Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

No one knows what the future brings. If uncertainty is a fact of life and business, then you should be ready to futureproof your business. Michael Zipursky discusses getting ready for the future with the CEO and founder of Potential Squared, Colin Hunter. Colin shares insights on the role of leadership and the importance of coaching. How Consultants Can Use Failure To Futureproof Their Business With Colin Hunter: Podcast #225 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Remember all those little lessons and morals one of your parents or instructors would tell you? Clever maxims such as, “Honesty is the best policy,” and “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” and “No, an empty shoebox is not an acceptable diorama of The Invisible Man.” One of the classic structures for a pithy … Continued. The post 10 Simple Lessons for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A lot of people think about making the move to consulting, but not many actually do it. But there are a lot of good reasons why you should consider it.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Jared Nichols has always been an independent thinker and never wanted to work for someone else. I met Jared several years ago when we worked with a company helping us build our online platform and get started creating content. Initially, I wanted to interview Jared because he has done a fantastic job carving out a unique position in the market as a specialized futurist.

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Steve Shu Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This post is based on a question I was posed on Quora. Based on this question, my gut reaction is that they are looking for a sense of a) how deep do you go with similar clients in similar situations, and b) what’s the outside norm in terms of project length for a similar clients in similar situations. Key things to be aware of though are what is the client thinking and what you are thinking.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

What’s the difference between a consultant vs freelancer? In Consultant Vs Contractor: What’s the Difference, we outlined the difference between a consultant and a contractor. However, a freelancer is different from a contractor. A freelancer typically works with more than one client. And a freelancer may be quite close to becoming a consultant.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Consulting is all in your head. (Except for the chocolate. That’s in your stomach.) What you see, hear, think and say are all cerebral. Therefore, your mindsets hold outsized importance over your consulting firm’s success. Unfortunately, a couple of common, business development mindset errors hold many consultants and consulting firms back. Does either one affect … Continued.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With a new project to start every few months and not a lot of time for orientation, solo consulting can definitely take you outside your comfort zone.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I have known Roberta Matuson for over ten years. I have witnessed her remarkable journey from a start-up consulting business owner to an established expert with five published books and author of articles featured in Fast company, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes. She is an expert in helping organizations identify, acquire, nurture and retain the best talent in the world.

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Kates Kesler

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As human beings we are hardwired to act. Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert argues that humans are exquisitely adapted to respond to immediate problems, such as terrorism, but not so good at more probable, but distant dangers, such as global warming. 1 >As a leader you are continually faced with immediate problems that seem to demand action. These often take time away from consideration of more strategic issues.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

As work and non-work activities become increasingly blended, having a clear purpose and creating your own definition of work-life balance will be critical to a sustainable career. As most of us spend the majority of our time working, it’s important to consider where that time is spent, how to manage your tasks and energy, and how to ultimately find fulfilment. 1.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

What are the advantages of using external consultants? Perhaps you’re a consultant and you’d like to communicate why a potential client should hire you over an employee. Or maybe you’re a company that’s torn between hiring a consultant or an employee for a project. Far too often companies hire internally when they should hire a. 4 Advantages Of Using External Consultants Over Internal Employees is a post from: Consulting Success.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When your consulting firm’s offering is constructed correctly, it resonates with prospects and projects are easy to close. You can build such an offering in five, easy steps. Let’s say you have a conversation scheduled with a new prospect for your consulting firm: Vera Surtan, Chief Assuredness Officer at Technacious. Will you easily lock in … Continued.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I try to notice trends in what my clients are facing. Last week presented a trend I couldn’t help but notice: Three of my clients were tired, frustrated, and struggling to please customers’ shifting and very challenging demands. My clients weren’t happy. Their team members weren’t happy. Their customers weren’t happy. No matter what […]. The post Create a Better Work Environment – Redeploy Your Talent appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Small-World Network. Does your organization have an enterprise architect or Chief Product Person? We create these positions to check that the teams don't try to implement something “wrong.” However, a single person in this position creates bottlenecks and dependencies. (A committee might create even tighter bottlenecks.) Those dependencies slow the work.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Help! I need to manage my stakeholders and I don’t know where to start. As a project manager it’s important to know and understand who your stakeholders are and how to manage your relationships with them. People can make or break a project so handling your stakeholders well is essential. At =mc we define stakeholders as: anyone who is involved or affected by the success of your project.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether it’s your first time on a new project, or a task you have done many times before, you will always have to balance the volume of work with the time available. If you are working in a new functional team serving unfamiliar clients in a new industry, then there will obviously be tasks that you have never encountered before. This will increase the amount of time needed to create a deliverable.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For complex projects that require subcontracting, a Request for Proposal is a great way to winnow out what companies to partner up with. An RFP, however, isn’t just a simple document that you send off and forget about. It requires a lot of groundwork, foresight, and mindset before you even start working. So how can. How Consultants Can Win More Request For Proposals (RFPs) With Lisa Rehurek: Podcast #224 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You can enhance your consulting firm’s performance and results by reexamining the language you use to understand and communicate your clients’ challenges. A cursory internet search surfaces a plethora of fascinating articles describing how language affects perception. Perhaps the most compelling and commonly cited example is attributed to Jules Davidoff.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Over the past couple of weeks, several potential clients have discussed problems they want to fix: What are the teams doing, at a detailed level? (The managers want to know when the teams will finish certain features in the short term.). How can they plan for six months at a time? (They want to understand and use a team's capacity to plan.). When will certain features be done?

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

I’ve been following the news stories coming out of the Winter Olympics in Beijing these last few weeks. The stories I’ve found most intriguing have been around women’s figure skating. Kamila Valieva — an athlete favored for gold who skated for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) — failed a drug test weeks ago, but the results were not known until after the Olympics began.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Congratulations! You received an interview with a consulting firm! Management consulting interviews generally have two types of assessments, behavioral and casing. This blog will help shed some light on what to expect and how to prepare for behavioral assessments. Behavioral interview questions help shed significant light on you as a candidate. Recruiters are assessing your background, your project experience, and your ability to fit into the company.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

How do you build a 7-figure consulting firm? Michael Zipursky presents Georges Chakar, the founder and CEO of LINK Advisory Group. The company implements strategies to foster commercial sustainability by transforming people and customers. Georges believes that rapid growth is not about strategy. Instead, it’s about the transformation that focuses on people.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s February. That special time of year when our resolutions are a distant memory, the decorations have all been packed up, and we’re back in the thick of things are a winter break. We’re getting busier and busier, and things are piling up. Whilst love may well be in the air for many towards the middle of the month, you may also find yourself looking at your to-do list and detesting it.

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Just because we're working with a distributed team doesn't mean we have to abandon time-tested tools and methods like whiteboarding. Digital look-alikes often cramp creativity and all but eliminate the humanity of shared interactions. Hardware solutions are also limiting and, of course, expensive and immobile. In an increasingly digital and remote-first world, it’s important for us to select tools and processes that allow us to mitigate if not eliminate the above problems.

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