David A Fields

MARCH 28, 2023

At virtually every restaurant, waitstaff plunks down some variation of bread and butter soon after you’re seated. The same pros and cons of that starchy pre-appetizer ring true for your consulting firm, which is why every successful consulting firm includes “bread & butter” projects in their diet. When you’re dining out, a steaming hot roll … Continued The post Bread & Butter Projects: What They Are and Why Your Consulting Firm Needs Them appeared first on David A.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

MARCH 28, 2023

After months of conducting industry research, several work sessions, debates, conversations, and meetings with industry leaders as well as with front-line team members, a client’s new strategic plan is complete. They’ve received board approval. They’ve just completed a leadership summit in which they shared their new plan with the rest of the management team and […] The post From Great Ideas to Implementation appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

Executive coaching is a powerful tool to transform your leadership and your organization. Coaching has a direct impact on business performance while accelerating personal development and performance. Here are four reasons to consider executive coaching. Improved Self-Awareness Self-awareness is about understanding your strengths, weakness, behaviors, and blind spots.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2023

Too many managers don't know how to manage remote people. Worse, those managers, or their organizations, don't trust people to do a good job. The organization installs spyware to see if people are working. That's classic Theory X behavior. However, people are smarter than the spyware. Many of these spied-upon people have installed mouse (and keyboard) simulator products.

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 26, 2023

Business consulting services are becoming increasingly popular among companies of all sizes and industries. These services provide expert guidance and advice to businesses looking to improve their operations, solve problems, and grow their bottom line. Startups, small business, and established larger organizations work with consultants. To ensure better results, companies and investors work with professionals.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 30, 2023

Today, Denise Musselwhite shares the moment when she decided to shift from CIO to executive coach and business owner. Denise had been dreaming of being an entrepreneur for a long time, but the Pandemic inspired her to take the leap. Her research into the challenges that women face in STEM fields and the negative impact that the Pandemic had on them motivated her to take action!

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

MARCH 28, 2023

After months of conducting industry research, several work sessions, debates, conversations, and meetings with industry leaders as well as with front-line team members, a client’s new strategic plan is complete. They’ve received board approval. They’ve just completed a leadership summit in which they shared their new plan with the rest of the management team and […] The post From Great Ideas to Implementation appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 31, 2023

This is the fourth of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. AI in Consulting: The Beginning of a New Era How AI is Changing the Game for Consultants The Role of Consultants in an AI-Driven World AI-Powered Consulting: Tools You Need to Know About Real-World Examples of AI in Management Consulting Ethical Implications of AI in Consulting: A Deep Dive Leveling Up: Consulting Skills for an AI-Powered World Artificial Intelligence ha

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 29, 2023

Strategic planning Agenda for your next strategy meeting. We've been leading strategic planning meetings for the past 12 years (and counting), and we've tested dozens of different strategic planning agendas so that you don't have to. Use our experience to have the best and most effective strategic planning process.

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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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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 30, 2023

Instructional design is a crucial aspect of eLearning that involves creating compelling and engaging coursework or instructional modules that align with specific training goals. The field looks beyond simple information sharing. Instead, it promotes learning by using various mechanisms to maintain learner attention and boost knowledge retention. Without instructional design, creating engaging and value-adding courses is particularly challenging.

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Henry DeVries

MARCH 30, 2023

Brian Gerstner, president of White Label IQ, says flexible staffing can boost innovation, provide access to specialized skills, improve employee morale, and adapt to changing demand.

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Makarios Consulting

MARCH 30, 2023

You might think that a great visionary is someone who comes up with wonderful, creative, profitable ideas. That is the straightforward definition of a visionary in business, and it is the basic job description of any and every visionary. But, the differentiator that moves someone from the “visionary” category to the “great visionary” category is far different.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 29, 2023

This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins on Wednesday evening, April 5. One of the most celebrated of all the Jewish holidays at home, the story of the exodus and freedom from slavery in Egypt, though thousands of years old, contains many insights and lessons which are relevant even today. One important lesson is that of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 31, 2023

According to headlines and news commentators, life as we know it is about to change dramatically. AI would seem to be on the verge of displacing humans completely. Check these out: Global AI experts sound the alarm in unique report – University of Cambridge The AI Arms Race Is Changing Everything – Times Magazine How to Survive the A.I. Revolution – Stanford University The AI Revolution Is Happening Now – Forbes The AI industrial revolution puts middle-class workers under threat this time

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Epicflow

MARCH 30, 2023

How can organizations ensure sustainable business growth and increase profitability during an economic downturn? Is it at all possible when a great number of companies are cutting their expenses, postponing new projects, and reducing investments in an attempt to survive? In fact, it is! The right approach to project and resource management can really help business organizations to become profitable and competitive even during tough times.

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Kraft Kennedy

MARCH 29, 2023

Action Required if running Outlook 2013 on iManage Work Communication Servers Issue Microsoft announced the end of support and updates for Microsoft Office 2013 as of April 11, 2023. As a result, any iManage customers running Outlook 2013 on the iManage Work Communications Server for Exchange (WCSE) will be impacted after the April 11, 2023 cutoff. Background The iManage Work Communications Server for Exchange (WCSE) requires a 32-bit installation of Microsoft Outlook, formally supporting versio

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The Consultants Peer Group

MARCH 28, 2023

In discussions with a Leadership Team recently, a question regarding the benefit of known Values came up. An analogy came to mind, but, first, what are Values? Core values are a small set of timeless guiding principles. Often overused, warn-out, abused, and maligned; yet, great companies all had clear core values. The values, as a set, define your culture, who you are as a group of people.

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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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Nash Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

By Nash Consulting Think for a moment about the last person you had a significant conflict with, professionally or personally. Not a stranger you confronted over buying the last four croissants at your favorite baker, but someone you care about or with whom you interact with regularly. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and picture the conversation.

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Clarity Consultants

MARCH 27, 2023

When training employees, there are countless measures you can take to ensure that they’re getting the knowledge they need to perform at their best. Because of this, choosing the one that’s right for your team can feel daunting. However, there’s one that every business should be focusing on–instructional design. The Association for Talent Development defines instructional design as “the practice of creating learning experiences to support learning.

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Kraft Kennedy

MARCH 29, 2023

We recently received a request to configure Exchange Online Kiosk Mode to limit firm email access to OWA for specific users and groups. Specifically, the aim was the preventing the download of attachments within OWA. The goal of the process was to ensure the mailbox owner could not save content from the mailbox using a non-firm-owned device. In essence, the task was to create a kiosk mode for email access.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

Periods of excessive stress can have consequences as severe as heart disease. Not just individual well-being and happiness suffer when mental health suffers. The well-documented business impact of a stressed-out workforce is significant. In a recent global study of 14,800 knowledge workers, 49% of leaders and 42% of non-managers struggled with anxiety.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2023

Too many companies prioritize efficiency over the customer experience.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 30, 2023

Leader's Digest #15

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Kraft Kennedy

MARCH 27, 2023

Workspace App for Mac – Known Issue – March 23rd 2023 Issue Users may experience the following issues due to expiration of a code signing certificate used by Citrix Workspace App for Mac: 1. Unable to communicate with Authentication Manager service. 2. The Store doesn’t exist. Please retry or contact support. 3. Citrix Workspace cannot connect to the server.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 26, 2023

I. “One Size Fits None” is a loser: The right question isn’t “are the arts/entertainment/sports dying?” The right question is, “Are you relevant?” One Big Thing: Focus on your customer. The sad reality is that too many arts organizations, sports teams, concert venues, start with the point of view of “what works for me?” As I was listening to the replay of our conversation, it got me thinking about some bullet points for improving the marketing of arts/culture: Research is as simple as going to G

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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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