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Leveraging Relationships To Win Consulting Business with Nancy Halpern: Podcast #86

Consulting Success

It is vital to build and maintain relationships as part of your continuous business development with your existing or potential clients. Talent development consultant Nancy Halpern’s way of doing this is by spending four or five nights out of every week taking a client out for a drink, having dinner, and staying in touch. According to Nancy, these are ways of honing your message as people enjoy getting together and spend time with people they like.

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The No Joke System for Attracting Clients

The Fearless Marketer

A few months ago I re-tooled my system for teaching people to attract new clients. It’s a new take on an old approach. I called it ABDO – Attention-Based Direct Outreach. And it’s all about proactively reaching out to prospective clients and ultimately turning them into paying clients. There are a number of things that makes this approach different than what most self-employed professionals do to attract new clients.

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Practicing Quantitative Questions

CaseInterview.com

Below is a list of tips and recommended resources to assist in practicing quantitative case interview questions. Standardized Testing Practice Books : Standardized test prep books have example quantitative questions I would suggest looking in GMAT, GRE preparation books - and specifically look for the section that's most similar to these types of questions.

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The Upside of Working Motherhood

Harvard Business

There are a lot of reasons women should feel optimistic about having both a career and children. Two professors tell us about the takeaways from their research on working motherhood and from their experience raising three kids each. They give advice about managing expectations, transitions, and difficult times. Guests: Danna Greenberg and Jamie Ladge.

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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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McKinsey Case Interview Preparation Resources

CaseInterview.com

About McKinsey. McKinsey Careers. McKinsey Problem Solving Test. Case Interview.com Resources: Definitive Guide to the McKinsey Problem Solving Test. McKinsey Problem Solving Test Example Question and Answer. McKinsey PST Score. Example Tests from McKinsey: Practice Test A. Practice Test B. Practice Test C. McKinsey Problem Solving Test Top Tips. McKinsey Personal Experience Interview.

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What to Expect and How to Prepare for a McKinsey 2nd Round Interview

CaseInterview.com

The big difference between the McKinsey First and Second Round is in the second round you'll be expected to lead the process. It will be a candidate-led interview. Rather than testing the component level skills as in Round 1, they'll be testing how you pull all the skills together cohesively. In terms of preparation, the general feedback from those getting offers is the Look Over My Shoulder ® examples are extremely reflective of the dynamic of cases in McKinsey Rounds 2 & 3 (same feedback

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How To Write Thought Leader Books And Articles Like Ray Bradbury

Henry DeVries

So you want to be a thought leader? Most consultants and business leaders overthink their books and articles. Just carve out some time and do it.

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Keep Your Company’s Toxic Culture from Infecting Your Team

Harvard Business

Tips for staying positive and productive in a negative environment.

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And your company will pay for it

Seth Godin Blog

You might be surprised at your company’s reimbursement policy for education. Not only can you expense that book that will change the way you do your job, but you can probably take a course on the company’s dime (and perhaps even get some time to work on it). It’s a great deal for the company. You get paid the same, but now you’re smarter, more engaged and more skilled.

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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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How to Manage Your Perfectionism

Harvard Business

Learn when to put in more time and when to move on.

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How to Develop Insight in a Case Interview

CaseInterview.com

Being insightful in a case interview is an important skill, especially as you get in more competitive environments (like a final round interview). Being insightful is analyzing the data and noticing an important relationship that would be significant to the client/CEO. To over generalize, there are three kinds of insights: 1) Positive. 2) Avoid a Negative. 3) Problem Re-definition.

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Your Company Needs a Strategy for Voice Technology

Harvard Business

Here’s what the current landscape looks like.

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Leadership = Salesmanship

CaseInterview.com

My first boss in industry started a company from scratch, took it public and still runs it today. He was such a ridiculously intense person. We fought and argued every. single. day. I was his chief of staff. His job was to demand the impossible from everybody in the company. My job was to make sure nobody quit the next day after they found out what he wanted.

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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.