David A Fields
MARCH 6, 2018
You’re a consultant. You solve problems and give advice. Your wisdom and sagacity determine your to clients, and you are literally paid to announce your well-reasoned thoughts. And yet, in the pursuit of new clients, your most profitable course is to learn rather than to inform.
Consulting Matters
MARCH 27, 2018
Interview Transcript: Betsy Jordyn: Well hello there everybody it's Betsy Jordyn of the Consultants Institute, and I am so excited to finally be interviewing Michael Zipursky of Consulting Success. So Michael and I met how many years ago was it, Michael? M. Zipursky: Oh, wow. Betsy Jordyn: About three years? Four years ago? M. Zipursky: It's been awhile.
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Consulting Success
MARCH 5, 2018
The importance of trusting your motivation, developing habits of effective networking and capitalizing on your strengths to find greater consulting success. Description: In today’s episode, I’m joined by Elizabeth Woolfe, a passionate consultant with a focus on nonprofit organizations in the healthcare industry. There is a common misconception in the consulting world that working with nonprofit organizations means that there are no profits to be had for consultants.
Management Consulted
MARCH 4, 2018
Recently, we’ve been focusing on tech consulting – specifically, the differences between tech consulting and strategy consulting, and how you can position yourself to transition from tech consulting to a strategy role. Today, we’re flipping the conversation on its head … Continued. The post 5 Mistakes to Avoid when transitioning from Consulting to Tech appeared first on Management Consulted.
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Strategy+Business
MARCH 4, 2018
Left to their own devices, our brains are often drawn to decision-making shortcuts, such as turning to the loudest or tallest person in the room. Over time, letting false expertise run the show can have negative side effects, including unintended biases. Here's how to fix that.
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David A Fields
MARCH 13, 2018
Clients and friends are great, but sometimes their greatness could be improved a tad. For instance, when they’re sending an email (or text message) introducing you to a new contact—Peach McPinecone—who could potentially become a client of your consulting firm.
The Fearless Marketer
MARCH 19, 2018
Do you remember the early cell phones? The first one was made available to the public in 1984 (the year I started my business). It weighed an unimaginable 1.75 pounds and earned the nickname “The Brick.” It cost $4,000 and had a battery life of only 30 minutes! But do you recall the brand of this cell phone? Almost nobody does because when a new product enters the market, branding isn’t important.
Consulting Success
MARCH 29, 2018
Michael was recently featured on the Business Innovators Network, which you can listen to here: Michael Zipursky on Business Innovators Network To acheive true success, there are two components: confidence and competence. You need to know you can do something — and then you need to do it, which is what gives you confidence. Once you know how to do something and you do it, then you feel confident.
Management Consulted
MARCH 25, 2018
NOVANTAS FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS Today, we take a look at the industry leader in advisory services for financial institutions. For the last 15 years, Novantas has worked with 80% of the world’s largest global banks, payment networks, wealth managers, and other … Continued. The post Novantas – Financial Consultants appeared first on Management Consulted.
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Clarity Consultants
MARCH 29, 2018
Artificial intelligence has taken the business world by storm, driving dramatic transformations in every industry from manufacturing to retail. The L&D industry is no different. Here are 3 ways that AI can help L&D experts accomplish bigger and better things in an age of digital transformation. The post What Can the L&D Industry Learn From AI?
Tom Spencer
MARCH 10, 2018
Three excellent quotes on excellence: “Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.” “Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” “We must learn to honor excellence in every socially-acceptable human activity—and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity.
David A Fields
MARCH 20, 2018
Without a doubt, the biggest hurdle most consulting firms face when they’re trying to win a project is inertia. And also without a doubt, when you do overcome that inertia, your stiffest competition comes from internal staff. Why? Because our consulting prospects are like us: do-it-yourselfers. Pay a plumber to fix that leak?
Melissa Agnes
MARCH 13, 2018
Image: chaiyapruek youprasert | Shutterstock. If you follow my work, then you know that helping organizations become crisis ready is not just what I do professionally, but it is one of my biggest passions. The reason I’m so passionate about my work is that being crisis ready provides so much value to an organization and the people it works with and for—value that far exceeds the sole acts of crisis management and crisis preparedness.
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Consulting Success
MARCH 22, 2018
Transcript Hey, it’s Michael Zipursky from ConsultingSuccess.com. Hope you’re having a wonderful day. And today, I want to share with you one step that I’ve taken to significant increase my productivity, one step that’s allowed me to build multiple businesses, generate millions of dollars, write several books, hundreds of articles, work with clients all around the world, and still enjoy a lot of freedom, a lot of time to travel, a lot of time with […].
Management Consulted
MARCH 18, 2018
More and more, we’ve noticed an increasing fascination around the internal mechanics of consulting firms. Lately, we’ve received questions about how Partners sell projects, and how they bill out work. Today, we’re diving into the latter. Looking for more insider … Continued. The post How do Consulting Partners Bill out Work? appeared first on Management Consulted.
Henry DeVries
MARCH 29, 2018
“By practicing kindness in your business, you can increase your income, generate new clients, stimulate repeat customers to buy, and much more,” advises international speaker and expert on influence Jill Lublin.
Tom Spencer
MARCH 17, 2018
Before the recruiting process begins candidates work hard to polish their resumes, prepare for case interviews, gain professional experience, and participate in extracurricular activities to distinguish themselves from the rest. However, many miss out on a great opportunity, which is to do pro-bono consulting for non-profit organizations or startups.
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David A Fields
MARCH 27, 2018
What’s the smallest project your consulting firm should accept? Should there even be a minimum? Absolutely! Sort of. Brrrrng, brrrrng. It’s Phyllis Phinsternoodle calling to inquire whether you can take on a quick, two-week project at her petunia plant. No, she’s called back: it turns out she only needs you for one day.
Melissa Agnes
MARCH 6, 2018
Becoming crisis ready is a process. It’s not something that just happens overnight. Fortunately, there’s a method to this process that can take any organization, of any size, type, and industry, from their current level of crisis readiness, straight through to building an invincible brand—which, as you know, is the ultimate benefit of being crisis ready.
Consulting Success
MARCH 15, 2018
Michael was recently featured on the Conscious Millionaire Podcast, which you can listen to here: Conscious Millionaire Podcast #34 — Michael Zipursky: The Mindset Behind Success Getting to your first million cannot be done unless you have the right mindset behind success. Your mindset — how you approach your business, your clients, and your projects — determines how far you will go.
Management Consulted
MARCH 11, 2018
We get dozens of inquiries every year about how feasible it is to get an internal transfer to a different office. During the recruiting process, what if your first choice office is London, but you receive an opportunity to take … Continued. The post 7 Strategies for securing an internal transfer within a consulting firm appeared first on Management Consulted.
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SkillQuo
MARCH 8, 2018
We dug, spoke, polled, and researched CEO concerns, and we unearthed a few nuggets on the biggest challenges facing CEOs of companies. CEOs have had a particularly tough year in 2017. More CEOs were laid off, resigned, or fired last year than in any other year in over a decade. According to the Wall Street Journal and Liberum’s research, 919 chief executives resigned, retired or got fired at publicly traded North American companies, the highest number in at least a decade.
Tom Spencer
MARCH 24, 2018
I am not sure if I’m simply becoming a more globally aware person or if reports on China are on the rise, but over the past several years I seem to have been reading more and more about our world’s perceived next global power, China. This volume of new articles sparked an interest in me to learn more about this curious country. Now, it is all good and fine to read about a country, but I figure you don’t get a complete picture of a place through news articles and statistical reports, so I decided
SchellingPoint
MARCH 19, 2018
Follow. ( 54 Followers ). X. Follow. E-mail : *. Follow. Unfollow. The post How Goals and Objectives Damage Business Performance appeared first on SchellingPoint Website.
Clarity Consultants
MARCH 15, 2018
Developing a tightly executed corporate communication plan that is part of your L&D strategy is a smart way to build consistency of mission and message across your organization. But it can be a challenge to walk the walk across all your organizational groups. The benefits of that consistency are numerous, and while it might take a little extra time to build in a larger group of stakeholders into the communication process (that would be your L&D team), the lasting impact is that of your e
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