Consulting Success
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Michael was recently featured on Modern Leadership Podcast. You can listen to it here: It’s Not Strategy Holding You Back with Michael Zipursky It’s never been easier to start your consulting business. And it’s never been harder to stand out. Many consultants who jump into consulting aren’t prepared for the challenges they will face.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI /Getty Images. When thinking about how to develop in our careers, most of us tend to focus on promotions, projects, courses, certifications. We seek out expanded roles, more senior titles, extra money. We overlook one very key piece of the learning puzzle: proactively surrounding ourselves with people who will push us to succeed in unexpected ways and, in so doing, build genuinely rich, purposeful lives of growth, excellence, and impact.
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MBO Partners
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
A monthly summary of independent contractor misclassification and compliance news. This is the September, 2018 edition.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Tim Hawley/Getty Images. The average lifespan of a U.S. S&P 500 company has fallen by 80% in the last 80 years (from 67 to 15 years), and 76% of UK FTSE 100 companies have disappeared in the last 30 years. In stark contrast, organizations in other sectors celebrate their 100th birthday and look like they’ll be here forever. How do they do it?
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Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
They focus on the individual, not the system.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Seth Godin Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
There are 88 keys on a piano. 64 colors in the big box of Crayola. You can’t own a key and you can’t own a color. But once you start combining elements, the possibilities go way up. The opening chord of a Hard Day’s Night is a unique signature. So are the colors in a Lilly Pulitzer dress. Your work can struggle to fit in. Or you can do the hard work of having it stand out.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Peter Mason/Getty Images. Fintona Financial (not the company’s real name) had a problem. Interviews with their financial advisors revealed something disturbing: When dealing with Fintona’s Customer Support, many advisors followed a three-call rule saying, “If you really need the right answer from Fintona, you have to call them three times [to ask the same question] and trust the first two operators who give you the same answer.” Yeah, ouch.
Seth Godin Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
There are 88 keys on a piano. 64 colors in the big box of Crayola. You can’t own a key and you can’t own a color. But once you start combining elements, the possibilities go way up. The opening chord of a Hard Day’s Night is a unique signature. So are the colors in a Lilly Pulitzer dress. Your work can struggle to fit in. Or you can do the hard work of having it stand out.
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