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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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When Is Teamwork Really Necessary?

Harvard Business

While the group liked getting together and engaging in some joint activities — such as goal setting, best-practice sharing, and talent development — people often wondered why they were in the room. Talent Developers: attract, assess, develop, and retain talent. Talent developers. of Overall Teaming Effort.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

Turnarounds. In an apparent attempt to stop McKinsey poaching key talent, AlixPartners sued its former employees (Eric Thompson, managing director of AlixPartners’ Hong Kong office, and Ivo Naumann, head of its Shanghai branch) on claims that they misappropriated trade secrets before they left the firm’s Asian operations.

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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. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. FTI is a large firm with a good reputation and the opportunity to work with some extremely talented individuals who are experts in their field.

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

I hope it eases your angst, provides a rubric to simplify your conversation, gives your marketing leader their do, and sets you on a course for a less anxious and more productive review next year at this time. Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Keep Doing 2.

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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. Now a global giant in the drinks business, just 25 years ago, its precursor, Brahma, was a second-tier Brazilian brewer undergoing a painful turnaround in the hands of acquirer 3G, a São Paulo–based private equity house.

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How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

For example, one talented executive’s 360-degree reviews indicated that she was underutilized as a leader. Turnaround leaders pick up the pieces and make things right when a business or function is failing to perform. Formal C-suite advocates and senior sponsors are crucial, of course. Broad Support. CEO Chemistry.

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