Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. And, the managers? Not an even 50-50 split, but many more women managers than in the US. Not tools, not technology, and definitely not process.

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The Fearless Marketer

JUNE 7, 2021

Recently, when I took a close look at the marketing that has worked best for me over the past 35 years, two things popped out. Hence: Proactive Experience Marketing. Proactive marketing without the experience might get you in front of a lot of people, but it can be hard to convert them into clients. Definitely!

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 19, 2023

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. Facilitator: You effectively manage disparate viewpoints and align people on essential points and project goals.

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The Management Centre

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We all know that risk management is an important part of project planning. Risk management is like a lifeboat in this sea of uncertainty. Here we explore the key steps to effective risk management. What is risk management and why does it matter? risk management creates transparency and builds trust.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

As work and non-work activities become increasingly blended, having a clear purpose and creating your own definition of work-life balance will be critical to a sustainable career. In order to manage your money, you need to know how much is coming in and where it is going. Managing time is no different. Manage your tasks.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 23, 2021

As someone currently in management consulting who has previously done tech sales for a major software company, I was amused by Martin Keller’s article championing tech sales (sometimes known as consultative or customer success driven sales) over management consulting. Transition Opportunities. Work-life Balance.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 20, 2018

Does the following give a pretty good picture of your current marketing activity? Now there’s nothing wrong with any of those marketing activities. It’s not that you need to do more marketing, it’s that you need to shift your marketing paradigm from one of “Randomness” to one that is “Focused.”. Kind of vague, right?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Start with your own definition of “brand”: Mine is that your brand is the accumulation of all of the contact you have with your target market, good or bad, over time. Brand Management comes down to 3 questions: Who is your target? Brand Management comes down to 3 questions: Who is your target? What is your position?

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 30, 2010

In my mind, the book is excellent for executives, strategists, marketing, and innovators. In this post, rather than addressing an overview of Adrian Ott’s total approach, I’ll simply point out one of the key frameworks and cover why it renews and gives marketing segmentation the respect it deserves.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 27, 2022

Explicitly marketing yourself with the term “professional independent consultant” can increase the price you can command, and it can help you to be paid on a 1099 tax basis rather than on a W-2 basis. By definition, we stand outside of the system we analyze, troubleshoot, or design. The definitions have become fuzzy and intermingled.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

“ 7 Keys to Effective Brand Management for Professional Service Firms “ In this webinar, I’ll share some of the following things: Why you need a working definition of what a brand is. The difference between brand, branding, and brand management. How tactics help you deliver on your brand stategy.

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Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sophisticated technologies like Managed Desktop make that possible, empowering the kind of consultative IT department that’s required to succeed in today’s market. With Managed Desktop, we’re leveling the playing field and providing accessible desktop management to firms of all sizes, without the prohibitive price tag.

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Prudent Pedal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This post is the first in a series to share how professional services can develop and execute marketing strategy. Instead, it will give you a strategic framework to guide both the thinking about AND deployment of your marketing strategy. The 2 major challenges to developing professional services marketing strategy . Here’s why.

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Epicflow

MARCH 16, 2023

According to Gartner , by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be run by AI, powered by big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing. This statement was perceived as a threat to project managers, whose job was supposed to be undertaken by AI-driven project management software. But is this really so?

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Conflict that Breaks Your Business Internationally renowned conflict mediator Daniel Dana has one of the simplest yet most comprehensive definitions of unhealthy conflict. This is a great definition because it reminds us of three things: First, only one person needs to be upset for there to be a conflict situation.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are my definitions: Buyers have the money to make a purchase decision for a product. When the User is also the Buyer, as in a mass-market product, they might ask you for features. Not all mass-market Buyers are also users. I called that program manager my Customer. Often, senior management is the Buyer.

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that these projects cannot be successfully managed. The specificity of R&D project management Before we proceed to the recommendations on how to manage R&D projects effectively, let’s first examine their specificity and how they differ from other projects.

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Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If I were to ask chief marketing officers (CMO) at professional services firms around the world to measure their teams’ current marketing effectiveness on a scale of 1-5, I suspect that I might get a lot of 4s. Managing partners might utter something about brand and give them 3s. marketing with a little “m”).

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Project management involves creating lots of documentation. If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous other documents. Read more: A Business Case in Project Management: Why Start a Project? Read further to get a handle on them.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

Your previous managers and potential managers don’t see the value of someone in your position. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. Cutting overhead is definitely not personal—it’s all about how managers perceive an employee’s value.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 25, 2013

Definitions. Dick Smith: The Power of Viral Marketing. Through this Australia Day marketing campaign, he is using viral marketing (i.e. Management Consulting. Helpful Links. by Tom Spencer on January 26, 2013 · 0 comments. in Business Strategy. Happy Australia Day to Dick Smith, a true blue Aussie legend.

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The Consultants Peer Group

OCTOBER 12, 2023

They were: Adherence to an enforceable Code of Ethics Use of a Competence Framework Adherence to a Code of (Professional) Conduct In this blog we will feature how an international-recognized certification as a management consultant further allows you to differentiate yourself as a consultant. What is a Certified Management Consultant®?

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 23, 2011

I’ve had the opportunity to incubate and/or reboot the management, sales, marketing, and delivery for a number of these types of consulting practices, and they definitely face a number of issues that are unique from independent consulting firms. Often the buyer in the organization is different too.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 27, 2010

A Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change By Jim Smith on May 27, 2010. See the model, “Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change.” FreeMgmtLibrary said: Consulting Blog: A Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change [link] [.]. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Read more.].

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2022

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? How do I best structure the role of an COO or operations manager. What qualifications should an operations manager or COO have? COO or Operations Manager - What's the difference?

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

A question I was asked: Is this target definition too vague for my Fishing Line: “Vice presidents of product management or product marketing in B2B organizations that sell complex products and services to risk averse industries.” What is your answer to this consultant? Do you think his target is too vague?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Definitions. Short the market, but long on you. THE market may be down, but not you. Management Consulting. Helpful Links. by Tom Spencer on February 14, 2012 · 0 comments  ·  Image Source. in Business Strategy. Be bullish about the future. Invest in yourself. And stay hungry. Your stock will rise.

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Peter Drucker once stated, “Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.” Effective Time Management : It allows for efficient planning and scheduling, minimizing distractions and procrastination.

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The Consultants Peer Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the previous blog, Adherence to an Enforceable Code of Ethics , I presented that adherence of an enforceable Code of Ethics would be a major part of this market differentiation. Practice capabilities include your assignment/engagement management methodologies and your consultative capabilities. Market Differentiation.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 17, 2014

A third reader asked " what is the free market response? " Before tackling the free market issue, let''s first review the government''s response to date. Free Market Response It''s 100% certain the free market response would not have been the government''s response to date. Do sneezes and coughs happen? Enough said.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Sure, it sounds fabulous – be selective about which jobs you take, have a flexible schedule, escape office politics, make really good money – but it definitely has some drawbacks. Money management · Cash flow – This is probably the hardest part about being self-employed, especially if you are going to work with large companies.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. There has been a rapid uptake in health care, consumer marketing, crime reduction, agriculture, scientific research, and many other areas. Academics may not have helped us.

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Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing. Second, when knee-deep in actually doing "the real work," solopreneurs are hard-pressed to find time to publish thought-leadership articles or create and manage marketing campaigns.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

A sound economy, a booming stock market, and huge business tax cuts, the story goes, have convinced CEOs of companies flush with cash to distribute some of it to front-line employees. There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. to $15 per hour.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2017

Definitions are still being developed in this emergent field, but it would seem safe to say that artificial intelligence is a broader discipline that encompasses natural language processing, social intelligence and machine learning among other tools, many of which a cognitive computing system also uses. Image: Reuters/Yuya Shino.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I was angry the day I wrote Tech Managers: Time to Grow Up and Manage Like Humans , but it's still all too true.) I did not expect the number of people who boosted my posts, and definitely not the number of people who responded. The marketing for this book will be better because of you. I learned a ton. Thank you all.

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 26, 2016

What is the goal of crisis management? The goal of crisis management is to salvage your organization’s reputation and bottom line when presented with a bad or threatening situation – or so says the majority of people. The situation that Whole Foods Market has most recently found themselves in is a perfect example of this.

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