David A Fields
JULY 5, 2022
The USA and Canada marked Independence Day this past weekend (as did seven other countries), which is a good reminder to reflect on why leading an independent consulting firm is such an amazing choice. 10 Benefits of Leading an Independent Consulting Firm You Define Success You decide what the goals are, what performance is acceptable … Continued.
Consulting Success
JULY 4, 2022
Elevating your consulting business involves more than having the right strategy, leadership, client, or customer approach. The best tool you can have is someone’s help to coach you with the critical resources in your business and guide your processes. Join your host Michael Zipursky as he dives deep into a conversation with Cynthia Mills on. Mastering the Solo Consulting Business Model with Cynthia Mills: Podcast #245 is a post from: Consulting Success.
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Harvard Business
JULY 4, 2022
Three ways to increase the chance that top talent sticks around.
Consulting Matters
JULY 7, 2022
Do you want to know what executives in world-class companies think about leadership and why they hire consultants and coaches? Today, I'm chatting with one of my favorite executives of all time, Jim MacPhee, recently retired Chief Operating Officer and self-proclaimed Experience Steward for Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. He is also the author of the newly released book Engage, Inspire, Lead.
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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.
Rick Conlow
JULY 4, 2022
Pessimism is hazardous to your health, according to a 25-year study at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. The study wanted to identify optimism and pessimism tendencies in people. Therefore, the Mayo Clinic distributed a personality test to hundreds of participants. The results proved that, on average, pessimistic people die 19 percent earlier than optimistic individuals.
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Asamby Consulting
JULY 5, 2022
This article is the third of a series of posts on how to build a company "operating system", the infrastructure that functions as a backbone of your most common tasks and daily activities. In particular in this article we focus on how to track company time on Airtable in order to be able to run analysis and optimization activities. The system is implemented in a working Airtable base that you can freely copy and reuse for your specific company needs.
Brimstone Consulting
JULY 5, 2022
This is an excerpt from The Core 4 , by Brimstone’s Managing Founder, Bob Weiler. The book explores the foundational capabilities of any organization, from a small group to a global enterprise—leadership, change, alignment, and energy. These core drivers are critical to accelerating growth, performance, and profitability. Commit to Leading. A common thread running through our experiences with many leaders is that— at some point—individuals must make an explicit commitment to being a leader.
Henry DeVries
JULY 3, 2022
“Historians, business leaders, and our own experience would suggest that we’re entering into an era like the Great Renaissance,” says marketing expert Drew McLellan. “The question is: what part will we play?".
Harvard Business
JULY 7, 2022
Technology offers new ways of sharing information and assets, meaning managers will have to rethink their relationships with suppliers and competitors.
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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
Makarios Consulting
JULY 6, 2022
The connection between discipline and success is one that leaders know well. Disciplines such as communicating regularly with staff, setting goals, holding people accountable, and giving feedback reap their reward in the form of a positive corporate culture, strong teams, fulfilled objectives, and business growth. Given that direct cause-and-effect relationship, why do leaders often stop the very disciplines that helped them achieve success?
Brimstone Consulting
JULY 5, 2022
Q&A with Bob Weiler. Bob Weiler shares his journey to founding Brimstone, the great advice he’s received, and what inspires him. What are your areas of expertise? Strategy, organization structure, business growth, business acceleration, marketing, leadership development. What led you to Brimstone? Describe your journey. Before launching Brimstone, I was the President and COO of Grand Circle Travel, an industry leader in direct marketing of travel to mature Americans; Associate Director
Organizational Talent Consulting
JULY 4, 2022
What if I told you that your greatest leadership challenge isn't what you think it is? A while back, a results-driven leader came to me with a serious personal dilemma. Their work harder and longer hours approach had left them feeling exhausted and with a deep sense of regret from missing out on life. The newly promoted executive was on the edge of burnout.
Harvard Business
JULY 3, 2022
Ten years after the authors made this claim, they take a fresh look at the job.
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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.
CaseInterview.com
JULY 8, 2022
Below is a question I received from a candidate about a specific case given to them, and my response about how to keep it simple. Question: The below case resulted in the feedback that I am really analytical and smarter than most people in their office but too detailed approach, not being able to creatively quickly change thinking on the spot. Also they mentioned if something like this happens, you need to interact with the interviewer to come to a solution together, which i didn’t do̷
Nash Consulting
JULY 7, 2022
(AND HOW TO DO IT WELL) By Ethan Nash "Our only security is our ability to change." - John Lilly Because we are living in an increasingly changing world, it has become more and more necessary for organizations to be flexible, nimble, and adaptable. Quick pivots and transformations of core processes, products, services, and operations are becoming a requirement for organizational survival.
Actionable
JULY 6, 2022
Let’s talk about scaling beyond your time: the holy grail of consulting and training firms. First, we need to address some of the invisible pitfalls where many of us get stuck. At Actionable, we’ve developed a model called the Insight-Action Flywheel to analyze onsite engagement. Using this four-point model, we help consultants look at the […] The post How to Scale Beyond Your Time appeared first on Actionable.co.
Makarios Consulting
JULY 6, 2022
The connection between discipline and success is one that leaders know well. Disciplines such as communicating regularly with staff, setting goals, holding people accountable, and giving feedback reap their reward in the form of a positive corporate culture, strong teams, fulfilled objectives, and business growth. Given that direct cause-and-effect relationship, why do leaders often stop the very disciplines that helped them achieve success?
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.
Chad Barr
JULY 6, 2022
Every week I have wonderful conversations and interviews with our clients. I just reflected on some of these conversations and decided to share with you the top four questions I was asked and my answers to these questions. I hope this is of value to you: Q: Why do your clients’ keep facing their difficult challenges? A: Not identifying their strategy and action plan not evolving while keeping them stagnant by is the 1 st reason.
Business Consulting Agency
JULY 5, 2022
Business if fascinating! Successful companies can go under fast. A business almost gone can return successfully and dominate in the market. Business is fascinating like that. Many have a passion for business. Some are in business to reap the vast benefits it offers. The journey is exciting and dramatic at times. There is no shortage of ups and downs in the business world.
Actionable
JULY 6, 2022
Let’s talk about scaling beyond your time: the holy grail of consulting and training firms. First, we need to address some of the invisible pitfalls where many of us get stuck. At Actionable, we’ve developed a model called the Insight-Action Flywheel to analyze onsite engagement. Using this four-point model, we help consultants look at the […].
Epicflow
JULY 5, 2022
Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. However, the main challenge of this process is that it has to be performed under conditions of uncertainty – you can forecast only the approximate budget you’re going to spend on a project. At the same time, the forecasted cost should not be too overestimated or underestimated.
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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
Harvard Business
JULY 6, 2022
Price swings signal important information to investors — and build previously unseen levels of transparency into the system.
Management and IT Consulting
JULY 7, 2022
With attacks on businesses increasing every day, it is more important than ever for companies to take cybersecurity seriously.
Actionable
JULY 4, 2022
You’re not charging enough for your consulting services. At Actionable, we can say this to you with an exceptionally high degree of confidence. How can we know this? We’ve worked with thousands of consultants over the last fifteen years, and we know what folks are charging. If you are a sole practitioner or part of […] The post You’re Not Charging Enough appeared first on Actionable.co.
Seth Godin Blog
JULY 3, 2022
One is very skilled at following the recipe. Quality control, consistency and diligence. The other understands how the recipe works, sees patterns and opportunities and changes the recipe to fit the problem to be solved. It’s about metaphor in addition to process. Both are useful. If you think this is a post about cooking, you might be the first kind of cook.
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