David A Fields

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'Stuart Armstrong, the CEO of a digital marketing company in New York City, posted a video on YouTube. Not a promotional message, though. Apparently Stu, a successful executive, always contemplated life as a stand-up comic. Evidence being his seven-minute debut at the Gotham Comedy Club, captured for posterity online. Striding the stage, Stu intones that his stand-up routine was the culmination of a comedy class in which he learned the importance of timing.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 14, 2014

'We didn’t forget you West Coast folk! After our East Coast Fall Tour concluded, we flew back over to the West Coast to host events with consulting clubs from Arizona State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California and Pepperdine University. Plus – a bonus trip to the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

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The Clever Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'Here’s a roundup of some interesting consulting job opportunities for week #51 of 2014. Some are full time, others are contract work. Do you have some ideas for jobs you’d like to see? Drop me a line. Ditto if you have a job you’d like me to add. Management Consulting Protiviti is looking to hire […].

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 14, 2014

'Making progress in the absence of knowledge. ALL too often, and especially when starting out on a new project, the things we don’t know outnumber the things we do. We may know very little and, in the absence of knowledge, we can become stuck. Paralysis, our inability or unwillingness to make forwards progress, is the surest road to stagnation, difficulty and ultimate demise.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 15, 2014

'A question I was asked: I’ve read that industry experience isn’t supposed to be necessary to win clients, but I’ve lost projects to consultants who have more experience than me. Am I doing something wrong? What is your answer to this consultant? How much does industry experience matter? Can a “process consultant” work anywhere? What have you found?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2014

'As oil continues to slide so does the Ruble. Emerging market currencies have gone on for the ride as have the currencies of Eastern European countries, especially Ukraine. The Russian Ruble, Turkish Lira, and Ukrainian Hryvnia are at or near record lows. Russian Ruble - RUB Since the beginning of the year, the Ruble has gone from 32.99-per-US$ to 65.51-per-US$.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 14, 2014

'Five habits of mind distinguish those who create great fortunes--for themselves, or potentially for your company. Lynda and Stewart Resnick, T. Boone Pickens, Steve Case, Michael Bloomberg, Kirk Kerkorian, and other self-made billionaires are producers--creators of new enterprise--rather than mere business performers.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'A question I was asked: I like your approach of winning a prospect gradually, but how does this apply to cold calling? How do I get the attention of a busy manager who is hardly waiting for my call? What is your answer to this consultant? What has your experience been and what works for you? Post your thoughts on this by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 17, 2014

This week’s reflection point: At the time I am writing this article, Sony Pictures is in the news going through a security and data breach nightmare. Unfortunately, Sony is not alone as they follow a long list of companies that have been hacked and exposed to serious breaches of data. Companies such as: USPS, Kmart, Home Depot, P.F. Chang’s, JP Morgan, Staples, Target, and the list goes on.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'On December 17, ZeroHedge asked Will Putin''s Next Step Be To Sell Gold? On December 18, ZeroHedge answered his own question wrongly with Russia Has Begun Selling Its Gold, According To SocGen. I did not believe that when I saw it yesterday, and I sure don''t today after viewing a few charts from Nick at Gold Charts "R" Us. Russia Gold Reserves Up 600,000 Ounces for November In US dollar terms, Russia''s gold reserves are worth about $0.4 billion less.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'Vacations taken by CEOs provide an unlikely, but highly reliable, way to approximate a firm''s corporate activity and anticipate its stock returns.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'A question I was asked: How do you create urgency with a current prospect? What is your answer to this consultant? What has your experience been and what works for you? Post your thoughts on this by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below. (I’ll post what I told him in a couple of days.). Agreements Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Fees Positioning Proposals adding value agreements benefits Consultative selling positioning positioning.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 15, 2014

'Talent Management magazine recently interviewed Amy Kates. Click here for a five minute video on why trends and styles have no place in organization design.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

'What''s Behind the Plunge in Oil? In the wake of a widely unexpected, huge oil price decline, I have received many questions and comments. Some speculate US pressure on Saudi Arabia to punish Russia. Others think "big oil" is out to punish the frackers. I responded to a friend today that the explanation is simple. No conspiracy theories needed. This was my proposal.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 19, 2014

'As 2014 comes to an end, here are some of the best blog posts that we published this year.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'Start your first business this way: Begin with the smallest possible project in which someone will pay you money to solve a problem they know they have. Charge less than it''s worth and more than it costs you. Repeat. You don''t have to wait for perfect or large or revered or amazing. You can start.

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Gina Abudi

DECEMBER 16, 2014

'It’s the time to plan for the upcoming year! Abudi Consulting Group has been working with a number of our clients, and specifically the Human Resource group at each client, to help them strategize ways to continue to develop employee skills in 2015 and beyond. Enabling for opportunities to further develop skills and increase knowledge [.]. The post Human Resources: How will You Help Employees Develop Their Skills in 2015?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2014

'I commented earlier today, that you do not defend a currency by foolishly wasting foreign reserves. The Russian central bank came to the same conclusion. In an emergency middle-of-the-night central bank action, Moscow Lifts Interest Rates to 17%. Russia has lifted its key interest rate to 17 per cent, hours after the rouble suffered its worst drop since 1998.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 16, 2014

'For businesses that keep their promises, there are often invaluable hidden benefits.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'Facebook, the company whose mantra was once "move fast and break things," has decided it needs an empathy team. Business Insider reports that Facebook has created a team whose job is to understand what it''s like to be a customer using their advertising products. Additionally, instead of referring to customers as "users," the social networking giant is now calling them "people.".

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2014

'"He deserved it," is usually the explanation we hear for behavior that strikes us as unproductive, inhumane or counter-productive. The bully is always happy to point a finger at the person he hurt, to cast blame for his inexcusable actions. Retribution is a habit, usually a learned one. It''s tit for tat, the instinct to punish. That''s a very different posture than the one the productive professional takes.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'Here''s an amusing but totally unscientific informal poll on how to tackle the illegal immigrant problem. Students were asked if they would sign a petition to deport US citizens on a one-for-one basis in exchange for allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the US. Link if video does not play: Deport US Citizens to Keep Illegal Immigrants? The people who conducted this experiment said about 2/3 of the college students signed the petition.

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Strategy+Business

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'In The Glass Cage, Nicholas Carr reminds us that almost every business decision involves tradeoffs.

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Gina Abudi

DECEMBER 17, 2014

'“Emotional Intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own emotions and the emotions of others, to discriminate between different emotions and use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.” (Wikipedia.org, referencing: Coleman, Andrew (2008), A Dictionary of Psychology, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press.). Individuals with high levels of emotional intelligence (EI) are better able to [.].

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

DECEMBER 16, 2014

I've been reflecting on a recent conversation with a client. The conversation was similar to two previous conversations we've had concerning inaction by his managers. However, this time, without planning to say it, I simply said, "We've discussed this same problem three times now. When are you going to stop doing what your managers can and should be doing for themselves?

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