Sat.May 16, 2020

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

Consulting is a career where you hit the ground running. Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. 1.

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A Little Advice

Alan Weiss

People are asking me the same question over and over, so I’ve become pretty adept at the answer. Best practices as the economy reopens: Call everyone of consequence (buyers, recommenders, prospects) until you reach them on the phone. Offer help. Don’t talk about money or projects. Convert as many existing interventions and offerings as you can to remote work.

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What does a good manager look like?

Tom Spencer

Managers come in all shapes and sizes. They naturally have different styles and the junior consultants who are best at adjusting to them often have the most success. Of course, when you get to the very top of a consultancy or any other organisation, managers tend to be good. Partners are partners because they are good at management, good with clients, and in general, they are just good at people.

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Bridges and tunnels

Seth Godin Blog

Robert Moses, the road builder, understood that that building tunnels takes just a little longer and costs just a little bit more. And it turns out that bridges are monuments and create glory for those that find the resources to build them, there in the sky, for all to see. Those are the two reasons why we end up with more bridges than tunnels. (Same is true with work culture and society at large).

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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.