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Supplement Your Consulting Pipeline by Subcontracting

Successful Independent Consulting

Most independent consultants have some FUD (fear, uncertainty, or doubt) when it comes to finding work. Even if you’ve been self-employed for years, dry spells between projects can still happen, and if you’re just starting out it’s especially difficult to find your own work. It can take several months to set up your business, establish your reputation, and build your network in order to find and bill your own clients directly.

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Strategies for Reopening Safely: Effective Ways the Travel, Leisure and Transportation Industries Are Utilizing eLearning

Clarity Consultants

Both the leisure and transportation industries are fairly unique. Often, companies require a wide range of skillsets, many of which don’t cross over easily within their workforce. Plus, leisure companies are largely public-facing, something that’s been a hurdle during COVID-19. While that isn’t the case with transportation, many employees do have a lot of contact with other people, a situation.

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Leadership tip #9: See & Stop Micromanagement—Learn to Trust Instead

Johanna Rothman

I see too much micromanagement, even in supposedly agile organizations. Micromanagement tells people, “I don't trust you.” When we have insufficient trust, morale and the products deteriorate. Instead, we can extend trust and keep innovating for morale and the products. This image shows a 6-person team where the leader/manager micromanages.

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Grit and Stick-with-it-ness

Kai Davis

Let’s recap: You need leads. To get leads, you need marketing. To market consistently, you need habits around your marketing. The best way to build a habit is to have a documented repeatable process you can follow. An SOP is a great container for your process. It’s a living document you can read, execute, and update over time. To succeed with your habit, you gotta have all the parts in place.

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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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(LIVE) Using Strategy to Create Sustainable Growth for Your Small Business w/Amos Schwartzfarb & Trevor Boehm

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Business owners and leaders are all too familiar with the stressful reality of trying to grow the business. Unpredictable revenue comes and goes, hampering your ability to invest, hire, and grow. Instead, what if you could create sustainable growth for your business? The key is to build repeatable revenue that you can depend on.

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Harvard Business

As cracks appear in Ghosn’s leadership of Nissan and Renault, is anyone holding him accountable?

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Harvard Business

Why you should always throw your weight behind a teammate’s good idea.

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Harvard Business

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How Working Dads Can Prioritize Self-Care

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