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Using Data-Driven Marketing To Grow Your Consulting Business with Phillip Stutts: Podcast #220

Consulting Success

If there is one thing the corporate world can learn from politics, it is data-driven marketing. By looking at actual audience behavior and relationship-building tactics, effective strategies that yield tangible results can be developed. Michael Zipursky sits down with Phillip Stutts, Founder/CEO of Win Big Media, to share how he came up with his undefeated.

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The Bridgespan Group: An Insider Look Into Non-Profit Consulting

Management Consulted

We’re excited to share with you this exclusive interview with The Bridgespan Group, the #1 non-profit consulting firm in the world. The conversation is with Stephanie Kater, a Partner at the firm and co-leader of the firm’s impact investing space.… Read Article. The post The Bridgespan Group: An Insider Look Into Non-Profit Consulting appeared first on Management Consulted.

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2022: forget the resolutions, build your confidence instead

The Management Centre

January is traditionally a time of looking forward and looking back. A time to consider the challenges – and failures – of the year before. To set resolutions and plan for a better year ahead. Full of good intentions, these resolutions are usually broken by the end of the month. I have never been a fan of new year’s resolutions. They seem a tad arbitrary – with a fixed deadline 12 months away, made on a whim after too much indulgence over the December weeks.

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How the “Sponsor Update” Can Open Doors for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

Consulting firms often become disconnected from the sponsor as their work revolves around lower-level personnel. A simple check-in format will keep you connected at the highest levels and position your consulting firm for follow-on projects. Let’s say your consulting firm landed a solid, consulting engagement with the Food-as-a-Service pioneer, Nutscape.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

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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Consulting Certifications: The Uncomfortable Truth (& What To Focus On Instead)

Consulting Success

Do consulting certifications really matter? The other day, a consultant sent me an email. They asked… “What type of consulting certification should I get to become a more successful consultant?” “You don’t need any consulting certification to be successful in this business,” I responded. I was speaking with another consultant in Australia.

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How Do You Dig Out When a Project Goes South?

Clarity Consultants

Even with careful planning, projects can head south. Unexpected issues aren’t as uncommon as many companies would hope and, when caught off-guard by a problem that wasn’t anticipated, a project can quickly go off the rails. Thankfully, when issues arise, that doesn’t mean a project is unsalvageable. By using the right strategy, it’s possible to dig the project out and get it back on the path toward success.

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Energy Prices: Is Volatility Here to Stay?

Tom Spencer

Skyrocketing energy prices in the wake of the post-pandemic economic recovery has been all over the news, and for good reason. The rising cost of energy feeds into the pricing of all goods, causing inflation globally. What is more, these market trends have tremendous geopolitical significance, since the price of oil and other hydrocarbon-based products has a big impact on the trade balances of resource-focused economies.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. While more than 90% of organizations say they are moving to a hybrid workforce , there are few organizations that have a detailed vision in place. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines.

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11 Habits of Truly Terrific Employees

Rick Conlow

Truly terrific employees distinguish themselves from all others in ways that are strikingly apparent to their colleagues and bosses. Much of it is about their behavior and attitude, but it is more than that. They genuinely care about what they do and have pride in their work. Unfortunately, they are way to rare. Here are ten plus habits that the best employees exhibit every day.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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297: Maggie Karshner—Ready To Start And Grow An Amazing Business? Maybe You Need A Coach!

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how to launch your own business, successfully. In this podcast you are going to meet Maggie Karshner. She loves to work with people who want to set themselves up in a new business or grow the one they currently have. She and I talk about how to help solo-preneurs take their ideas and become coaches, consultants, therapists, chefs, specialists helping kids get into college, branding experts.you name it and Maggie has done it.

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Experienced Hire Recruiting in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Experienced hire recruitment can be a puzzling, confusing environment. Compared to on-campus recruits (undergraduates and MBA students), experienced hires confront much more irregular processes, prolonged timelines, and unclear standards. As the number of experienced hires have increased during the pandemic and I personally made this transition twice during my career, below I’ll share my thoughts on how to think about this route to help you make sense of this process and plan your approach.

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Remembering A Bold Trailblazer Who Fought For Equity For Women In Sports

On the Brink

Christine Grant, center, with Lisa Bluder, right, coach of Iowa women’s basketball, and Jaime Printy Brandt, a former Iowa player and teacher at an elementary school named for Grant in North Liberty, Iowa. Credit. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen /USA TODAY NETWORK. Recently on January 6, 2022, the NY Times published an article honoring the recently deceased Christine Grant, the University of Iowa’s first women’s athletic director and a pioneer who helped shape the 1972 Title IX legislation,

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How to Assess the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging

Johanna Rothman

Up until a few months ago, my office was a disaster. I had a ton of old data: Paper in reverse chronological order on surfaces (most recent on top). Printed articles to read. Notes from previous workshops I wanted to integrate when I updated those workshops. Over the past year, as I realized the pandemic would probably change what and how I offered for workshops, I've slowly recycled or filed all that paper.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Three Critical Consulting Moves for 2022

Management and IT Consulting

Deltek has worked with consulting experts from small and mid-size firms across North America to identify consulting moves that firms should make right now to put themselves in the best position to succeed in 2022. Andy Jordan from Roffensian Consulting discusses three critical consulting moves to put your firm in a position to make the most of 2022.

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I.S.C.G.I. Selling

The Fearless Marketer

A large percentage of self-employed professionals don’t like selling. But what about it don’t they like? – They don’t like to be seen as a manipulator. – They don’t like to try so hard to convince someone of something. – They don’t like the idea of pressuring someone to buy. – They don’t like to stretch the truth. Can you relate to any (or all) of these?

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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion

Harvard Business

Despite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far.

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Three thought leadership recommendations for 2022

The Source

Firms often ask us for our insights on the latest trends in thought leadership—insights we are well-placed to offer given the time we spend looking at all the content produced by the world’s most prolific publishers, and the energy we put into understanding the views of clients. Here are three of our recommendations for 2022: Focusing on a longer-term view.

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

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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Hype and self-promotion

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: Here’s a popular post on levels of hype. It’s a big topic in social. The post Hype and self-promotion appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. While more than 90% of organizations say they are moving to a hybrid workforce , there are few organizations that have a detailed vision in place. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines.

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We Need to Let Go of the Bell Curve

Harvard Business

We often assume things are more evenly distributed than they actually are — and this influences how we make decisions and manage risk.

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CEO Case Study: Creating Your 'Why' & Improving Engagement

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Anthony Taylor here from SME Strategy. We help teams create and implement their strategic plans successfully and help them get to their One Destination. And today, I want to talk to you about creating your 'why' with the help of your people.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

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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Why you need a COO or operations manager

Asamby Consulting

Why you need a COO or Operations Manager. Many of our clients are reaching out to us at a time of growth. Either their operations have grown quite a bit or they are in the midst of growing. Many founders and CEOs ask us this question: Do I need an operations manager? Or a COO? We answer with a resounding yes. But there are a few questions: Why is it necessary to hire an operations person?

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DASM: It IS Your Fault, Not Covid, Not the Weather, Not Resignations

Alan Weiss

I’ve never been a big Elon Musk fan. Let me make that clear. However, I’ve also been writing about what I call The Great Excuses : Supply chain shortages, The Great Resignation, and Covid “shut downs.” I call them “excuses” because some restaurants, air lines, department stores, and online retailers do fine, while others do not, and that’s a function of leadership, not the Great Excuses.

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Please Stop Using These Phrases in Meetings

Harvard Business

“I’m going to give you 10 minutes of your life back,” and other unbearable meeting jargon.

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How You & Your Team can Thrive in the Aftermath of Trauma w/Ken Falke, Chairman Ep#142

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.