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Did You Thrive the Pandemic?

The Fearless Marketer

I know you survived the pandemic this past year. You wouldn’t be reading this if you hadn’t. But did you thrive? But now, as we are slowly but surely coming out of the pandemic, I started an inventory of all the ways I thrived during the pandemic and decided to share them with you. (Plus lots of links!). I (and my wife, Saroj) did all of the following: Stayed Safe?.

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5 Tips for Leading a Remote Workforce

Rick Conlow

It is not business as usual with so many working as a remote workforce. And it is business as usual. Certainly, the pandemic facilitated employees working at home. Yet, with technological gains this was beginning to happen anyway. However, in chaotic times communication is of greater importance to strengthen team relationships and results. And you cannot allow a remote team to be an excuse for poorer performances.

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Why Organizational Relevance Matters When Managing Human Resources

Emerson Consulting Group

By David Coffaro , Principal of the Strategic Advisory Consulting Group Originally published by HR.com. In business, competition for the highest value resources – human, physical, economic, non-economic – is constant and a given. Less clear is what leaders can do to differentiate their organizations, and to gain and sustain competitive advantages. This is where the principle of “Organizational Relevance” comes into play.

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Proven Consulting Process: 4 Steps To Successful Projects

Consulting Success

Do you have a reliable consulting process? In this post, you’ll learn how to develop a consulting process that makes your projects smooth, successful, stress-free — and create greater results for your clients. If your current consulting process feels messy or disorganized, you’ll learn how to deliver your consulting services with more structure and confidence.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

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.

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External Champions: the Best Supporters of Your Consulting Firm (How to Find/Build Them)

David A Fields

All your consulting firm’s visibility-building and marketing efforts pale next to the power of a champion—an outsider who promotes your firm to others. Your consulting firm can actively create champions and super-champions who will rapidly build your business. Think of the last time you spontaneously recommended a product or service to someone else.

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Why Consulting Businesses Don’t Scale Easily (& How To Scale Yours)

Tsavo Neal

“Why don’t consulting businesses scale easily?”. Do you see this guy here? The man with the brilliant mustache? His name is Dr. Stuart McGill. He’s one of the world’s leading experts on spine biomechanics. Dr. McGill’s goal is to help everyone suffering from back pain get back to pain-free living. A three-hour assessment with Dr. McGill costs over $1000.

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How to Develop a Flourishing Network as a Consultant with Aga Bajer #184

Consulting Success

Starting your own consulting business can be challenging, but the decision to leave your job and try to make it on your own is always a process. Aga Bajer is the Founder and CEO of a culture strategy firm called Aga Bajer & Associates. He worked with well-known brands like Toyota, Porsche, Citibank, PwC, and many. How to Develop a Flourishing Network as a Consultant with Aga Bajer #184 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Why eLearning Is Working So Well in Higher Education

Clarity Consultants

If you’d like to partner with a leading L&D team that can make enhancing your eLearning program a breeze, Clarity Consultants is here. Contact us today. The post Why eLearning Is Working So Well in Higher Education appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Training Development.

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Lead with Courage

Brimstone Consulting

This is an excerpt from The Core 4 , by Brimstone’s Managing Founder, Bob Weiler. The book explores the foundational capabilities of any organization, from a small group to a global enterprise—leadership, change, alignment, and energy. These core drivers are critical to accelerating growth, performance, and profitability. Being a leader means exhibiting a special type of moral courage, one that goes beyond being open and honest.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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Leadership Tip #6: Give Credit as Often as Possible

Johanna Rothman

Your team finished something difficult. They released it. You celebrated the team's accomplishment with the team. Let's assume your name is Jim. Now, you're in a senior management meeting, where your boss says, “Thanks, Jim, for all that hard work.” You feel great from that recognition. And yes, you supported that team. You facilitated some of their decisions.

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How To Be A Better Speaker Like Oscar Winners Tyler Perry, Frances McDormand And Chloé Zhao

Henry DeVries

Mike Carr, the reigning Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, said there was much to be learned about public speaking by watching the Oscar acceptance speeches at the 93rd Academy Awards.

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Are Outdated Myths Holding You Back? Smash Through Them!

On the Brink

In 2020, there were over 400,000 women lawyers, making up almost 36% of all practicing attorneys in the US. Looks like progress, until you learn that women lawyers are 29% less likely to become partners than their male counterparts, despite the fact that over half the students in law school are women. Underscoring this statistic, the Law360 Glass Ceiling report for 2019 cited the lack of progress at the top levels of law firms for women, revealing that at the top private law firms, four-fifths o

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Know Your Own Limits

CaseInterview.com

I was having a conversation with one of the people I mentor. This person was in a new job, working incredibly long hours, and was exhausted. I shared the following idea: Know Your Own Limits Every living being in the universe has limits. As human beings, we can only work so much before we start to fall apart. There’s only so much sleep deprivation we can handle before we start to fall apart.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

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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Why Work-From-Home Burnout & Zoom Fatigue is More Complex Than You Think

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Have you or your employees been feeling work-from-home burnout and Zoom fatigue these past months despite the supposed convenience of working from home and using videoconferences to meet? Unfortunately, the vast majority of efforts to address WFH burnout try to treat the symptoms without addressing the root causes. The fundamental root cause of WFH burnout stems from organizations adapting their existing ways of interacting in “office culture” to remote work.

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Rate-Raising Reader Success Story

Kai Davis

A success story from a reader (and Freelance.Camp member) Jonathan: You suggested putting “raise my rates” into the calendar a while back. I did. The next client call after that date, I used the new rates. I got a verbal yes and am waiting on the final paperwork. Depending on the specific package they pick, it will be an extra $3-$5k per month.

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Clearing the Decks

Alan Weiss

Triage your clients: 1 Top clients: highest future potential, spending much more than average now, provide referrals unsolicited, positive comments on line. 2 Average clients: some future potential, average spending, referrals sometimes if asked, no comments on line. 3 Poor clients: little future potential, below average spending, no referrals, tend to complain about everything on line.

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The Pursuit of Dreams

CaseInterview.com

Much has been said about the value of pursuing dreams. Some say that the purpose of life is to pursue your dreams. Others say that pursuing dreams is an unrealistic, self-indulgent waste of time. My take is… wait for it… … it depends. [I know, I know… that’s a classic consultant answer that can never be proven wrong… but it’s true!

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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A Success Story: A Leading Fortune 500 Hospitality Company Upgrades Training Materials for More Effective Onboarding

Clarity Consultants

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide (now part of Marriott) is one of the world’s leading hotel and leisure companies. Starwood management recognized the value of providing focused, comprehensive training to new hires, who generally have no concept of the company’s brands and related customer service expectations. Clarity’s consultant had the expertise needed to assess the existing training materials and recommend appropriate enhancements.

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LIVE: How to Adapt & Plan for a Post-Pandemic Recovery w/Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

With vaccines being rolled out, there is an end of the global pandemic coming into sight (at least for some of us). But make no mistake, the time beyond the pandemic will be anything but 'normal'. Some aspects of life will drift back towards the time as they were before, while others will stay cemented in place. Some parts of your life will have completely changed forever.

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Why Self-Compassion Isn’t Touchy-Feely (and Why It’s a Crucial Management Skill)

Nash Consulting

"Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others." Sharon Salzberg A couple of decades ago, if you threw around the terms "self-compassion" and "growth mindset" in a room full of business leaders, you'd likely be met with some eye rolls, a fair amount of "pshhh!" sounds, and several other signs of annoyance. "What is this mushy stuff you're bringing into a place of business?

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Addicted to What?

Chad Barr

I watched the movie, The Social Dilemma , for the second time the other day. It raises serious concerns as to how the social media companies have developed the technology and platforms that have taken control of our lives, our privacy, our society and possibly the future of our democracy. Here are the key takeaways I’d like to share with you and as always, I welcome your thoughts and feedback: The business model for these companies has changed from selling products to selling users.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

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

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Ways To Get Clients To See What You’re Saying

Henry DeVries

Using innovative visual thinking techniques can help you to increase understanding of, and gain buy-in for, your ideas.

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Board Management Tips to Help Your Team Win w/Lauren Harrell Ep#99

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Lauren is the Director & Head of Commodities for the Financial Institutions Group at Chatham Financial, the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. Having worked internally at finance and audit organizations and externally as an advisor across the finance enterprise, she approaches leadership and the boardroom with a multiple-stakeholder focus.

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Building Trust & Respect Through Non-Defensiveness

Nash Consulting

“Great teams do not hold back with one another. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.” – Patrick Lencioni. Feeling defensive is human. Defensiveness is how we survived as a species. It’s a manifestation of a fear response that takes place in our amygdala – a small, almond-shaped region in the brain that detects and responds to threats by feeling fear and triggering your “fight, flight, or freeze” instincts.

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Childcare Is a Business Issue

Harvard Business

When the Covid-19 pandemic removed the safety net of school and day care, the impact on working parents was cataclysmic.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.