Sat.Dec 29, 2018 - Fri.Jan 04, 2019

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The Top 10 Things You Can Do in 2019 to Grow Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

The whole year is open for your consulting firm to accelerate to new heights of success. Twelve full months of opportunity. How can you make the most of them? The Top 10 Things You Can Do in 2019 to Grow Your Consulting Firm 10. Get on the phone There’s a direct correlation between the time … Continued. The post The Top 10 Things You Can Do in 2019 to Grow Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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For 2019, set an IMPACT goal, not an INCOME goal

Rod Burkert

Ahhh … the smell of a New Year … 365 days of nothing but possibilities in front of us. I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the way I start a new year profoundly influences the way I’ll end it … so I am approaching 2019 with a mindset of abundance and gratitude. My first practice is to replace “I have to” with “I get to” in my personal and professional lives.

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Scoring under Pressure

Strategy+Business

Strategies for taking penalty kicks in soccer can provide helpful lessons for high-pressure business situations, too.

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2019 Consulting Salary Report Teaser

Management Consulted

The 2019 Consulting Salary Report is almost out! The Management Consulted report on management consulting salaries is one of the most highly anticipated and widely read articles of the entire year. Our report is the most thorough analysis of … Continue Reading. The post 2019 Consulting Salary Report Teaser appeared first on Management Consulted.

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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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How To Talk Your Way Out Of A Traffic Ticket

Henry DeVries

Here is a magical marketing secret with the side benefit of saving you money on traffic tickets. In marketing you often need the cooperation of others to get what you want. The path to attracting high-paying clients is paved with the cooperation of others.

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Writing Advice for Conference Proposals

Johanna Rothman

I'm a shepherd for the XP2019 and Agile2019 conferences. I read the proposals, offer feedback, and then shepherd the papers through to completion once we accept the proposals. I love reading experiences. I'm a total sucker for them. Why? Because they're short stories that reflect the Satir Change Model, the image here. If you're trying to write a proposal for a conference or have an agile story you want to tell, consider framing the story this way: Start with the problems.

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Favorite 5 Consulting Articles of 2018

Management Consulted

Thank you for continuing to make Management Consulted the world’s most read website on all things consulting. This past year, millions of you came to us for consulting interview help, insight on the consulting industry, consulting travel tips, and more. … Continue Reading. The post Favorite 5 Consulting Articles of 2018 appeared first on Management Consulted.

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How to Get Your Articles to Millions of Readers

The Fearless Marketer

A couple weeks ago I did an interview with an independent professional that just might rock your marketing world. Her name is Teresa Riccobuono and she’s a business consultant and coach for financial advisors. When she explained one of her marketing strategies, I thought, “Wow, you really cracked the code on this!”. It’s very simple: Whenever she writes a newsletter article, she offers something free that people can request from her and that she can send back via email.

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Internet Monetization

Chad Barr

How does one leverage the Internet to monetize their business and increase their revenue? It boils down to successful brands, successful products and services, increased revenues that are executed over time. Let me articulate further: Brand: The more products, services and intellectual property you create, that is directly and uniquely attributed to you, the stronger and more successful your brand becomes.

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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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Happy New Year

Claris Consulting

When we approach a new year we do so with high hopes and a history. We have high hopes for what a new year holds as well as a history of not fully realizing our full potential. This post will help you address the history part of planning for a new year as well as provide you with a greater sense of hope for 2019. Each year I run a program called Mastering The Leadership Mindset.

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The top 5%

Seth Godin Blog

In every field, extraordinary benefits go to those seen as being in the top five percent. One out of twenty. Sure, the biggest prizes go to the once-in-a-generation superstar. But that’s largely out of reach. It turns out, though, that if you’re thoughtful and diligent, the top 5% is attainable. The approach is to pick the right set to be part of.

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Scoring under pressure

Strategy+Business

Strategies for taking penalty kicks in soccer can provide helpful lessons for high-pressure business situations, too.

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Launch a Mentoring Program in 2019

Gina Abudi

Use a Mentoring Program to Engage Employees and Help them to Achieve Organizational Goals. Mentoring programs are a great tool to engage employees. Plus, they provide a number of benefits to the organization overall. From an organizational perspective, mentoring programs enable for: Attracting and retaining top talent Meeting long-term organizational goals Sharing of knowledge and [.].

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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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The #1 Skill Leaders Need To Thrive in 2019

Cheryl Cran

Want to know the #1 skill leaders need to thrive in 2019? The future of work waits for no one and leaders must be constantly upgrading his or her leadership skills. A recent PWC report states that leaders must be able to lead in this mobility era. The mobility era is one of global workers, […]. The post The #1 Skill Leaders Need To Thrive in 2019 appeared first on NextMapping.

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Hilbert’s list

Seth Godin Blog

In 1900, David Hilbert published a list of 23 problems that he proposed would be the important ones for mathematicians to solve in the upcoming century. That list led to a focused effort that lasted a century, and the vast majority of the problems have been fully or partially solved. Ignoramus et ignorabimus is a foolish statement. We can know, and one day, we will.

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How to Not Lose Your Company’s Culture During Change

LSA Global

Is It Possible to Lose Your Company’s Culture During Change? Unfortunately, it is possible to lose your company’s culture during change. We define company culture as the way things truly get done in a company. It can be measured by the way employees think, behave and work on a daily basis. It includes the recognized and unspoken values and assumptions that drive key business behaviors and practices.

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Why Don’t Boards Understand Culture?

Henman Performance Executive

Board directors tend to underestimate the importance of corporate culture when they should see it as among their top governance imperatives. Culture is inextricably linked with strategy and risk, and it can be an organization’s biggest asset or its greatest liability. Yet, recent studies indicate that more than 80% of directors don’t have a firm […].

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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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Understanding The Link Between Fear And Courage (re-broadcast)

Leadership Vision Consulting

We’re taking a short break from new episodes of the Leadership Vision Podcast where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of CliftonStrengths. But rather than go silent for the next few weeks, we thought we would re-broadcast some of our favorite episodes from the past year. Logan Joyce and I sat […]. The post Understanding The Link Between Fear And Courage (re-broadcast) appeared first on Leadership Vision.

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What is marketing?

Seth Godin Blog

If you need to persuade someone to take action, you’re doing marketing. If you’re looking for votes at the city council meeting, or looking for a promotion, you’re marketing. If you’re writing copy on your website, taking a selfie for your social media profile or trying to talk your way out of a speeding ticket, you’re marketing.

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How to Find and Keep Your Ideal Target Customer

LSA Global

Find and Keep Your Ideal Target Customer and Why It Matters. We define ideal target customers as those who will profitably, happily, and consistently buy from you the majority of the time. High Growth firms are almost three times as likely to be highly specific and detailed about the type of customer where they should win most of the time. These ideal target customers also lead to higher margins, greater retention and shorter sales cycles.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions to Up Your Leadership Game in 2019

Peter Stark

As we embark on a new year, most leaders are busy thinking about organizational goals; but does your list include leadership goals? Our goal at Peter Barron Stark Companies is to help you up your game as a leader in 2019. We encourage you to be intentional about adding the following leadership resolutions to your list to maximize your leadership potential and take your influence to new heights in the new year.

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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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Scoring under Pressure

Strategy+Business

Strategies for taking penalty kicks in soccer can provide helpful lessons for high-pressure business situations, too.

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InstaFreude

Seth Godin Blog

Two dangerous uses of social media: To find out what other people are saying about you behind your back. To follow people you don’t particularly like, just to hope that they’ll mess up all over again. The thing is, people have been talking about you behind your back your entire life. Hearing what they’re saying isn’t helpful.

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How I Make My Decisions to Speak at Conferences

Johanna Rothman

Photo by Matt Botsford on Unsplash. Consultants who make money speak at conferences. I love to speak. Give me a microphone—I am a happy person. I keep having to turn down speaking requests, both domestic and overseas. I would love to go, to learn and to meet people. Sometimes, I'm not available. More often, I can't “afford” to do so.

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What’s My Line? The ‘trick’ to securing an Executive Senior Role

Confessions of a Consultant

About a Zillion years ago, there was an old radio programme called ‘What’s My Line?’ Participants would introduce themselves and the panel would have to guess their job. It was good fun. People with unusual jobs would be invited onto the programme. The trick was for the listeners to guess the person’s job before the panel did. New Game: A reverse version of this game is now played out in almost all senior level appointments.

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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.