David A Fields
DECEMBER 26, 2017
Quick quiz! Which of the following is more useful: reading about how consultants should write emails, or listening to a flight attendant instruct you in buckling a seat belt. You’ve practiced both activities roughly a jillion times. But even if you’re strapped in tight, chances are your emails need some help.
Management Consulted
DECEMBER 24, 2017
It’s a question we get asked all the time: How do strategy firms (or practices) see tech consulting experience? If your main goal is strategy consulting, will this experience help or hurt come recruiting season? The short answer? Yes, tech … Continued. The post Will Tech Consulting experience help me in recruiting for Strategy Consulting?
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Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 23, 2017
Having a successful career in consulting requires sustained motivation. When your skills are a good match for the requirements of the industry, your superior performance will be an ongoing source of encouragement. A sensible first step towards a consulting-career would be to understand whether you have what it takes to excel in consulting. Here is a list of six skills that will make a difference in your consulting career and ensure your long-term success. 1.
Actionable
DECEMBER 27, 2017
The pace of change continues to accelerate, but most organizations continue to use the same processes and tools to implement their strategic plans. The post Actionable Strategic Plans — How to Help Your Clients Succeed appeared first on Actionable.co.
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LSA Global
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Andrew Stadel on episode 220 [A special encore episode] of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How do kids learn and remember? Teacher Andrew Stadel, @ mr_stadel founder of the popular site estimation180.com , talks about this pursuit of learning in the classroom. This topic is his summer research topic.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Marion Barraud for hbr. Working remotely has many benefits: flexible hours, no commute, and autonomy and control over how you work, to name just a few. But as any remote worker will tell you, there are also considerable challenges. According to a variety of studies , isolation and loneliness are among the biggest complaints. Working remotely means missing out on the human interaction and social aspects that being in an office provides.
Actionable
DECEMBER 27, 2017
The pace of change continues to accelerate, but most organizations continue to use the same processes and tools to implement their strategic plans. The post Actionable Strategic Plans — How to Help Your Clients Succeed appeared first on Actionable.co.
Management and IT Consulting
DECEMBER 27, 2017
A key strength for Deltek, noted in the IDC MarketScape report, is that Deltek’s PSA ERP solutions are project-based and tailored for a variety of key services industries including government contracting, architecture and engineering, IT and Management Consulting.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2017
I bought a CD yesterday. That didn't used to be news. I used to buy a CD every week, week after week, year after year. It adds up. Hi-rez streaming changed that habit for me, but it took about a year before the itch (mostly) subsided. Old habits die hard, and it's entirely possible that your customers are on fumes, buying your old stuff now and then, down from often and on their way to rarely.
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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
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 26, 2017
Harry Haysom/Getty Images. In today’s always-on, information-overloaded world, it can be hard to stay focused throughout the day. How often do you find yourself distracted by inner chatter during meetings? Or how often do you find that emails are pulling you away from more important work? We’ve surveyed and assessed more than 35,000 leaders from thousands of companies across more than 100 countries, and found that 73% of leaders feel distracted from their current task either “s
MBO Partners
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Employee Goal Setting Done Right. You can make the process of employee goal setting fairly simple or incredibly complex. But in the end, what matters is whether or not you have succeeded in reaching the team objectives in a way that makes sense. Effective Employee Goal Setting Creates Understanding and Commitment. We believe that the process of employee goal setting should be rather simple and straightforward…no need to follow elaborate formulas.
LSA Global
DECEMBER 28, 2017
New Managers Can Be Better Coaches. To be successful managers must develop the ability to effectively coach others. If new managers do not become skilled at coaching, they will struggle to create high performance. Learning how to be an effective coach is a key behavior of the best managers. What Effective Coaches Do. Effective coaches: Help their employees perform at their peak.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 26, 2017
No new costs, no new machines, no new resources. Just smarter. Smarter about the process, about the effects, about planning. Smarter about leadership, about management, about measurement. How much is smarter worth? In my experience, smarter is almost always a bargain, something you can buy for a lot less than it's worth.
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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.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Sam Austin/Unsplash. A wonderful New York Times article from 2007 recounted the 20 th annual “Operator’s Challenge” — aka the “Sludge Olympics” — a competition for New York sewage treatment workers. The participants compete to show skill in their work, and often do so with great passion. Emily Lloyd, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, said of the work the competitors do, “It’s tough work.
MBO Partners
DECEMBER 26, 2017
A Strong Culture of Accountability Matters. If you desire a healthy, strong culture of accountability (and who doesn’t), leaders need to cascade accountability throughout your organization. Without accountability, you risk a culture where people do not consistently do what they say they will do. One team member cannot depend upon another. Targets are ignored and goals are not reached.
LSA Global
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Asking Good Sales Questions Matters. Until you have a clear and accurate picture of your customer’s most pressing needs and problems, how can you expect to provide the perfect answer as a consultative salesperson ? Afraid of Asking Basic or Challenging Sales Questions? Some B2B sellers avoid asking questions because they do not want to put their buyer in an embarrassing position or show their own potential ignorance.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Next year is almost here. And doing what you did this year probably isn’t going to be sufficient. That’s because you have more to contribute than you did this year. You have important work worth sharing. To reach your goals, you’ll probably need more effective and powerful ways to tell your story, get clients, gain market share and serve your audience.
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.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Jody Dole/Getty Images. Working as part of a remote team, with colleagues spread out in different locations, is increasingly common and surprisingly challenging. Absent non-verbal cues, it’s often difficult to gauge how your relationship is going. If something does start to derail your relationship, you don’t have the benefit of informal office interactions to build rapport and re-establish trust.
MBO Partners
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Most merchants know that busy sales periods like the holiday season or promotional periods are often followed by a sales slump. Without proper planning, this can mean lots of excess stock on the shelves, poor cash flow, and a myriad of other consequences.
LSA Global
DECEMBER 24, 2017
Improve Corporate Learning to Improve Performance. Organizations that strive to stay successful and competitive into the future must carefully consider how they manage top talent in a world that is increasingly dependent on technology. Fifty Percent of Jobs Will Be Automated. Experts say that within the next two decades about half of all jobs will be automated.
Peter Stark
DECEMBER 26, 2017
If We Are Doing So Great…Why is Morale So Low? Most of our clients have had one of their best years ever. The teams are exceeding their goals, customers are plentiful and happy and, most importantly for the shareholders, profits have never been higher. Another way to say this, the organizations we are working with are clearly winning. Despite this level of unprecedented organizational success, we are working with some team members who are not feeling like they are personally winning or achieving
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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
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Carson Arias/Unsplash. On March 30, 2017, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams stood in front of crowd of over 1,000 angry citizens. McAdams had recently floated the idea of situating a new homeless resource center in Draper , a city 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah. What began as an orderly public meeting soon degenerated into chaotic shouts, curses, and political threats as one Draper resident after another told the mayor emphatically that this would not happen in their backyard.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 26, 2017
The administrative court recently issued a verdict by powers of which the cabinet is to issue a decision banning the usage of water guns in National and Liberation Days’ celebrations. The verdict was made in response to a case filed by lawyer Mona Al-Arbash demanding the ban for public interest, on grounds that thousands of water gallons are wasted every year during national celebrations, costing the country – which is already poor on natural water resources – a lot of money.
MBO Partners
DECEMBER 27, 2017
Simplify how you and your company engage independent professionals with these eight tips.
Leadership Vision Consulting
DECEMBER 24, 2017
Happy Holidays! We're talking a break from our regularly scheduled podcast to bring you something different. At our company holiday gathering this year, Nathan took out the recorder and asked the entire Leadership Vision team to share one thing they were looking forward to in 2018. Today's episode is an excerpt from that time together. The conversation happened after dinner, where we’d just had a delicious meal and were sitting around the table, laughing, sharing and spending nonwork-focused tim
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