David A Fields

AUGUST 18, 2014

'A question I was asked: A potential client has asked for a sample of a job description. I don’t want to refuse, but I get paid to develop job descriptions. What should I do? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below. Closing Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Fees Positioning Proposals Relationships adding value agreements closing Marketing positioning.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 17, 2014

'Welcome to episode #011 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Tim Burrows. What’s been going on in Ferguson this week is remarkable – and not in a good way. The lack of communication on behalf of the Ferguson Police Department and the St-Louis County Police Department has lead to a disastrous crisis that has resulted in repercussions that they’ll be left to face for a long time to come.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Another week, another guidebook for you, dear reader. This week’s guidebook profiles the most prominent consulting firms operating in Old Blighty. Where is Old Blighty you ask? Well, if you need to ask, then this week’s guidebook is probably not for you. “Blighty” is a slang term for Britain, popularised during World War I and still used (or so we understand) by the people who weren’t lucky enough to have one of their ancestors steal a loaf of bread and get sent to

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2014

'By: Kay Paumier. In my previous post, I outlined some ways service businesses could market themselves online. Here are some ways to get the attention of mainstream media: Track media activity. One of the best ways to get publicity in mainstream media is to track what the reporters are working on and what they need…and give it to them. Fortunately, that is easy with HARO ( Help a Reporter Out ).

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David A Fields

AUGUST 22, 2014

'A question I was asked: I’ve been working with a decision maker, who knows my background and likes me, on a potential project, but now I found out he is part of a committee. How do I get buy-in from the other partners who don’t know much about my background? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 21, 2014

'A special question on the impact of Obamacare on businesses in the August Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey shows the stunning failure of Obamacare. Here are the results in table form. I added the net results in red. click on chart for sharper image Net Percentage of Manufacturing Firms That. Category Net Percentage Decrease Employment 15.2 Increase Part-Time Workers 16.7 Increase Outsourcing 10.7 Increase prices 28.8 Raise Healthcare Premiums 85.3 Raise Healthcare Deductibles 91.2 Raise Out of P

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Sometimes the best approaches to revamp an organization''s culture come from the employee level, rather than edicts issued by senior executives.

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David A Fields

AUGUST 20, 2014

'A question I was asked: My prospect seems to be talking less about the hard, quantifiable benefits of the project we’re discussing and more about intangibles. Things like alleviation of stress and time to spend with family. Do I include these types of benefits in a Context Discussion? If so, how? What would your suggestion be to this consultant? What has worked for you?

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 18, 2014

'Everywhere you turn, you’re presented with the same message in many forms. Take, for example, the following three quotes: “In social media, the only guarantee is change” – Convince and Convert. “If we are increasingly becoming more and more mobile and using smartphones and tablets as the primary way that we connect, perhaps the Web browser app on your mobile device will become the least important app as brands (both B2C and B2B) create specific apps targeted for th

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MishTalk

AUGUST 19, 2014

'It''s crystal clear Ukraine has no interest in a ceasefire under any terms. Instead it demands rebels lay down weapons and for Russia to stop intervention. In short, Ukraine demands surrender. Thus death and destruction will continue, possibly long after Ukraine takes over Luhansk and Donetsk (or rather what''s left of Luhansk and Donetsk). Please consider Ukraine Says It Makes Gains Against Rebels in Luhansk.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

AUGUST 19, 2014

I, of course, love leadership training. However, I find it even more valuable when there's an easy way to double your training take aways without additional cost. At the conclusion of a leadership training project with a client recently, one of the senior managers said, "In order to keep this learning going, I'm going to pull my notes once a quarter just to see what else I should be working on.

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David A Fields

AUGUST 22, 2014

'All images and text are the copyright of David A. Fields. (c) 2014 David A. Fields. All rights reserved.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 18, 2014

'If you want to keep your co-workers happy, you should resist the temptation to look at your mobile during meetings.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 16, 2014

'Contrary to the unsubstantiated rumor (most likely a complete fabrication) that Ukraine Destroyed a Russian Convoy , the rebels have inflicted serious damage on the Ukrainian military machine. And unlike the zero-proof offered by Ukraine, I have a few videos to show. Descriptions from Jacob Dreizin, a US citizen who speaks Russian and reads Ukrainian.

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 21, 2014

'If we aren’t traveling these days we are often on any number of phone calls during the day that keeps us locked up in our offices. This makes us unavailable to our team and leaves them feeling forgotten about and isolated. They may need our assistance and we are not accessible because we are tied [.]. The post Are You Accessible and Available for Your Team?

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 16, 2014

'On the first 100 pages of the new, thick issue of Vanity Fair , there are about 95 full page ads. Those ads feature, best I can count, 108 people. Of these, 24 of the people are some combination of not-sad and not-ghostly and not-skinny. The other 84 send precisely the same signal: Brands like ours feature people like this. Here''s the thing: green lights aren''t green because there''s something inherently go-ful about the color green.

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 19, 2014

'A new book argues that the dangers of risk aversion often outweigh the risk of making mistakes.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 21, 2014

'The "recovery" news in Spain keeps piling up. Via translation from El Economista, Government has already taken 37% of the total ''pensions piggy bank''. If extractions continue at the current rate, the fund would be exhausted in 4 years. The Government of Mariano Rajoy has released 24.65 billion euros of the Social Security Reserve Fund in less than two years.

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Gina Abudi

AUGUST 19, 2014

'Accountability is necessary on virtual teams in order to ensure work flows between team members to accomplish goals. Here are just a handful of best practices to enable for and foster accountability among virtual team members: Ensure roles and responsibilities are set and clear Roles and responsibilities on the team should be agreed to at [.]. The post Best Practices for Enabling Accountability on a Virtual Team appeared first on Gina Abudi.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 20, 2014

'Gravity, for example. I can''t do a thing about gravity. Even if I wanted to move to Jupiter or the moon for a change in gravity, it''s inconceivable that I could. On the other hand, there are lots of things I can do to control my reaction to gravity. I can take Alexander classes or get in better shape. I can avoid situations where gravity makes me uncomfortable (the trapeze, for example).

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Strategy+Business

AUGUST 17, 2014

'Veteran organizational development consultants Dick and Emily Axelrod explain how to hold meetings in which work actually gets done.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2014

'Massive pollution, especially unbreathable air, lack of educational opportunities, food, safety, and corruption are some of the reasons behind a recent poll that shows a whopping 64% of wealthy Chinese plan to leave the country. The Wall Street Journal calls it The Great Chinese Exodus. Today, China''s borders are wide open. Almost anybody who wants a passport can get one.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 20, 2014

Raising the Barr is a weekly memo, which is always pithy, powerful and succinct. It focuses on innovative ideas by maximizing your life and business while leveraging strategy, content, technology and the web, to help you transform the success. This week’s reflection point: Videos are a powerful tool to communicate your ideas and messages to your current and future clients.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 19, 2014

'Consulting guru and advisor Alan Weiss constantly tells people not to pay attention to random, unsolicited feedback. This makes so much sense and yet most people will let someone’s uneducated comments influence their decisions. Just think if sports coaches and managers did this. They’d be making decisions based on what idiots have to say. Some examples: At a recent Mariners game the guy next to me tried to show his knowledge by telling his friends, with a look of superiority (I’m smarter than t

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1 to 1

AUGUST 18, 2014

'I was 5 years old when our neighbor''s parents drove my friend and me home from school on a fall day in 1978 when we rounded the bend toward my house and saw a giant ball of flames. The town''s volunteer firefighters had already arrived on the scene and were extinguishing the fire that started from the fuel tank defect in my family''s Ford Pinto. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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