Sat.Jun 19, 2021 - Fri.Jun 25, 2021

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Leadership Dysfunction - Doing What You’ve Always Done

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

“This looks good in general, but there are several items that need to be corrected.”.No response. “As I’ve asked before, how do you know everyone wants to continue to stay on the team?”.No response. “I recommend we tap the brakes on asking the directors to create their promotional videos. Without some upfront coordination, we run the risk of, once again, having incorrect information being conveyed because we acted before we coordinated internally.

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Mining for New Clients

The Fearless Marketer

Why is it so hard to find the right prospective clients? Well, it really depends on how you look at it. If you think, “The only people worth meeting with are perfect prospects who can spend $X with me on this kind of project, and it’s a waste of time meeting with anyone else,” then you are missing something. The chances are good you don’t know a perfect prospect like that.

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Four Tips to Optimize Your Consultancy in a Hybrid Workplace

Management and IT Consulting

Operating in a hybrid model is the future for many consulting firms. While key consulting practices have remained the same, how business is conducted has been transformed. Consulting leaders need to enable their firms with the tools to stay connected and the processes to operate effectively in a hybrid workplace.

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4 Easy Habits That Support Your Consulting Firm’s Health

David A Fields

You know that adopting a few, personal, morning habits can dramatically improve your life. Gifting your significant other with a hug before you spring out of bed creates a connection that can last throughout the day, even if you’re sequestered in your office for 10+ hours. Eating a healthy breakfast equips your body (and brain) … Continued.

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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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The RIGHT Response To Request For Proposals (RFPs)

Consulting Success

What’s your response to request for proposals? More importantly — what should your response be? Before companies hire a consulting firm for a large-scale project, they’ll often put out a request for proposal (RFP) to receive several proposals and pricing options from different firms. In this article, we’ll help you navigate the world of request.

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271: Carrie Peele—Breakthrough Funding to Help Women Grow Their Business

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how to turn your great idea into a successful business! This was a terrific podcast conversation with Carrie Peele. Her life’s journey has been one of twists and turns, testing her smarts and her ingenuity. A serial business owner, she started a luxury transportation company on three credit cards in 1989 and built the largest woman-owned car service in the Carolinas.

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How Do You Find Time for Strategic Planning When You're Busy?

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

One of the things that we hear about from a lot of organizations and a lot of individuals in organizations, is that they're too busy or they don't have enough time to do strategic planning. So today I'm going to talk to you about how to approach strategic planning, when you don't have the time or you're too busy.

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Consulting on Wheels: Building a Consulting Business from an RV with Mark Treichel: Podcast #192

Consulting Success

Have you ever wanted to work and live in an RV? Imagine exploring the world, meeting different people, and experiencing different cultures. You can do all of that and still work on your business from your RV. This is what Mark Treichel does for a living. After 33 years of hard work, Mark retired from the National Credit Union. Consulting on Wheels: Building a Consulting Business from an RV with Mark Treichel: Podcast #192 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Digital Capital – The Way Forward for Aspiring Consultants

Tom Spencer

There is a good chance that you have a formidable LinkedIn profile, unmatched experience, and a dream to become the best in the consulting industry – so what’s next? As a young and aspiring professional, you will be launching your consulting career in an uncertain environment. Already, there is immense competition for internships, graduate positions, and entry-level roles as we embrace a post-COVID reality and the global economy goes through a period of recalibration.

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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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How To Attract Clients By Being On Your Game

Henry DeVries

How to handle things in stride on a daily basis. Just showing up and doing our best doesn't work. How thoroughly have we mentally stepped through upcoming activities and options? How deeply have we examined our purpose for pursuing the work?

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The Rise of MOOCs, Micro-Credentialing and Higher Education’s Role in Bringing Them Together

Clarity Consultants

While massive open online courses (MOOCs) and micro-credentialing aren’t technically new, they quickly rose to prominence during the pandemic. Once COVID-19 began impacting the workforce, many professionals turned to online resources to further their capabilities. In some cases, this was to substitute for training they weren’t currently able to get at work.

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Q&A with Sam Rioux

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Sam Rioux. Sam Rioux shares what he likes about his role, recharging, and the biggest mistake he’s made (and why he’d do it again – in a heartbeat). What are the three adjectives that best describe you? . Inquisitive, Adventurous, Creative. What do you like most about your role? . I like the relationships that I am able to build with clients, the opportunities to learn about different businesses, and helping leaders and teams build strategies that have real-world i

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How AI will Impact the Future of Work & the C-Suite w/Peter J. Scott, former NASA Specialist Ep#107

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

P eter J. Scott is an IT specialist and futurist who worked for NASA for over 30 years. Now, he's a coach and the author of C risis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race , and the h ost of Artificial Intelligence and You , a podcast that seeks to communicate the intricacies of both the challenges and opportunities of artificial superintelligences in away that non-experts can grasp.

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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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25 Reasons to Use Social Media

Chad Barr

Over the years, the various social media platforms have become a huge influencing factor in the way we communicate online, conduct our business and engage with potentially billions of people. I am personally active on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Clubhouse. In my article Addicted to What? I raised some concern regarding these social media platforms but there are of course benefits to using them as well.

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What marketing can you stick to on your worst day?

Kai Davis

Everyone has a plan until they’re punched in the face. But do you have a plan for your marketing if you find yourself (metaphorically) punched in the face? Put another way, what’s a tiny bit of marketing you can do (and keep doing) even on your worst day of the year? What brought this question to mind was a great tweet from James Clear : When choosing a new habit many people seem to ask themselves, “What can I do on my best days?

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Q&A with Patrick Jones

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Patrick Jones. Patrick Jones shares his favorite part of his work, his greatest accomplishments, and how to recharge. What are your areas of expertise? . My experience includes investment banking, commercial banking, and information technology where I have held senior positions in each. At Brimstone my focus has been working with leaders on senior team alignment, strategy, and strategy to execution projects. .

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The Myths that Undermine Racial Equity at Work

Harvard Business

Companies that believe they’re “unbiased meritocracies” usually aren’t.

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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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Sources

Alan Weiss

Our driveway is over 150 years long and requires the crossing of a small bridge. We have an alarm that sounds in the house when a car or person (or deer) crosses the bridge. Once upon a time, the dogs were instantly alert and barking when anyone entered the property. But now they rely on the alarm, and only bark when they hear it. If I turn it off for any reason, they detect people and vehicles much later than they once did.

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Decisively Solving Problems (Without Overreach)

Martinka Consulting

“I hate lawyers” was how a client answered the phone. No hello, hi John, or similar. Just, “I hate lawyers.” And obviously not referring to any of my good lawyer friends (the lawyers he referenced are in the Midwest). So what brought this on? The lawyers were overstepping their boundaries. Wordsmithing little things back and forth, trying to make it their deal by changing deal terms, and painting a “doom and gloom” picture for every little issue.

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Q&A with Tony Contakos

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Patrick Jones. Patrick Jones shares his favorite part of his work, his greatest accomplishments, and how to recharge. What are your areas of expertise? . Strategy Design, facilitation, MBA . What led you to Brimstone? . After receiving my MBA I went to Hurrican Island Outward Bound and then on to Brimstone. . What makes Brimstone unique?

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Time Management Won’t Save You

Harvard Business

Focus on the root causes of why you’re so busy — not trying to schedule your way out of it.

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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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What is a great methodology a manager to use for an employee.

Consulthon

Hi All, Would you recommend a methodology a manager to use in order to establish a clear and structured employee's development plan? I would appreciate anything that you have tried in your practic.

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Busy (and reliable)

Seth Godin Blog

The thing that made you busy might have been the reputation you earned for being reliable. Ironically, that very busy-ness might destroy your reputation. That’s one reason that so many service providers stumble once they begin to gain traction. There are two things you can do before the crisis hits: First, say “no.” A lot. The gigs you would have taken when you were struggling might not be the gigs you should take now.

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Q&A with Charles Pfeffer

Brimstone Consulting

Q&A with Charles Pfeffer. Charles Pfeffer shares what he likes best about his role, the biggest mistake he’s made, and what inspires him. What are your areas of expertise? . Executive Coaching (people tell me I’m one of the best listeners they have ever met), Senior Team Development, and Strategy. . What led you to Brimstone? Describe your journey. .

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Your Data Supply Chains Are Probably a Mess. Here’s How to Fix Them.

Harvard Business

The same processes and quality management that inform physical supply chains should be applied to data.

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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.