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Business Development and Networking During a Pandemic Lockdown

Successful Independent Consulting

The #1 FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) among independent consultants involves business development. How can I develop a steady pipeline of leads? And now, with everyone stuck at home because of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, business development and the networking that fuels it seem impossible. But that’s not the case!

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Virtual Meetings: Eight Rules of Etiquette

Tom Spencer

The concept of virtual meetings is fairly simple. You host a meeting that would otherwise be held physically via an online platform, most probably Teams. One may assume that the etiquette that applies to in-person meetings would also apply to virtual meetings. Make a conscious effort to control your gaze during meetings.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stressor for self-employed management consultants is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. To meet the challenge I recommend changing your frame of reference. For example, set an “appointment” for every Monday at 9 a.m. For example, “ Time flies—my ‘baby’ is working on college applications!

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Leadership Development – bringing the team together

The Management Centre

In this interview, Rebecca Cooper, Head of People and Development at ACT Training shares her experience of what effective leadership development looks like in action. We were looking for a programme to develop the leadership skills and philosophy of the team. mc: What was the learning experience like once you were in the room?

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The Hidden Costs of Under-Investing in your Business Development

Consulting Matters

As a mentor who helps people turn their life work into their own businesses, I meet a lot of highly trained and experienced professionals with both vision.and fear. So here's the real hidden cost of under-investing in your business development. Because they have already achieved success - they are looking now for significance.

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From meeting-heavy to essential meetings only

Asamby Consulting

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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Five top tips for planning your team’s development

The Management Centre

Development enables your team members to grow in their role, to feel stretched and supported, and to stay motivated and engaged. Indeed, one of the main reasons people cite when leaving an organisation is the need for more development [1]. Therefore, developing people should be high on our priorities. Identify development areas.