David A Fields

MARCH 16, 2016

Successful, independent filmmakers know one person can’t make a movie. At a minimum they need a director of photography to run the camera, a sound person, a lighting person/gaffer (I’ve always wanted to use the word gaffer in a blog), plus a production assistant. Successful, independent consultants know the same thing (about consulting, not films). Whether you are in a solo shop or a boutique firm, it’s critical to surround yourself with at least a skeleton crew comprised of the right people.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 13, 2016

In case interview prep, Victor Cheng has risen to a household name in the last 5 years, and his book Case Interview Secrets is one of our recommendations for those looking to break in to the industry. . A Stanford graduate who worked in consulting during his early career, Victor speaks from his experience as someone who sat on both sides of the interview table.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 13, 2016

(Source: Flickr ). There are many different types of consulting. As an aspiring consultant, you would be well advised to understand your options so that you can make an informed decision about which kind of consulting is right for you. Here are five (5) of the main types of consulting that might interest you: Strategy: Think BCG , McKinsey and Bain (although it is worth noting that these firms are doing less and less “pure” strategy work and more operations, implementation and restructuring).

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 15, 2016

By: Olivia Dippon. EXECUTIVES LOVE TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING… most complain their processes don’t work very well. Harvard Business Review reports that only 11% of CEO’s believe that strategic planning is worth the effort. Most planning processes are too complex, and only document decisions already made. CEO’s have the responsibility to make their planning processes effective; I believe the key is to keep the processes simple and focused.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 16, 2016

This week’s reflection point: Today’s newsletter comes to you from Los Angeles, where I’m presenting at Alan Weiss’s Million Dollar Consulting® Convention. Surrounded by thought leaders, I’ve spent the morning exchanging ideas with my fellow presenters. I just had breakfast with my good friend Bruce Turkel , a branding expert, who shared with me an incredibly intriguing concept: Crafting and presenting your keynote presentation by leveraging mind maps.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 16, 2016

Pete Higgins at 2 nd Avenue Partners, a Venture Capital (VC) firm, has told me a few times the toughest thing about his business is telling people, “you have a good business, it’s just not a VC business.”. In other words, you’re not going to get funding because VC’s need to believe there’s a good chance the company they fund will take off, i.e. have hockey stick growth.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 15, 2016

By: Jim Horan. EXECUTIVES LOVE TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING… most complain their processes don’t work very well. Harvard Business Review reports that only 11% of CEO’s believe that strategic planning is worth the effort. Most planning processes are too complex, and only document decisions already made. CEO’s have the responsibility to make their planning processes effective; I believe the key is to keep the processes simple and focused.

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 17, 2016

Leadership in many organizations – even today – are challenged with project management and where it fits in. Understanding the value of project management to the organization is a significant challenge for leaders. Too often it is considered as tactical – with no real thought or understanding of the strategic value of it. Shortchanging the [.].

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 14, 2016

In Agile Talent, Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood lay out a system for getting more from external talent.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 14, 2016

You've permitted magical to walk on by. Not to mention good enough, amazing and wonderful. Waiting for the thing that cannot be improved (and cannot be criticized) keeps us from beginning. Merely begin.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Last week at Enterprise Connect , one of the most talked-about topics was video, especially as it can be used by customer care agents to communicate with customers. Depending on how companies go about deploying video communication technologies, some of the challenges that have impeded adoption is the high amount of bandwidth consumed by video as well as cost constraints.

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 15, 2016

New managers need support to succeed in role. Consider that many individuals hired into new management roles may not have previous experience managing people; they have likely come from individual contributor roles. To make it even more challenging, they are now likely managing those individuals who were once their peers. Consider this example: Jeremy is [.].

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 15, 2016

More companies -- in a variety of industries -- are acquiring digital agencies, reflecting the marriage of technology and marketing.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

It's tempting to sit in the corner and then, voila, to amaze us all with your perfect answer. But of course, that's not what ever works. What works is evolving in public, with the team. Showing your work. Thinking out loud. Failing on the way to succeeding, imperfecting on your way to better than good enough. Do people want to be stuck with the first version of the iPhone, the Ford, the Chanel dress?

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MARCH 14, 2016

Omichannel has been the buzzword in the marketing world for quite some time, as companies have sought myriad ways to connect their channels and data in seamless ways across their enterprises. But following announcements of recent store closures and post-holiday sales data that suggest more consumers chose to shop online than in physical stores, retailers must get serious about their omnichannel initiatives fast.

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Gina Abudi

MARCH 16, 2016

Collaboration portals are a great way to engage learners. At Abudi Consulting Group, a number of our clients who run year-long leadership programs for their employees partner with us to enable for a collaboration portal. The Value of Collaboration Portals Collaboration portals enable for a variety of benefits for learners, including: A “safe environment” to [.].

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 13, 2016

New research reveals that leaders can function most effectively when they put the needs of their followers first.

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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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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 12, 2016

"I know that this expensive herbal tincture homeopathic remedy is merely an expensive placebo. But I'll take it anyway, because placebos work.". A friend used to wear a fur coat in the winter, telling me that it was the only thing that kept her warm. Of course, if the goal was warmth, she'd probably be better off wearing it inside out. We buy luxury goods, take placebos and engage in all sorts of actions that aren't going to hold up under the rational analysis of a double-blind study.

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1 to 1

MARCH 18, 2016

Today's businesses find that happy employees are productive employees. All that happiness and productivity leads to satisfied customers too. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Cheryl Cran

MARCH 14, 2016

A survey by Deloitte confirms the barriers to change that I have researched with my clients and also the research I conducted for my book The Art of Change Leadership – Driving Transformation In a Fast Paced World. The top barriers are outlined in the image above: The number one barrier is resistance from managers/leaders – in previous posts I have shared my change cycle graphic and resistance is a natural ‘first’ response to change and we need to have empathy for this re

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 15, 2016

Has American economic history proved that pragmatism is the most effective ideology?

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 18, 2016

Spend an hour with a good friend in intimate conversation, spend an hour engaging with your team on the next significant leap in your strategy, or spend an hour with your smart phone, grooming your social media presence and your inbox? Good news, you can.

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1 to 1

MARCH 16, 2016

These days, people are as likely to find a date on a matchmaking site as they are to find a deal. As the stigma against online dating is fades, brands are seizing on an opportunity to court consumers across matchmaking apps and websites. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

MARCH 17, 2016

“ I love making reports! What types of reports do you function in the most? ” I said and asked enthusiastically. My dad and I were 30 minutes into a two-hour road trip and both of our inner-nerds were in full gear. We had just discovered that we both used a Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool called Salesforce in our jobs. My dad is a Systems Engineer and at the time I was an Admissions Counselor at a Twin Cities University.

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Strategy+Business

MARCH 13, 2016

What to do when you outgrow your target market -- or vice versa.

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