Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As consultants, our ability to communicate effectively is vital to our success. Whether you’re meeting a potential client for the first time or you have to deliver some difficult feedback, it’s hard to over prepare. Although I don’t remember most of it, I still use this one process before any important conversation or presentation.

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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

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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Jerry Fletcher

MAY 8, 2021

Meeting name. Don’t call it a Discovery meeting or chat or whatever. You need an answer in terms of: Savings Increased Revenues or income Outcome for individual or department or company How it would present to those involved. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link]. Put yourself in the position of the prospect. For Starters.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 10, 2024

For international companies eyeing the vast opportunities in the United States market or those already operating within its borders, the complexities and nuances of doing business in the US can present challenges. This is where business consulting services specializing in US market entry prove invaluable.

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Consultants' Consultant

JANUARY 5, 2022

Consultants Consultant: In my experience as a trainer, facilitator and also participant in meetings, “hybrid” meetings. The post Hybrid meetings appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Consultants' Consultant

APRIL 8, 2022

Consultants Consultant: Great research from the University of Reading on the effect of meeting-free days on. The post Meeting-free days appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Consultants' Consultant

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Consultants Consultant: Developing Charisma is an important element in leading and influencing. The post Presenting with charisma appeared first on Consultants' Consultant. This video outlines some.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

I started to suspect that I was when I was presenting some difficult feedback to a client about their sales practices. All consultants and coaches need to be clear on the differences between their role and the role of their clients. Related: Consulting vs. Leading. I'm an Empath. Then Follow These Five Steps.

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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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Consultants' Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Consultants Consultant: Horrified by this stat : More than 42% of one-on-ones are rescheduled every week. The post Meetings 1 : 1 appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 19, 2023

After decades of working with some of the worlds’ best consultants, coaches, and solopreneurs, I’ve assembled a list of qualities that contribute to their success. You don’t need to check all these boxes, but if any strike a chord with you, weave them into your marketing, such as your website, LinkedIn profile, presentations, and proposals.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

Management consulting is widely known as a highly intense industry. Much is expected of consultants in terms of hours of work, quality of output, and responsiveness to client requests. So, how can one continue to excel in the pressure cooker environment of consulting without losing momentum and sanity?

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David A Fields

AUGUST 14, 2018

Picture yourself presenting your final results from a project to your client. The meeting is swimming along smoothly and you’re basking in the warm glow of another happy client. Then, your client asks, “Buddyboy, could you slice the data one more way so we can see impact by geographic area?”

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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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Consultants' Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Consultants Consultant: We’re all in so many more virtual meetings now than we used to be. The post Virtual meeting fatigue appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Expanding into the thriving and diverse market of the United States presents a plethora of opportunities and challenges for foreign companies. Business consulting services play a pivotal role in assisting foreign companies by providing access to local expertise, market insights, and tailored strategies.

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PM Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

But though online tools can help to centralize communications and provide access to everyone regardless of their location, don’t overlook the value of impromptu discussions when face-to-face opportunities present themselves. The post New Meets Traditional: How Project Teams Benefit From More Options appeared first on PMAlliance, Inc.

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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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The Consultants Peer Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yesterday I was a presenter on a national Zoom ‘webinar’ on the ‘High Cost of Ethics Lapses’ in the management consulting profession. I was presenting on several of the very high profile, high-cost lapses that have hit the media. Then books about consulting and TV shows. Not really funny to a practitioner.

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Consultants' Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Consultants Consultant: I’m asking some of my linked in connections about meetings at the moment. The post Meetings appeared first on Consultants' Consultant. I’m gob smacked by.

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Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 24, 2020

I don’t mean on stage but rather in figuring out how to make the most of presenting virtually. 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?”. All of us concluded: Live is easy.

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Consultants' Consultant

JULY 8, 2021

Consultants Consultant: In the age of zoom and Teams forever, I love this product: [link] In. The post Meetings could be an email appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

Government incentives for investment into renewable energy sources, such as subsidies and tax credits , are becoming an increasingly popular way for governments to meet national pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Five Ways Consulting Firms can Embrace Renewables 1.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Individual consultants and engagement managers usually develop their own ways of organizing information. Create managerial meeting summaries along the way and file the raw notes. Have clear consultant assignments and owners for workstreams and major activity areas. This post is based on a question posed to me on Quora.

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Steve Shu Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Here are some thoughts on how consultants prepare for and handle these types of situations: Projections may be initially tested in safer settings. If projections end up being perceived as too wild or aggressive, it is better for this to happen in a working meeting or separate session before a “final” presentation is made.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2021

Receiving an offer from a top consulting firm is an exciting experience. In consulting, your training, adapting, and professional growth actually never stop. Although you are no doubt working towards becoming an expert, your consulting toolkit will change overtime. Training enables you to meet expectations.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2020

Consulting is a complicated job that requires a deep understanding of the problem at hand, processing large volumes of data, producing a solution and communicating clear action-oriented recommendations to the people in charge. When you have to work from a distance, conducting these steps can be an issue. Send a confirmation e-mail.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2018

After 10+ years of running my own consulting practice, you can bet that I made my fair share of mistakes. Along with my mistakes, I will also be sharing my hard earned best practices so that you can accelerate the growth of your consulting practice. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.

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Consultants' Consultant

APRIL 9, 2021

Consultants Consultant: Here’s some stuff which I found to help you work more effectively with the. The post Tips for online workshops and meetings appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This year marked my official 10 year anniversary of starting my own consulting business. It was back in 2010 when I officially launched my website and grew my consulting business from $0-$300,000 in the first 18 months. My youngest was two about turn three and this was my last chance to be a more present mom. I could write.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

After 10+ years of running my own consulting practice, you can bet that I made my fair share of mistakes. Along with my mistakes, I will also be sharing my hard earned best practices so that you can accelerate the growth of your consulting practice. MISTAKE #1: WASTING MONEY ON A BROCHURE WEBSITE.

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Consultants' Consultant

JULY 1, 2021

Consultants Consultant: Here are some quick and easy improv games to get your teams meetings feeling more human. The post Improv Games to warm up your MS Teams meetings appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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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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Markovitz Consulting

MAY 29, 2018

I doubt Netflix was thinking how Jim Womack would apply lean to their board meetings. But in a new article , the Harvard Business Review describes how the company reinvented board meetings by creating a better way to share information with its board of directors. Senior management responds to the questions prior to the meeting.

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Jerry Fletcher

JULY 31, 2021

He asked a favor that involved me contacting a person who had spoken for an organization I handle marketing for the slides from the presentation. The subject was 30-Second Marketing (6 minute video) I presented at meeting of the local chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants. His answer surprised me. “I

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