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 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.
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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.
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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Tom Spencer
MARCH 3, 2018
Originally based in Shoreditch and the Silicon Roundabout, London’s tech start-up revolution has since spread across the whole city. Tech start-ups have fostered a dynamic, entrepreneurial ecosystem, in which creativity and innovation are at the centre. London’s fast-paced and vibrant culture has nurtured these values and now leading tech companies, from ASOS to Transferwise , are thriving in Europe’s start-up capital.
Management Consulting Connection brings together the best content for management consulting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Tsavo Neal
MARCH 8, 2018
In this episode, you’ll learn how to do effective market research to learn more about your prospects — and write copy and content that will drive them to take action. ( Slides ). Key Points. It’s very difficult to write good copy and content unless you know the problems, desires, and uncertainties of your prospective client. One of the best ways to get inside the minds of your prospects is to read the comments sections of articles that share the same audience as you.
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.
Tom Spencer
MARCH 3, 2018
Let’s admit it. At every single consulting interview the very first question you get is “why consulting?”. It’s also one of the most popular questions at networking events. There could be a variety of reasons you would like to truthfully shout out such as: high salary, prestige, MBA sponsorship, and travel. But hold your seatbelt before you do! While these are all great reasons, you have to be more articulate with your answer to convince the interviewer and secure a spot in one of the most sough
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.
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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
Tsavo Neal
MARCH 7, 2018
In this episode, you’ll learn… The most important lessons Jim has learned 30 years in the consulting business. How to build a system for attracting a steady stream of consulting clients. Why cold calling/cold emailing is the WORST marketing tactic for your consulting — and what to do instead. About Jim. Jim McCraigh has been an in-demand consultant, coach, and mentor for over 30 years after enjoying a successful banking and corporate career.
Clarity Consultants
MARCH 8, 2018
From a business perspective, it's critical to grow. That growth drives financial success, innovation, and helps organizations scale in ways that can deliver greater services and products to customers over time. But growth for growth's sake is rarely a smart strategy. Growth supported by a culture of learning is what will help your company stay relevant over the years.
Women in Consulting
MARCH 5, 2018
Consultants and vendors both bring expertise to the marketplace. But they operate very differently in that marketplace. Vendors typically offer thoroughly designed and tested products. It might be a course in time management or project management or a one-day team building retreat. Maybe it is a “package” of marketing materials for a new product launch.
Actionable
MARCH 7, 2018
In today’s consulting landscape, word of success isn’t enough. There’s no hard data to backup your claims about your impact. The post When ‘Word of Success’ Isn’t Enough appeared first on Actionable.co.
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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.
Chad Barr
MARCH 7, 2018
Let me be honest, Cleveland weather isn’t always easy to deal with. Every year whether the ground hog sees or doesn’t see his shadow, winter always returns with a few strong blasts and with it more snow piles. We have enjoyed a few beautiful warm days that raise one’s spirits and then next, grey skies and winds make a hasty replacement.
Harvard Business
MARCH 7, 2018
PM Images/Getty Images. Here’s the dilemma: In a competitive, complex, and volatile business environment, companies need more from their employees than ever. But the same forces rocking businesses are also overwhelming employees, driving up their fear, and compromising their capacity. It’s no wonder that so many C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build higher performance cultures.
freshminds
MARCH 5, 2018
Why are Case Studies used? Case studies are used to assess a range of skills which can broadly be summarised as your “commercial skill set” For consulting case studies, this will typically be assessing your ability to solve business problems in a structured, logical fashion, making reasonable commercial assumptions as you go along and using your mental maths ability to synthesise these assumptions to find the answer.
Actionable
MARCH 7, 2018
In today’s consulting landscape, word of success isn’t enough. There’s no hard data to backup your claims about your impact. The post When ‘Word of Success’ Isn’t Enough appeared first on Actionable.co.
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.
Strategy+Business
MARCH 5, 2018
CEO Bernardo Vargas Gibsone of the Colombian utility and construction company ISA sees opportunity emerging from turmoil. ISA's telecommunications and electric power businesses are members of sectors that enable other sectors. If the electoral support for clear, open government continues to grow, business-friendly environments will follow.
The Fearless Marketer
MARCH 5, 2018
One of the most fascinating of Hollywood legends is the discovery of film actress Lana Turner at the soda fountain in Schwab’s drugstore in Hollywood, by director Mervyn Le Roy in 1936. Wikipedia tells a different story, saying that Turner was discovered by The Hollywood Reporter publisher, William Wilkerson, not at Schwab’s, but at the Top Hat Café.
Harvard Business
MARCH 7, 2018
Tim Ellis/Getty Images. When it comes to networks, the bigger the better, right? Not necessarily. Carefully curate your most trusted, inner circle and you’ll be surprised at how much more valuable you’ll become to the larger community of people in the world who care about the same things you do. We live in a time when “bigger is better” is the prevailing assumption when it comes to, well, just about anything.
Henry DeVries
MARCH 7, 2018
Working within a mentoring relationship is a powerful way to grow in your career. Whether you’re learning from a seasoned pro or passing along your wisdom, mentoring offers a host of benefits—from increased knowledge and skills to elevated energy and deep satisfaction.
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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
Strategy+Business
MARCH 8, 2018
Consumers' bonds with brand characters are much like trusted friendships. And when that old pal gets a makeover, certain consumers will be resistant to the change.
Consultants' Consultant
MARCH 9, 2018
Consultants Consultant: Leadership is not just one thing but many. Here are some different approaches. First, an interesting summary of Drotter’s Leadership Pipeline. 6 passages between 5 levels of leadership. Nicely summarises the issues of moving from one level to the next. If you’re ambitious, you need to know where you sit and start addressing your next challenge!
Harvard Business
MARCH 5, 2018
andrew nguyen/HBR Staff. One bad apple, the saying goes, can ruin the bunch. So, too, with employees. Our research on the contagiousness of employee fraud tells us that even your most honest employees become more likely to commit misconduct if they work alongside a dishonest individual. And while it would be nice to think that the honest employees would prompt the dishonest employees to better choices, that’s rarely the case.
LSA Global
MARCH 9, 2018
The Pressure to Succeed. Wouldn’t it be nice to know the traits of successful sales managers? Sales managers have an awesome responsibility. They must motivate their team to achieve very concrete sales targets and do so under the constant pressure of executives who are impatient with excuses and for whom failure is no option. The Job of a Sales Manager.
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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.
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