Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

So often people are spending a lot of time thinking about marketing and what they can do to get the next client. They don’t recognize that the next client is most often around them. Success comes from creating great value and results for those that you’re already serving. Corporate advisor Lance Secretan focuses on only three things to attract world class clients – doing the best possible work he can, writing books, and giving keynote.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The overhead light in aisle two has been burned out for three months. It’s hard for the workers in that row to see the small parts they handle and repair. Workers sent a request to the facilities department when the light died, but for some reason nothing was done, and no one bothers to complain anymore. Fifteen percent of the stations are missing the adjustable stools workers sit on when they’re doing repairs.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

For the last decade, I’ve had an ongoing fascination with linguistics. I strongly believe that the words we choose to use reflect how we think. Let’s look at the word "love.". Most people use the word love in a passive sense. Examples: I fell in love. I feel love for you. In this context, love is something that happens to you. You’re merely a passive participant in the process.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I have revamped my writing workshops (finally). The Q1 workshops are now available. See. Writing Non-Fiction Workshop 1: Free Your Inner Writer (Q1 session starts Jan 1, 2019). Writing Non-Fiction Workshop 2: Secrets of Successful Non-Fiction Writers (Q1 Session starts Jan 2, 2019). If you are ready to learn to write better and faster, take Writing Workshop 1.

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Henry DeVries

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A tough challenge for many is convincing enough prospects to hire them. If you want prospects to think it over, give them lots of facts and figures. If you want them to decide to hire you, tell them the right story: Your Defining Story.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In this special live episode, we share stories, research, and practical advice for strategic self-disclosure, and then take questions from the audience. Download this podcast. Guest: Katherine Phillips is a management professor at Columbia Business School. Sign up for the Women at Work newsletter. Fill out our survey about workplace experiences. Email us here: womenatwork@hbr.org.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Innovating around the customer experience is one of the few ways that companies today can stay ahead of competitors and disruptive forces. But what does it take to truly drive successful innovation? To find out, we asked analysts and industry experts to deconstruct the DNA of innovative customer experiences. Here are the insights, lessons, and cautionary tales that they shared.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Poet Donald Hall told the story of a hermit in New Hampshire, a man who passed away leaving behind sheds full of hoarded stuff. In one of the sheds was a box labeled, “string too short to be saved.” That’s what we do with the trivia that gets in the way of our best work. The tiny slights, the small rejections, the bumps in the road that could be easily forgotten.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

kumacore/Getty Images. It’s a dreadful moment when a well-liked member of your team tenders their resignation. You experience a cocktail of emotions ranging from fear about how the rest of the team will react, to frustration at having to add recruiting to your already hectic calendar. The worst is the lingering feeling of being rejected. As with most difficult situations as a manager, how you handle the resignation will affect more than just you.

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The Fearless Marketer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve watched two remarkable films: A Star is Born with Lady Gaga and Bohemian Rhapsody about Freddy Mercury and Queen. There’s always a lot to learn about success from rock stars. The most successful ones put in a huge amount of time and hard work to get to the top. In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Lady Gaga spoke about her early days: “I knew I had something to say and I knew I wanted to say it.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Scott Olson/Getty Images. Over the last several decades, women have made tremendous gains in many professions. Women physicians, for instance, were a rarity in the 1960s. Today, about 35% of physicians are women , and the representation will only increase as women—who constitute over half of new medical students —proceed through the career pipeline.

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Women in Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

By: Martha Olsen. :: Consultants are not immune to the forces of disruption. It’s ironic: even as we help our clients innovate and stay competitive, we can fail to notice how much is changing in our own business model. Maybe you’re just starting out as a consultant. Or if you’re like me, you’ve been consulting the better part of your career. In either case, we’re all working within a context that changes constantly.

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