David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Consulting is an enormously fun business. Fun in a “get your hands dirty and muck around in the mud while eating designer truffles” kind of way. You get to roll up your sleeves and solve the problems that clients can’t because they’re too busy going to meetings, playing politics and engaging in other clienty stuff. … Continued. The post Your Consulting Firm’s Critical, Oft-Ignored Strategic Guidewire appeared first on David A.

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Consulting Meeting 221

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Several of my clients want to use some sort of maturity assessment for their agile transformations. Often, the maturity levels demand adherence to specific practices or processes. Some of those practices and processes work for my clients now. (I'm not so sure about others.). As my clients evolve, will what they do now continue to work in the future?

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Matt Sweetwood is a lifetime CEO with over 30 years of experience, and is currently the CEO of LUXnow and author of Leader of the Pack. Having spent the majority of his career in the electronics distribution and retail superstore space, Matt had to re-invent his business multiple times to keep up with digital transformation, which ultimately led to a successful exit for him.

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Interviews Leadership Retail Strategy 98

Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Defining a corporate vision is a complex process, with many components that factor into the final vision. As we coach businesses using the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®), we help our clients consider each component in turn. One of the most rewarding of these activities is helping our clients achieve clarity around their company’s Core Focus.

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Kai Davis

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Over in Freelance Camp – my micro-community for indies – we just wrapped up our August book club with… Fix This Next by Mike Michalowicz. (Author of Profit First, The Pumpkin Plan, and Clockwork.). Fix This Next (FTN) is a great read – funny and informative. What I liked about it, is the book is a tool to help you identify the core needs and vital needs you need to focus on (e.g., sales, lifestyle congruence, prospect attraction; profit, debt attraction, margin health).

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Seth Godin Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Time travelers should prepare for tough sledding. If you went back to 1820 or even 1920, all the sudden changes would discombobulate you. And the same is true for someone who came forward to today. We’ve got a deep-seated desire for things to go back to normal, the way we were used to. But this, this moment of ours is now normal. For now. And then, there will be another normal.

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Travel 45

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Former army helicopter pilot Shannon Huffman Polson talks about how she developed grit – and how you can, too.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In a series of four competitions, researchers found that the first two contestants were consistently rated lower.

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Research 55

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Your risk assessment shouldn’t be geared toward technical experts alone.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Post-traumatic growth is possible.

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Exercises 50

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Make it clear you’ve got a plan.

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