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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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10 Ways that AI is Turbocharging Productivity

Tom Spencer

AI-powered tools offer individuals a range of ways to boost their individual productivity including assistance with task prioritization, time management, professional development, and a range of other activities. They can also assist in automatically generating citations, formatting bibliographies, and managing references.

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How to improve your meetings

Halo Psych

6-minute read In the past few months, I’ve run several team development days for board-level teams in different sectors. And one of the things they have the most in common is a frustration with meetings. This includes those coming as guests to present at a board meeting, as well as some board members, themselves.

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Three Reasons Hobbies Translate Into Productivity

Comatch

Grappling with complex topics, meeting demanding deadlines, and working long hours are all part and parcel of life as a consultant. 3 Reasons Hobbies Drive Productivity. Independent consultants are multi-role players, having to master every aspect of their consulting product. Stay Focused.

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Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

It can be productive, motivating you to innovate, or draining, leading to burnout. Manufacturing organizations like General Motors report spending more on healthcare than they do on raw materials for their products. For example, someone on your team who is feeling down enters a meeting. References: Adecco.

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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. Once fun and collaborative workplace cultures can easily become a drag of meetings.

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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. Clear strategy - with identified ideal client, marketable and differentiated expertise, compelling products/services that are profitable and scalable and so on.