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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

Examples Several years ago, my agency represented a highly talented professional with over 20 years of experience even though he positioned himself as a jack-of-all-trades. When you have a specific area of expertise, it’s easier for people to remember you, refer you to their colleagues, and of course, hire you.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

Consultants can provide management with the expertise needed to address specific business problems. Turnarounds. Consultants can assist management by providing independent advice. Consultants can assist management by supporting organisational change. Expert Knowledge. Independent Advice. Catalyst for Change.

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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

When promoted to his new role, he inherited a group of district sales managers responsible for selling to hospital systems in their respective geographies. The biggest difference between these two situations lies, of course, in the amount of interdependency among group members and the resulting teamwork necessary.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Records management. Either a Global Practice Leader, Co-leader, Senior Managing Director or Global CEO lead each of these practices. Restructuring/Turnaround Services.

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

If you’re a managing partner, practice leader, sales leader, or chief administrative officer in a professional services firm, you probably have responsibility for “managing” marketing. If this is you, you may be feeling a little uneasy as we approach that dreaded time of the year for most managers—annual reviews.

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All Hail Medium-Term Planning

Harvard Business

There is, of course, nothing wrong with the openness and transparency that lies behind quarterly reporting. While the world of quarterly reports is the preserve of managers, the long term is the fiefdom of leaders. A key feature of the turnaround, led by CEO Marcel Telles, was avoiding a hopelessly long-term view.

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How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. With transparency in succession planning becoming a priority, career management for senior executives becomes easier. You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both.

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