Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Although virtual meetings have become a norm of working life post COVID-19, there is much that still feels strange about them. Below are 10 tips on how to re-energise virtual meetings, to ensure they remain a productive tool for businesses and employees working from home. Enable connection. Create common ground. Why are we here?

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

I had sat with over 100 focus group participants and heard story after story about the impact of the company's unethical sales practices on their lives. All consultants and coaches need to be clear on the differences between their role and the role of their clients. Related: Consulting vs. Leading. Then Follow These Five Steps.

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Nash Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.” Chris Fussell As an agency, we’ve interviewed thousands of leaders and employees, and a common complaint we hear is I’m in too many meetings. And some may even need to meet for daily check-ins.)

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At some point all consultants will be on the hook to lead a senior team meeting. Meetings get such a bad rap now and are perceived as a waste of time either because they lack purpose, focus or exceptional facilitator who is able to draw together and synthesize disparate perspectives. Why is this meeting taking place?

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Today, Brad Rex shares the real reasons why executives hire consultants and coaches. Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. Today, Brad is the CEO of EHOME Counseling Group, a nationwide virtual mental health counseling business.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What are the top power skills that every organizational consultant ought to have? Today, I want to connect more specifically with those building an organizational consulting or coaching practice not just because of the money but because they want to make a difference. A good org consultant knows organizational anatomy.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 11, 2023

Tim, a C-Level leader, loves his skip-level meetings. He feels the meetings offer him a chance to connect with people he doesn't normally see. Sharon, a different C-Level leader, never conducts skip-level meetings. She feels that those meetings might cause her managers to feel unsafe, as if she doesn't trust them.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 17, 2021

Most independent consultants have some FUD (fear, uncertainty, or doubt) when it comes to finding work. Subcontracting to a well-established consulting firm or through an agency or online platform can be an attractive option. It’s an easy way to see if you even like consulting. Subcontract to a major consulting firm.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 2, 2018

Last August I wrote a blog post about how labels matter , specifically that you should make more money by calling yourself a consultant instead of a contractor. It’s not enough to simply replace contractor with consultant on your résumé and LinkedIn profile. Consultants flock together and run in the same circles. We just know.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2015

I recently had the chance to talk with Stephanie Green, Manager of Talent Acquisition for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at IMS Consulting Group. If you have an interest in life sciences, either through your studies or previous work experience, then IMS Consulting Group could be the perfect place to enhance and grow your career.

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PM Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Whether it’s how your group comes together to collaborate on project budget development or the systems you use to maintain stakeholder engagement, a willingness to blend new and old methods gives you wider access to options that can lead to the perfect strategy for your unique situation.

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Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Reform your team’s meeting habits to boost productivity and business impact as a CEO (a post-pandemic approach). If you work at a small business or growing company, you'll eventually face the problem of too many meetings. A scenario like this leaves people feeling their time is being wasted in meetings, which makes them disengaged.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Consulting is a relationship business and the things you put into place like high-quality website and content do more than attract a lead. The 5 Tactics.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 21, 2019

There's two types of consultants. Both types of consultants want and need to be profitable and deserve equitable compensation for their contribution. Both types of consultants want and need to be profitable and deserve equitable compensation for their contribution. The reality is consulting isn't a new position.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2020

The purpose of B2B marketing is to get meetings with prospective clients. Do they look up productivity consultants on Google, find a web product page about “Productivity and Creative Services for Businesses” and then click on the buy button? Ultimately, they call the consultant and have an initial conversation.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Let’s face it, not all consultants are created equal. Over the last 20 years I’ve interacted with probably a thousand management consultants, from local independent practitioners to global “big four” advisors. Some are rock stars and some never will be, regardless of their education or what consulting firm they work for.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 17, 2024

Business consulting services play a pivotal role in this journey, offering expertise that goes beyond mere guidance, extending to the fine details of product packaging, formulations, and manufacturing processes. In this exploration, we unravel the myriad benefits of partnering with consultants in the quest for creating superior products.

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Nash Consulting

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people. Scharf You’re wondering who should be in each meeting, are you? But here’s the thing - big meetings make people sad. Most of us know how frustrating it is to sit through a meeting where you belong about as much as a vegan belongs in Texas.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Consulting is a relationship business and the things you put into place like high-quality website and content do more than attract a lead. The 5 Tactics.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 2, 2023

I wrote about general meeting problems in Recognize the Problems That Prevent Effective Meetings (Collocated, Remote, Hybrid). But “hybrid” teams have much worse meeting problems. During the pandemic, most of us understood how to create nebula team meetings that worked. Dispersed teams are nebula teams.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 6, 2020

The only thing worse than a poorly run meeting is a poorly run meeting filled with people who are behaving poorly. So how do you get people to bring their best selves to meetings? Run a great meeting. And we just happen to know a consulting firm than can come in and help you learn to run great meetings!)

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Nash Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Meetings should be like salt - a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful. Too many meetings destroy morale and motivation. Jason Fried So, what if after doing all of this, you still find yourself in too many meetings with not enough time to get your work done? Good luck with that!

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 21, 2019

There's two types of consultants. Both types of consultants want and need to be profitable and deserve equitable compensation for their contribution. Both types of consultants want and need to be profitable and deserve equitable compensation for their contribution. The reality is consulting isn't a new position.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite? You're a purpose driven consultant , and we want to equip and empower you to do the work that you're here to do.

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Consulting Success

JULY 31, 2017

Powerful strategies to help you build your consulting business by being consistent, relevant, and positioning yourself for success. Description: Jacob Morgan is the principal and co-founder of Chess Media Group, a management consulting and strategic advisory firm focusing on the future of work and collaboration.

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Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 24, 2020

I asked, in a “mastermind” group, “Anyone else finding that you know more about how to make virtual meetings work both in terms of technical and techniques than the folks hiring you and their experts?”. The entire group whooped and then each told a story of woe. The entire group whooped and then each told a story of woe.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 3, 2023

One of my biggest fears when I first gained an interest in consulting was that I was simply ineligible as a non-business student. Breaking into the consulting industry with a non-business degree can be challenging as a sizeable portion of hires are from top business schools, but non-business hires are on the rise.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Four-hour meetings? Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

If you are a STEM major looking to go into technical consulting, whether at a large generalist firm or a small boutique one, you will likely need to draw upon your knowledge of digital tools and skills. However, some of the specific technical software you might use in graduate school may not be the same ones used in consulting.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 31, 2020

In general, consultants are not the biggest fans of marketing, even in the best of times. But here's the deal - how you treat your clients (those you already know and are working with AND the ones you don't know yet that you meet through marketing) could define your consulting brand. Oil.water, consultants.marketing.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Here’s what I consistently treasure about the connections I make in Women In Consulting (and no place else): Friendship with women committed to success in building their business. How did I develop these friendships in Women In Consulting? We shared our challenges and hopes while working through issues on behalf of Women In Consulting.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 22, 2021

Dane Sequeira was an advanced professional degree consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. What got you interested in the path to consulting? When you are interviewing with consulting firms, what made you look at Boston Consulting Group compared to some other big firms or specialty firms?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? How I Discovered the True Consultant's Purpose (1:48).

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Thinking about consulting as a career? You are probably curious about HOW exactly an MBA program will support you with your transition to consulting. Maybe you’ve heard about school consulting projects, strong alumni networks, and classes that can supplement your experience. Global Consulting Project. Creative thinking.

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Nash Consulting

MAY 6, 2020

Meetings can’t just stop because work teams are now distributed. As we learn to adjust to the new working conditions that the COVID-19 pandemic has created, it’s important that leadership teams upgrade their toolbelts, including the skills needed to run effective and enjoyable remote meetings. Find a technology that meets these needs.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Perhaps the hardest thing for an independent consultant is not knowing where your next project is coming from, or when. This article summarizes the pros and cons of these options, gives you questions for starting your research, and introduces you to some of the better-known consulting agencies.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 12, 2022

For example, it can be hard to create the same dynamic during an online meeting since the majority of the meaning in our communication is conveyed via body language. In groups that are unfamiliar with one another, it is not uncommon to have prolonged periods of silence where each participant fears being the first to speak.

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