David A Fields
MAY 10, 2022
Your consulting firm could be working on larger, juicier, more profitable projects. We’ve often seen firms double or triple their average project size. Achieving that goal may not be as distant or difficult as you’d think. Author’s note: The following article was originally published in 2015. Occasionally I update old articles; however, this one seemed … Continued.
Consulting Success
MAY 30, 2022
The consulting business is a people business. Partnerships and relationships are vital to the growth of consulting firms. In today’s episode, Michael Zipursky interviews Almira Bardai, Senior PR, Thought Leadership & Communications Consultant, about her experiences in the space and what she learned about creating lasting consulting partnerships and relationships.
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Successful Independent Consulting
MAY 19, 2022
Management guru Peter Drucker once said “you can't manage what you can't measure.” I prefer to say, “Anything that’s measured can be improved.” By tracking (measuring) how you spend your time, you can increase your effectiveness, your income, and even your quality of life. Time is one resource that’s truly irreplaceable.once it’s gone, it’s gone for good.
Consulting Matters
MAY 26, 2022
Explore the connection between learning and having a learning mindset that drives exponential success with my guest, Katie Anderson. Katie is a leadership consultant, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and best-selling author. As your virtual mentor – I encourage you to listen to the conversation with Katie from a couple of angles. First, she offers some tips on creating learning organizations and leaders who are learners.
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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.
Rick Conlow
MAY 6, 2022
Managers have many things in common – and some of those “things” happen to be the miserable mistakes they make. This list does not cover every mistake, but it tackles seven that will readily inhibit or derail a career. Above all, they sabotage employee performance, engagement, and retention. 4 Miserable Mistakes. Relying on the position to give you power.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
David A Fields
MAY 31, 2022
Would you rather be like Connie or Vin? Constance Fidanse and Vincent Doehr are real people we work with (the names have been changed, obviously) and both have been running their small consulting firms for around five years. Interestingly, Connie and Vin target the same industries with very similar services. However, Connie’s average project size, … Continued.
Consulting Success
MAY 23, 2022
If everything’s been done and everybody’s doing everything right, how can you stand out and build a superstar consulting brand? Michael Zipursky welcomes Damon Holowchak, the CEO of Super Collider Consulting Inc. The key is to identify what you stand for. Why do you do what you do? Then, you need to apply that to. How To Build A Superstar Consulting Brand With Damon Holowchak: Podcast #239 is a post from: Consulting Success.
CaseInterview.com
MAY 31, 2022
One of the questions I get a lot from newer managers is: “How do I manage someone who is older and more experienced, knowledgeable, and talented than I am?” The people asking this question typically feel awkward managing someone who, by many measures, is more competent in a particular area. The only people who don’t feel this awkwardness are seasoned CEOs.
Consulting Matters
MAY 19, 2022
How can you use your strengths to land more clients and earn what you're worth? Leslie Lyons and I do a deep dive into the Enneagram tool and how to use it to sell more effectively and overcome the issues and challenges that cause us to sabotage ourselves and play small. Today, I'm wrapping up my "Owning Your Strengths" series with a powerhouse conversation with my powerful guest Leslie Lyons on how all of this translates to the ultimate goal with our businesses – landing clients who will
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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
The Source
MAY 4, 2022
Clients want consultants to stop selling promises. Really? “I get so frustrated with consulting firms,” commented the CIO of a Wisconsin-based manufacturing company we interviewed a couple of years ago. “They always operate at 30,000 feet, but many of the problems we face—and I deal with daily—are down in the weeds. I need consultants to be in the weeds more.”.
Tom Spencer
MAY 20, 2022
Working alone, in many ways, is much simpler than working as part of a team. You only need to account for your own abilities, work style preferences, and availability. Although group work does have its virtues – not least the access to a much boarder range of knowledge and expertise – it also has its drawbacks. In this article, I will share three of the most important lessons I have learnt from my experience with teamwork – both in business consulting, working as a strategy and transformation co
David A Fields
MAY 4, 2022
Your consulting firm needs to communicate information to your clients. Approaches, findings, insights, and recommendations, not to mention proposals, demographics, candy preference and more. Clients, on the other hand, often need a quick visual depiction of information. The intersection of information and visuals is a Venn diagram, and your consulting firm must include at least … Continued.
Consulting Success
MAY 6, 2022
What’s your consulting firm’s mission statement? Mission statements for consulting businesses are notoriously difficult to write. In a few sentences, you must summarize why your business exists and the changes you want to make in the world. Many consultants procrastinate when it comes to writing their mission statement. They claim they’ll “do it eventually,” but.
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CaseInterview.com
MAY 12, 2022
When I was in school, my strongest subjects were in STEM — science and math specifically. In high school, I was required to study history. In college, I was required to study philosophy or some other humanities subject. At the time, I was slightly annoyed that I had to “waste” time studying these subjects instead of what I really wanted to study. My original thinking was, “What’s the point of studying what happened in the past when today’s world is all about the future and where it is goin
Consulting Matters
MAY 12, 2022
Get ready for on-air coaching on pivoting your brand and business from pair of hands to sought-after expert with my guest Dianna Deeney. Be a fly on the wall as Dianna and I tap into her ideal business model (which isn't what she initially had), her unique superpowers, and how she can stand out for the clients she wants to serve. We also brainstormed different ways to position some of the program ideas she has been percolating on.
The Management Centre
MAY 4, 2022
What’s the Big Idea? If you want to have a good relationship with your colleagues, managers and leaders at work, the best thing to do is to perform your job well. But there will be times when you need to actively influence someone – to get help or resources, to get buy-in for your ideas, or to raise a particularly difficult problem. And to do this effectively you need to communicate in a way that works for them – which is where understanding Social Styles can help.
Tom Spencer
MAY 20, 2022
A career is as unique as the individual. Most people I talk to, regardless of what stage they are at in their career, can connect the dots as to how they arrived at their current position. However, if you asked them to predict their current job 5 years ago, most of them wouldn’t have been able to do it. For the lucky few who were inspired at a young age and for better or worse stuck to their dreams, their career path may have turned out as expected.
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David A Fields
MAY 24, 2022
After your consulting firm wins a project, you deliver the project to your client. However, there’s a different type of delivery that dramatically affects your success in business development. If you can stomach just a tiny bit of discomfort, you’ll enjoy dramatic results. If you’ve perused many of the articles on this site and/or my … Continued.
Consulting Success
MAY 16, 2022
Do you want to scale your consulting business? Michael Zipursky welcomes Sarah McVanel, the President and founder of Greatness Magnified. Sarah shares that before you scale, you first need to discover if doing so will bring you joy. If you figure it will start by growing your team. Hire the best talent suited to your. How To Replace Yourself & Scale Your Consulting Business With Sarah McVanel: Podcast #238 is a post from: Consulting Success.
Johanna Rothman
MAY 11, 2022
We often think that finishing a story from the backlog is “just” tactical. However, the more often we deliver in short feedback loops, the more often we can make strategic decisions. Finishing a story creates a new decision point, for both the product and the corporate strategy. The more often we iterate strategically, the more we exhibit business agility.
Consulting Matters
MAY 5, 2022
How do you build a brand? If you've been listening to my series on "owning your strengths," you want a high income and high-impact coaching or consulting business that leverages your strengths! Strengths are the key to helping you activate your passion and purpose in the world. You're convinced that you deserve the time and control over your earning power.
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Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c
Simon Associates
MAY 9, 2022
Corporations have largely remained silent since the leak of a draft opinion suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The potential loss of what's been a constitutional right for nearly half a century has divided the country and created an uproar nationwide. However, major companies, with some exceptions, have yet to issue any statements on the matter.
Tom Spencer
MAY 13, 2022
The current era is one of innovation and transformation in which new discoveries are constantly being made. This is occurring in all fields of knowledge, but some are making more progress than others. Innovation is of great importance to corporations as new methods can be used to operate more effectively and efficiently, which can ultimately impact profitability.
On the Brink Podcast
MAY 9, 2022
Hear how your organization should embrace change to grow. George Swisher is a former marketing entrepreneur and management consultant. He has a 15-year track record of improving company performance and shifting cultures to effective change management. He currently is co-founder and CEO of www.changeforce.ai , a software platform that helps leaders manage organizational change more precisely by analyzing the sentiment of company conversations in real time.
Consulting Success
MAY 20, 2022
What is an entrepreneurial consultant? An entrepreneurial consultant is a business owner who provides expert advice in a particular field or industry. (More on this in the next section of the article) If you’re a knowledge worker, an entrepreneurial consulting business is one of the BEST businesses you can start. You’ve spent your entire career.
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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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