Mon.Dec 11, 2017

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Proven 4 Stage Consulting Project Process: Video

Consulting Success

Transcript: We’re going to talk about how to develop a consulting engagement process. There’s many different ways to go about this, but I want to introduce you to one that is very straightforward yet very powerful. It’s a way that you can start to think about how to deliver your consulting services with a lot more structure. That structure is not only beneficial for you — because it’s easier for you to start to really not only delegate aspects of the work, but organize re

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It’s a big decision – here’s how you make it

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Click to read the Farnam Street post about how people make big decisions. It’s worth it for the cool diagram. And then follow up with how to use mindfulness to make better decisions. Other posts on decision-making: Your Product is Decisions Too many decisions! Intuition and when to use it The tyranny of choice. The post It’s a big decision – here’s how you make it appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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How to Be More Productive Without Burning Out

Harvard Business

Moment/Getty Images. Like many of my classmates, shortly after college, I joined the ranks of a top strategy and management consulting firm. I knew I was signing up for long hours, but the reality of that didn’t really sink until a few months in, when I asked for a vacation day to go to a friend’s wedding. My request was granted, sort of.

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Are You Listening?

Martinka Consulting

The big news in the NFL earlier this year was the best player in the NFL, Aaron Rodgers, was injured and will be out at least eight weeks. I was listening to a press conference as his coach described how they weren’t going to go after a veteran quarterback to replace him, how he had two and three years invested in the quarterbacks on the roster, and felt comfortable moving forward with them.

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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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Detecting Lies on Earnings Calls

Strategy+Business

Can software and analytics help investors figure out if corporate leaders really mean what they say?

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How to Talk About Sexual Harassment with Your Coworkers

Harvard Business

Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. If the topic of sexual harassment hasn’t come up in your office – either on Slack, in conversations over lunch, or by the watercooler — I’d be surprised. With the ongoing #metoo campaign and the almost daily headlines about men accused of harassing their coworkers, this subject is top of mind for many of us.

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Solopreneur’s End-of-Year Checklist

MBO Partners

Follow this 12-step checklist to ensure your business is prepared for 2018.

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3 Questions Future Ready Leaders Need to Ask Themselves

Cheryl Cran

Future ready leaders question the status quo – challenge assumptions and ask better questions. In the past leaders didn’t question the rules, they followed them and they didn’t challenge the status quo they did what he or she was told. Today, following the rules can lead to extinction (think the leaders of Kodak who followed the rules […]. The post 3 Questions Future Ready Leaders Need to Ask Themselves appeared first on NextMapping.

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Whiteboard Session: Getting Past Either-Or Decision Making

Harvard Business

If you don’t like your choices, create better ones.

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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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Better Cybersecurity Starts with Fixing Your Employees’ Bad Habits

Harvard Business

Chris Gilleard/Getty Images. Cybercrime is here to stay, and it’s costing American firms a lot of money. The average annualized cost of cybercrime for global companies has increased nearly 62% since 2013, from $7.2 million to $11.7 million. And these are just the average direct costs. Target, which experienced a massive data breach in 2013, reported that the total cost of the breach exceeded $200 million.

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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business

William Whitehurst/Getty Images. A little-known fact about health care is that hospitals frequently hire substitute doctors – or, as they are called in the profession, locum tenens physicians (from the Latin for “to hold the place, to substitute for”) – to temporarily cover for doctors who are vacationing, sick, attending conferences, or on leave for other reasons.

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What Workers and Companies Should Know About the Republican Tax Bills

Harvard Business

Daniel Haskett/Getty Images. The House and Senate have passed somewhat different versions of major legislation to restructure the federal income tax. A House-Senate conference committee still needs to reconcile the two bills, with the goal of finishing before Christmas. Both bills would significantly overhaul the corporate income tax, increase the federal budget deficit, and disproportionately benefit upper-income taxpayers.

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Why the WTO Should Constrain the Power of China’s State-Owned Enterprises

Harvard Business

chuttersnap/unsplash. The Trump Administration has a chance to start working with 164 other countries to create “rules of the road” to stop China building national champions with government funding. Such state-owned enterprises or state-supported industries (SOEs) — think steel, aluminum and solar panels — have flooded global markets , depressed prices, and literally shut down hundreds of U.S. solar-panel startups.

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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.