Successful Independent Consulting

MARCH 31, 2017

This is the second in a series of three articles. You can download the entire series as a reference guide here. With over 133 million users in the U.S. and another 334 million around the world, LinkedIn has become an indispensable tool and reference. If someone is interested in hiring you as a management consultant, it’s a good bet that they’re going to look at your LinkedIn profile, even if you have your own website.

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David A Fields

MARCH 28, 2017

Do you lose consulting projects to low-fee competitors? How do you handle that threat to your business? Below are (almost) seven strategies to thrive when fees are taking a dive. Paella Consulting Associates is an advisor to the world’s crustacean industry. (True story, though the name and market have been changed.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

We just love bringing you good reads, and today our spotlight turns to top consulting firms in one of our favorite cities in the U.S. – Washington, DC. Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years.

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful. They may lack some of the staying power and authority of books, but they make up for it with their ease of access, interactivity, and updateability.

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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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Tom Spencer

MARCH 25, 2017

One thing they don’t teach you at university, but which every young professional needs to learn, is how to write an effective email. Here are five (5) steps to help you successfully structure your professional emails. Step 1: Start with a greeting. You should start your email with a greeting. It is important to do this for three (3) reasons. Firstly, it is convention; presumably a tradition carried over from the days when people communicated via telegrams and letters.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 29, 2017

I was just glancing at my calendar when I realized how each item listed provides me the opportunity to further my knowledge and learning, ability to impact others, while creating remarkable experiences and transformations for me and those I care about. Here is my recap by quickly reviewing one week on my calendar: Our clients need our help, advice, motivation and support more than we often realize.

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MishTalk

MARCH 30, 2017

The Wall Street Journal reports Margin Debt Hit an All-Time High in February. Given that Margin debt has a history of peaking right before financial collapses this seems like a warning to me but analysts say it’s different this time. (more…).

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freshminds

MARCH 26, 2017

In line with our Question of the Month survey research, we found that people valued communication and problem solving skills highly when looking to develop their career. Undoubtedly, these are vital to business as creating strong team ties will help with information exchange and working through difficulties, especially now within in a changing landscape.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 26, 2017

To meet the demands and disruptions of the future, executives should pull their company tax function out of its silo and integrate it into daily operations. Harnessing tax data is not just good for transparency and compliance; because it's a complete assessment of what the company is doing, it provides a more detailed understanding of all transactions and how to make them profitable.

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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

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BCG

MARCH 31, 2017

Article Friday, March 31, 2017 All too many spinoffs fail to create long-term value. To ink successful demerger deals, executives need to craft a strategy comprising three critical components.

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MishTalk

MARCH 29, 2017

At the top of the list of absurd Brexit advice is the notion that a bad deal is better than no deal. But that’s what Andrew Duff at the European Policy Center says. (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

From restaurants to direct mail, there's pressure to be scalable, to be efficient, to create something easily replicated. Which is often used as the reason it's not very good. "Well, we'd like to spend more time/more care/more focus on this, but we need to get bigger.". What if you started in the other direction? What would happen if you created something noteworthy and worried about scale only after you've figured out how make a difference?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

Mindfulness is the ability to stay focused, while being aware of your thoughts and surroundings and being able to recognize and move past distractions as they arise. In our information-saturated workplaces, this mental skill is becoming as important as emotional intelligence and technical skills. Research shows that people spend almost 47% of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, which impairs their creativity, performance, and well-being.

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BCG

MARCH 27, 2017

Focus Monday, March 27, 2017. Ranging from automation to demographic shifts to the rise of the freelance economy, these forces are revolutionizing the global market for talent. This report—the first in a series—takes a comprehensive look at how the forces will play out. Is your company ready?

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MishTalk

MARCH 26, 2017

Bloomberg writer Danielle DiMartino Booth says the Pension Crisis Too Big for Markets to Ignore. But I have a question: If the problem is too big to be ignored, why is nearly everyone complacent? Only a handful of sites including MishTalk, ZeroHedge, and Jack Dean at Pension Tsunami discuss the problem with any frequency. (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 26, 2017

If war has an opposite, it's not peace, it's civilization. (inspired by Ursula LeGuin  writing in 1969). Civilization is the foundation of every successful culture. It permits us to live in safety, without being crippled by fear. It's the willingness to discuss our differences, not to fight over them. Civilization is efficient, in that it permits every member of society to contribute at her highest level of utility.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2017

Although we live in a world that glorifies self-belief and stigmatizes self-doubt, there are really only two advantages to thinking that you’re better than you actually are. The first is when you’re attempting to do a difficult task. Believing that you can do something difficult is half the battle, but if you truly overrate your abilities, then by definition you will fail.

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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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Strategy+Business

MARCH 29, 2017

As tasks such as ad placement are becoming automated, it's obvious that machines will need to make a huge leap to discern context.

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MishTalk

MARCH 25, 2017

Illinois voters are voting with their feet. Not only are people scrambling to get out of Cook County, but the entire state is suffering. Illinois Policy Institute writer Michael Lucci explains in this guest post on Cook County Migration. (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 31, 2017

"We owe you nothing.". This week, all but one NFL owner voted to let the Raiders leave Oakland for Las Vegas (I'm not a football fan, but bear with me). A nearly perfect example of how one version of capitalism corrupts our culture. The season ticket holder bought a ticket and got his games. Even steven. We owe you nothing. The dedicated fan sat through endless losing games.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. How can you boost your financial acumen? How do you decide which concepts are most important to understand to your work and your understanding of the business? And who’s in the best position to offer advice?

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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

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 28, 2017

Performance is an ever-moving target. To evaluate your employee training based on their most recent performance (even the impression made over a period of multiple months), simply does not provide an accurate picture of their overall value. In order to avoid any unfair bias and to get a more accurate perspective of their performance, you must establish baselines, define best practices, and identify improvement opportunities throughout the year, in writing, to gain the most benefits possible from

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MishTalk

MARCH 27, 2017

Now that Obamacare is dead and buried, at least for the near future, all eyes are on tax reform. Can House Speaker Paul Ryan herd enough House cats in a tax bill that’s also acceptable to the Senate? (more…).

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 27, 2017

Getting someone to switch to you is totally different from getting someone who's new to the market to start using the solution you offer. Switching means: Admitting I was wrong, and, in many cases, leaving behind some of my identity, because my tribe (as I see them) is using what I used to use. So, if you want to get a BMW motorcycle owner to buy a Harley as his next bike, you have your work cut out for you.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

Photo by Pablo Charnas/Illustration by Cat Yu. In a world of tight deadlines, it’s no wonder that some of your stress might seep out and affect your colleagues. But — because they’re under pressures of their own — you risk perpetuating a vicious circle, where you mirror and magnify each other’s frenzy. You can’t control their behavior, but you can take charge of your own.

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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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