Consulting Success

AUGUST 21, 2017

Increasing your visibility, specializing, and cultivating relationships in your network are three of the most powerful ways to launch yourself toward consulting success. Description: My guest on this episode is UK-based consultant Stefan Drew, who is also known as the Marketing Magician. He works mainly in the education sector, but he has a wide breadth of experience — from international environmental organizations and national membership organizations to web design for local companies.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2017

:: Join Pavlina Yanakieva and me this Thursday, 8/24 at Havana Restaurant in Walnut Creek for this month’s Women In Consulting East Bay luncheon , we will be discussing the challenges of living busy lives, and offer sustainable solutions for reclaiming your time, your sanity and your joy. If you’re like a lot of successful women leaders, you have a lot on your plate.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

AUGUST 21, 2017

It’s getting to be that time of year again when many organizations start to think about holding strategy sessions. These sessions may be informal leadership team strategy sessions or more formal strategic planning retreats. Whatever format is used, I always suggest an outside facilitator – one who is skilled in facilitating senior-level strategy sessions – guide the process.

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Actionable

AUGUST 21, 2017

We work with some of the smartest consultants in the business. We want to improve the world of work for everyone—our network of partners helps us do that. The post Meet the ACP — What Our Network Is Saying appeared first on Actionable.co.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 21, 2017

Economists predicted a strong July reading for the Chicago Fed National Activity Index. What they found was a slightly negative reading of -0.01 vs an Econoday consensus estimate of +0.22. (more…).

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

One of the most common ways to reference check a job candidate is to talk with their former managers over the phone. In a traditional workplace defined by a clear hierarchy and static job descriptions, this type of feedback may be sufficient. But in today’s dynamic, knowledge-based workplace, where work is often accomplished by teams working closely together, is talking to a manager really the best way to assess a potential employee’s fit?

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 21, 2017

A hygiene factor is something you miss when it's gone, but barely notice when it's there. Clean sheets at a hotel, for example. The base salary at a job. Your title. Every time you add one of these factors to consumer or employee expectation, you've signed up for a lifetime of providing that benefit. You've made it more difficult for the competition to keep up.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Despite the tight labor market, employees report they are willing to take increasingly smaller salaries.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2017

Anybody that knows me, knows that I love a good sale. Not the 50% off kind from Bed Bath & Beyond (meh), but the kind that takes me into people’s yards, driveways, garages, and crooked sheds. So I’m not at all put off by cracks or chips or missing pieces. I don’t mind scuff marks, frayed edges and a bit of rust. For me, that’s what makes objects interesting.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2017

Strong corporate cultures can be a competitive advantage. More Value to Stakeholders. The global consulting firm Watson Wyatt found that culturally aligned organizations return almost 300% more value to stakeholders. Faster Revenue Growth, Higher Profitability and Greater Employee Engagement. Our own organizational alignment research at over 400 companies across eight industries found cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies.

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MBO Partners

AUGUST 21, 2017

Follow these three tips to boost your productivity and make the most out of each day.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 21, 2017

Strong corporate cultures can be a competitive advantage. More Value to Stakeholders. The global consulting firm Watson Wyatt found that culturally aligned organizations return almost 300% more value to stakeholders. Faster Revenue Growth, Higher Profitability and Greater Employee Engagement. Our own organizational alignment research at over 400 companies across eight industries found cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

You block time on your calendar for a yoga class, lunch with a friend, or even a tech Shabbat. But how often do you cancel it due to what seems a more urgent work demand? Recent research from Boston University and Harvard Business School faculty shows that with the unrelenting pace and volume of work , setting and keeping boundaries has never been more challenging — or more important.

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Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

When new managers and their employees meet for the first time, they begin to forge their working relationship, which will be a crucial factor in how they both experience work, how much they trust each other, and how effectively they can work together. You may have a direct report that you hold in high regard, whom you give the most important tasks to, and spend the most time mentoring.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Laura Schneider for HBR. The last week has been filled with the disconcerting aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia , leaving many business leaders to wonder how they should react — what they should tell their employees and customers. A number of CEOs — including Apple’s Tim Cook , Goldman Sachs’s Lloyd Blankfein , and Walmart’s Doug McMillon — have taken strong public stands, condemning white supremacists, racism, and violence and calling for

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