Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2017

Let’s face it, consulting often gets a bad rap. It’s perceived as nebulous, too theoretical, too touchy-feely. Plus, it's expensive. To combat this bias, use work samples and deliverables to show prospective clients how you do what you do. Demystify your process. This goes a long way toward removing uncertainty and skepticism. For 10 years as an independent change strategy consultant, I used this tactic to win several projects.

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Actionable

JUNE 19, 2017

In order to find the time it takes to work on your business—your growth, strategy, and goals—you need to reflect on your halo effect, and supercharge it. The post Turn Your Halo Effect Into A Superpower appeared first on Actionable.co.

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MishTalk

JUNE 19, 2017

Over the weekend, the US shot down a Syrian Jet, Iran launched missiles into Syria , and the US killed large numbers of Syrian civilians in a raid in Raqqa. With tensions escalating, Russia Warns US its Fighter Jets are Now Potential Targets in Syria. The threat of direct Russian-American confrontation in Syria escalated on Monday after Moscow said it will treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river as a potential target.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Andrew Ng has likened artificial intelligence (AI) to electricity in that it will be as transformative for us as electricity was for our ancestors. I can only guess that electricity was mystifying, scary, and even shocking to them — just as AI will be to many of us. Credible scientists and research firms have predicted that the likely automation of service sectors and professional jobs in the United States will be more than 10 times as large as the number of manufacturing jobs automated to

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Consultants' Consultant

JUNE 19, 2017

Consultants Consultant: This interview is well worth a listen Rory Sutherland from Ogilvie talks about advertising as an influencing tool (not just to encourage people to buy but to fix problems and influence behaviour). The discussion is wide-ranging and interesting. I listened to it lying in bed on a Sunday morning, and i can say i felt […].

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BCG

JUNE 19, 2017

Article Monday, June 19, 2017 US health care payers have had a great run, but times are changing. Companies must take action now to forestall the expected—and significant—drop in shareholder value.

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MishTalk

JUNE 19, 2017

GE has the largest pension shortfall in the S&P 500. It’s a $31 Billion Balance Sheet Hole That Keeps Growing. (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 19, 2017

Really? Almost nothing in our daily lives is actually a winner take all competition. Somewhere, there's someone fitter, faster, thinner, quicker, smarter, more popular or richer than you. And there's someone else fitter, faster, thinner, quicker, smarter, more popular or richer than they are. And you're (far) ahead of someone else who is busy looking at you from behind.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Amazon’s grand ambition was on display last week with the news that it will acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 billion dollars. The move raised the question faced first by booksellers, then the rest of retail, and now seemingly everyone: How can you compete with the retail giant? Amazon doesn’t just want to be the place where you do your online shopping.

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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

JUNE 19, 2017

Each year, we honor clients nationwide for success in collecting, analyzing, and acting on employee feedback with the Employee Voice Award (EVA). The EVA honors our most successful clients for employee engagement excellence in two categories: 1. Raising Engagement for those organizations with the highest increase in employee engagement from the previous year and. 2.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

All the talk about Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has been about how the deal will benefit Amazon’s “sell everything” strategy. What if we turn the question around: What does this deal do to Whole Foods’s “sell at a high price” strategy? Whole Foods has tremendous brand equity and a socially responsible supply chain.

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MBO Partners

JUNE 19, 2017

Independent professionals bring much-needed, highly specialized skills to the workforce. How organizations can adjust their talent management strategy to make use of this valuable talent pool.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?” Here’s one reason why: Startups can do anything. Companies can only do what’s legal.

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LSA Global

JUNE 19, 2017

Workplace politics is not something that workers can ignore if they want to advance their careers and create a high performance culture. While most employees strongly prefer to avoid workplace politics, most ambitious employees also know that developing political savvy is required to advance their career. Those who “know how to play the game” with integrity typically get more done and are more appreciated for their ability to effectively influence others and astutely manage people is

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency.

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Strategy+Business

JUNE 19, 2017

With home costs skyrocketing in large metropolitan areas, companies that want to attract talent may have to get into the real-estate business.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Pregnancy is not an illness. Rather, it is the ultimate expression of wellness — creating and carrying new life to fruition. Yet prenatal care in the United States has evolved into a complex regimen of 12 to 14 appointments over the course of a 40-week period, often only to confirm that the expectant mother and her fetus are healthy. Low-risk expectant mothers pay a high price for unnecessary prenatal appointments in the form of time away from work and associated lost wages or personal day

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

JUNE 19, 2017

Are you building a Strengths-based organization? Our advice is to take action on three key elements: use a common language, facilitate shared experiences, and bolster the narrative intelligence among your members. The post The Three Key Elements for a Successful Strengths-Based Organization appeared first on Leadership Vision.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

Is it possible to be a high-standards, results-driven leader while at the same time building an engaged, fun-to-work-with team? Many people would contend that doing either of these things well makes it almost impossible to succeed at the other. And yet our examination of 360-degree assessment data from more than 60,000 leaders showed us that leaders who were rated in the top quartile of both skills ranked in the 91st percentile of all leaders.

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