Consulting Success

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Now, I could tell you that our programs are the best at helping consultants grow their consulting business… …or, I could SHOW you the hundreds of testimonials and clients sharing their results. Which would you find more compelling? The latter. Your clients raving about you is far more impactful than you raving about yourself. But. The BEST Way To Get Testimonials From Clients (& How To Use Them) is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.” Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. According to BCG’s analysis , productivity at companies that have shifted to remote work has increased between 15% and 40%.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Even though some offices are starting to open up post-COVID, it seems unlikely that things will return to how they were before the pandemic anytime soon. Many businesses are looking at staying fully remote or offering a more flexible approach with a mix of coming into the office and working from home.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Space-X recently completed another mission. The company hurled a handful of humans (who are infinitely braver than I am) into space so that they can literally hang out at the International Space Station. Rocketeers balance two forces: gravity and thrust. Gravity holds the rocket in place on the launch-pad at Cape Canaveral, which is convenient … Continued.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Even the best leaders need guidance in times of crisis or if they want to prevent one whenever the stakes are high. They need someone who is brutally honest whenever they’re about to do something stupid and lead them to make better, level-headed decisions. For a lot of leaders, that accountability partner is Constance Dierickx, Crisis Leadership: How To Make Better Decisions During Tough Times With Constance Dierickx: Podcast #165 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes. Making a shift into the consulting world may feel daunting, especially if you have no prior exposure to the industry. As such, learning how to be as confident as a consultant presents a conundrum. How are you supposed to be confident when you do not have a consulting background? Case interviews are synonymous with consulting recruitment and are characterised by unfamiliar problems.

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Henry DeVries

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Justin Breen preaches the gospel of exponential growth. Here are some of the top business development growth secrets he has learned since founding his company in 2017.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. He explained that John could: Coded faster than anyone else. Write and release full applications over a weekend. “Mind-meld” with the users. No one else in Steve's group could do this. Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers?

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Tsavo Neal

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A “good” website does what it’s supposed to do — for both the owner of the website and the person using the website. A “good” website does what it’s supposed to do — for both the owner of the website and the person using the website. A “bad” website doesn’t. Let’s take your consulting website as an example. If it’s “good,” it provides value and insight to your prospective client.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes. You can generally tell whether you did well in an interview based on the connection you built with the interviewer. You have probably been in situations where an interview felt uneasy and awkward because of a lack of chemistry with the interviewer. Have you ever thought, “I just couldn’t click with the interviewer” following a difficult interview?

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Henry DeVries

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

"Keep serving your clients. Be a leader. Be the voice of reason when they need it most. Be radical and take practical action. Don't shut down, don't be afraid," says profit coach Susie Carder.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 1, 2020

While online classes have been around for a substantial amount of time, their use wasn’t as nearly as widespread as it has been since COVID-19. Many higher education institutions had little choice but to transition to virtual learning models as shelter-in-place orders spread across the country. Students were required to adjust, causing many who preferred the in-person experience to have.

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The Source

DECEMBER 3, 2020

On the eve of the US election, FiveThirtyEight—the gold standard of election forecasting sites, run by the esteemed data journalist Nate Silver—confidently predicted a comfortable Biden victory, with the former vice president expected to pick up 348 electoral college votes to Trump’s 190. In reality, the Biden/Harris ticket received only 306 votes—enough to win the White House, but a remarkable distance off from Silver’s prediction.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When you listen, you learn. Yes, leaders walk around and ask questions – usually good questions. But more importantly, the great leaders we’ve worked with know how to hold their tongues and let everyone else talk , even if it’s information they already know. They ask a question and then go quiet which isn’t always easy for CEOs, powerful communicators, or salespeople.

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On the Brink Podcast

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Learn an important key to growing your business! As a corporate anthropologist who works with organizations that need or want to change, it was truly a pleasure to bring Bill Flynn onto our show. We talked about all the things you need to develop to thrive in these fast-changing times. As Bill tells us, thousands of businesses are started every day.

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Communities made up of members of your target market are a great source of leads. In a letter a few years back, I shared how I once landed a 4-figure project by commenting on Reddit ( [link] ). Since then, I’ve kept engaged in communities to meet people, have conversations, and generate leads. Recently, I rejoined a Slack community and started hanging out in their #marketing, #seo, #email-marketing, and #business channels to participate, answer questions, and share advice.

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Management and IT Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2020

There are plenty of challenges for consulting firms around hiring and retaining the right talent. Here are some tips for hiring talent taken from the recent Technology Advice Paper: Top 10 Critical Consulting Moves for 2021.

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Claris Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Good morning, everyone. Hugh's Words of Wisdom Wednesday asks, how is your mindset? Amid a worldwide pandemic, what's going on in between your two ears? Are you upbeat, optimistic, feeling depleted? Are you feeling worn down? Where are you from a mindset perspective? I want to suggest that mastering our mindset is the greatest catalyst I have ever used to help people grow, prosper, and live lives of passion, innovation, and growth.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 2, 2020

It happens every single year. The lake effect snow that we Clevelanders know all too well, arrives with a vengeance and we act as if it’s a rare, unexpected occurrence, one for which we are wholly unprepared. We woke to a foot of overnight snow and sat, watching out the window, waiting for the snowplow to arrive to clear out the driveway. After the requisite call to the company, he finally arrived at 11 am, cleared the snow, only to be replaced a few hours later with another foot of flurri

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Kai Davis

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Friendly follow-up helps; it doesn’t harass. Friendly follow-up moves the conversation forward. (But: forward doesn’t always mean ‘towards the outcome you want.’ Being told ‘no’ is forward movement from ‘no reply.’). When you write your follow-up, bias towards taking action in the email. Don’t default to a passive role. That’s the difference between saying: Did you get that thing I sent you.

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Rod Burkert

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you missed my last post: The Preloaded Year. I’d like to think that all my posts are valuable to you in some way, shape, or form. But I believe this last post is especially valuable because it not only encouraged you to keep your foot on the practice development accelerator through the end of the year, it told you how to do it and gave you a calendar and a formula for planning next year.

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Claris Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Good morning, everyone. I want to suggest that you should forget your quota. You should forget your sales targets. You should not be focused on your targets, but instead, you should hyper-focus on your customer targets. Yes, you should focus on your client quotas and help them achieve them. There's an interesting perspective in today's Words of Wisdom.

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Makarios Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

“Imagine that you have delegated literally everything you are responsible for. You’ve given it all to other people in the organization and have a blank slate before you. You now have the opportunity to take back or add one specific responsibility – this is where you will concentrate your time and effort. You want to choose the highest-value activity to engage in.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Jason Richmond is the founder of Ideal Outcomes and the author of Culture Spark: 5 Steps to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth. He's dedicated the last 20+ years to helping organizations of all sizes with developing both individual skills and culture, earning himself a membership with the Forbes Business Council.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Shared success is a goal of most organization change. It is the magic that happens when individuals work together to benefit the whole—not just within teams, but across product lines, geographies and functions. Fueling shared success takes more than asking people to collaborate. It requires a well-designed and aligned system of organizational accountabilities, individual roles, business and individual priorities, decision rights, scorecards and rewards.

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