Fri.Feb 14, 2020

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What Best Practices Can Consultants Use to Develop Their Own Toolkit?

Steve Shu Consulting

This post is based on a question I answered previously on Quora. Here are some of the techniques I have used over the years in different consulting roles, such as working for a traditional consulting firm, boutique firm, or as an independent: Research and keep a scrapboook of ideas – This can be a folder where you drop killer slides you’ve run into, killer figures, well done models, articles, etc.

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Is consulting ready for its Amazon moment?

The Source

Suppose you moonlight as a small business owner and you want to start selling your products online; maybe you make a line of high-quality cashmere socks embroidered with inspirational Paul Drucker quotes. And further suppose that—for one of any number of perfectly valid reasons—you have a strong ethical aversion to working with Amazon. Ok, you say to yourself: How hard can it be to avoid giving money to Jeff Bezos?

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Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation

Johanna Rothman

A client wants to know how best to calculate their software capitalization. They had a “standard” approach when they used waterfall. They no longer have all waterfall projects. They've started to use agile approaches. And, the projects don't all look the same. Being somewhere in the middle means they're having trouble reasoning about capitalization.

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Ken’s Speaking Topics 2020

Emerson Consulting Group

The below topics are based on two of Ken’s eight books: The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority People Turn to Every Time (McGraw-Hill). The Speaker’s Edge : the Ultimate Go-To Guide for Landing Lots and Lost of Speaking Gig (Maven House Press). For more info, visit Ken’s Amazon page. Topics: (topic blurbs below). Thoughtleading: the Art of Separating Yourself from the Competitive Pack.

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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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You’re Hired

Alan Weiss

I’ve looked for three things when I’ve interviewed candidates for my clients: High energy. Wide vocabulary easily employed. Well developed sense of humor (which to me is a clear sign of intellect). I’ve found that such people are enthusiastic and great learners and can learn almost any content quickly and well. But you can’t “teach” those three traits.

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Take time to be curious about each other’s ambitions — professional or otherwise.

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There’s opportunity in an economy that produces and consumes less.

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Demystify the numbers. Your audience will thank you.

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