Tue.May 21, 2019

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What Your Consulting Firm Needs Most: Perspective

David A Fields

What’s the heaviest chain restraining your consulting firm’s growth (in revenue or margin, lifestyle, or all three)? You already know the answer, because it’s in the article’s title: your perspective. You may believe, and even eloquently argue, that your consulting firm is limited by your capabilities, the size of the market you serve, your buyers’ … Continued.

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3 Best No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards

Management Consulted

We’ve all been there at one point or another. You’re traveling abroad and haven’t planned to use a credit card or forgot to bring the right one. But then, emergency strikes, and cash is no longer an option. You pull … Continue Reading. The post 3 Best No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards appeared first on Management Consulted.

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Learn How To Give Great Speeches From Commencement Speakers Like Robert Smith

Henry DeVries

The most effective and memorable speeches are light-hearted and engage and inspire the audience of graduates and their guests. Here are Toastmasters International’s five memorable commencement speeches to learn from.

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Learning From Each Other

Women in Consulting

By: WIC Blog Admin. :: Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? A few years ago, the Women In Consulting Annual Best Practices Survey unveiled some tricks by top consultants that helped improved my business’ profitability and my work/life balance. Here’s one: I learned top consultants out-source the administration of their company so they can maximize their time on generating revenue.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Drawing a Line

CaseInterview.com

A question came up the other day during the office hours I held for my members of my Inner Circle mentorship program. The question was, "Do you take on a well paying client engagement when you disagree partly with the scope of the project?". The ensuing conversation reminded me of McKinsey’s unofficial policy of turning down multi-million dollar client work when the firm didn’t feel the engagement was in the client's best interest.

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Why It’s Time to Finally Worry about ESG

Harvard Business

Robert Eccles, a visiting professor of management practice at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, says that the global investment community’s interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has finally reached a tipping point. Large asset management firms and pensions funds are now pressuring corporate leaders to improve sustainability practices in material ways that both benefit their firms’ bottom line and create broader impact.

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It’s all horizontal (and books went first)

Seth Godin Blog

With enough top-down energy, it feels like the creator of an idea can broadcast it, anytime and anywhere. That enough hype/promo/media/leverage ought to allow a major publisher or network or candidate to bend the culture simply by yelling. If you follow this road, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. For 500 years, this hasn’t been true for books.

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If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?

Harvard Business

Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta explores the infiltration of Amazon into dozens of industries including web services, grocery, online video streaming, content creation and, oh, did we mention physical bookstores? What’s the big plan? Is the company spread too thin, or poised for astronomical success? Gupta is the author of the case study, “Amazon 2019.

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4 Ways to Be More Buyer-Centric to Increase Sales

LSA Global

Top Sales Reps are Buyer-Centric. The secret to increasing your sales is not to push harder; it is to be more buyer-centric. The secret is to get to know your client and their business so well that they see you as an ally focused on helping them to succeed personally and professionally – not as an adversary in a push-pull exchange. Remember, buyers don’t want a list of what your product can do; they want to solve their problems.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Using Data to Provide Better Health Care to New York’s Homeless

Harvard Business

Helping the largest homeless population in the U.S.

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Are You Ready to Go Freelance?

Harvard Business

The skills you need to work for yourself.

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Your Company Needs a Process for Offboarding Employees Gracefully

Harvard Business

Listen, show appreciation, and stay in touch.

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Does Your Company Really Need a Chatbot?

Harvard Business

Here’s when the answer is no.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.