asking the managers and the teams to lower their WIP and right-size their work. That's neither effective nor efficient. Not efficient. That's not efficient. (Or

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Use ChatGPT to Boost Your Productivity as a Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Image generated by AI using a free version of Canva Of course you’ve heard of ChatGPT but are you using it to work smarter and more efficiently yet? Recently the Professional Independent Consultants of America (PICA) hosted a members-only roundtable discussion to help people jumpstart their use of this powerful tool.

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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors. Keeping participant numbers limited to those who are essential to the discussion is crucial for efficiency.

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Crafting Your Own Path to Success as a Multi-Passionate Consultant or Coach with Rainer Janetzki

Consulting Matters

From Disney HR leadership to Career Coaching: How Rainer Janetzki created a business that uses ALL his unique strengths and interests Do you have a variety of strengths and passions you want to express in your consulting or coaching business? Does the idea of doing the same thing day after day cause you dread?

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How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition

Tom Spencer

Use the right process When running a team in preparation for a case competition, time is limited, and efficiency is necessary. Image: DALL-E 3 The post How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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How a Pen and a Sheet of Paper Make You an Efficient Consultant

Tom Spencer

When one thinks of management consultants, one inevitably thinks of highly efficient workers. This is because an efficient way of working is essential as a management consultant. So, the crucial question is, how do you become an efficient worker to withstand the time pressure in a management consultancy?