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10 Rules to be Happier as a Consulting Firm Leader

David A Fields

You don’t have to run a consulting firm, you know. You could return to a corporate role or enter an entirely different profession like law, accounting or dairy farming. If you’re going to lead a consulting practice, consulting should make you happy. Just sayin’.

Secrets of Consulting Excellence

Consulting Matters

Ready to take your place as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the C-Suite? Today, I am sharing my secrets to working with the C-Suite in this first episode of my new Organizational Consulting 101 Series.

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The 4-Phases of Growing a Consulting Firm

Actionable

Over 14 years I’ve had the pleasure of literally thousands of conversations* with consultants, facilitators, trainers and coaches, at every stage of their journey and every size from solo to multi-national.

Consulting For Equity: 4 Factors You Can’t Afford To Ignore

Consulting Success

Should you provide consulting for equity? A few years ago, I was in New Orleans sitting by the pool at our villa. I received an urgent email from a Clarity Coaching client: “I have an early-stage prospective client and they really want to work with me.

7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

Streaming real-time intent is a homerun for marketing and sales’ account-based marketing (ABM) strategies—the ultimate competitive advantage. With the help of the fastest, most frictionless way to target strategic accounts with in-the-moment behavioral data, marketers can reach prospects at the very beginning of their buyer’s journey. Even before they’ve engaged with any sales or marketing channels. With real-time buyer insights, you can be first-in-line to provide solutions and lead better, hyper-personalized conversations, helping you prioritize sales outreach with companies that are ready to buy.

Unlock Untapped Markets By Finding Your Clients’ Watering Holes

Forbes Leadership

According to business development expert Pamela Slim, the key to meeting new customers is to find the watering holes where they gather. Leadership Strategy /leadership-strategy Leadership /leadership Leadership Strategy /leadership-strategy leadership

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Faster Management Decisions Can Lead to More Ease and Better Results, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

If we want more ease and better results, we need to be able to change when the world changes. Yet, we don't always notice these changes, so we don't create options and experiment. Too often, we feel as if the world drags us down. We double-down on what we've been doing.

The “Anti-Corporate American” Approach For Building A Successful Consulting Business With Kim Crowder: Podcast #266

Consulting Success

Every entrepreneur wants their business to be a huge success. But sometimes, even the best entrepreneurs get tired of the rat race in corporate.

The Costs and Benefits of Brand Consolidation

Harvard Business Review

A look at the impact on market presence, cost savings, and brand image. Brand management Growth strategy Competitive strategy Strategy Digital Article

Money & Power

CaseInterview.com

There’s an expression here in the United States that money changes people (for the worse) and that power corrupts people. I disagree. Instead, I think money and power merely amplify a person’s true values and beliefs. When you have money and power, you aren’t beholden to anyone.

4 Data-Driven Steps To Drive Successful B2B Demand Generation

Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects using different types of data.

The Four Most Prevalent Models for Instructional Design

Clarity Consultants

When you’re creating new training or coursework, choosing an instructional design model is typically essential. The selected methodology gives you a core framework, guiding the process and ensuring critical steps aren’t overlooked.

Building a Meaningful Consulting Practice with Patrick Farran: Podcast #264

Consulting Success

If you want to start up a meaningful consulting practice, you need to understand what drives people at a human level. Know your client’s motivation and know why you are being of service to them. Show up as your whole self and really try to add value to your clients.

Your Competitors Aren’t Always Who You Think They Are

Harvard Business Review

To understand your customers’ expectations, look beyond your industry. Business management Strategy Competitive strategy Corporate strategy Customer strategy Customer-centricity Strategy formulation Strategic planning Digital Article

Direct Access Connectivity Issues: Unable to Reconnect

Kraft Kennedy

Direct Access may be unable to reconnect after your device has connectivity issues. Issue. After installing KB5019509 or later updates, you might be unable to reconnect to DirectAccess after temporarily losing network connectivity or transitioning between Wi-Fi networks or access points. Workaround.

The Surprising Effects of Business Vs. Leisure Travel

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Leadership: Why Gratitude Really Matters Now

Organizational Talent Consulting

Gratitude is a leadership superpower. In a down economy or toxic workplace, things get negative quickly. Most trying to survive the day, living from weekend to weekend. What was a minor concern yesterday is a company critical issue today.

Epicflow Updates: Advanced Task and Load Management with a Task List’s Group Tab

Epicflow Blog

Our mission is to simplify multi-project resource management, help project teams be maximum efficient, and let companies grow by intaking more orders and delivering their initiatives faster and cheaper.

How Maersk Designed a More Resilient Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

In 2021, the shipping giant launched an innovation center to contend with current and future challenges. Operations and supply chain management Innovation Digital Article

337: Vicki Baker—Isn't It Time For You To Power Through To Your Next Career Stop?

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how to boldly take control of your own career path. Dr. Vicki Baker's sixth book in five years solidifies her standing as a nationally recognized expert in the unique issues faced by mid-career faculty in higher education.

16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

After gathering some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros, we've package them here for you. Try one of these 16 plays in your next salesflow or as inspiration for your next winning sales engagement strategy.

Building a Sustainability Business Framework

Brimstone Consulting

CASE STUDY. How a Sustainability Business Framework Aligned the Leadership Team and Accelerated Progress. A Director of Sustainability in a billion + life sciences company was tasked with designing her division’s first sustainability strategic business framework.

Improving Multi-Project Resource Management: Workload Analysis and Bottleneck Elimination Features

Epicflow Blog

In the previous article, we showed you Task List updates.

6 Ways to Reenergize a Depleted Team

Harvard Business Review

If your team isn’t displaying the vibrant energy they once had, these practices can help. Managing people Motivating people Burnout Wellness Digital Article

The leaf blower parable

Seth Godin Blog

It’s autumn in North America, and that means that homeowners and contractors are busy removing suburban leaves. It’s almost impossible to avoid the deafening roar of gas-powered leaf blowers.

The 5 Stages of Account-Based Marketing — and How to Win Them All

Successfully complete the five stages of ABM: define, identify, engage, convert, and connect. We’ll show you how to create a unified system with your sales team to help them land more qualified opportunities and connect with prospects like never before.

Building a Strategic Roadmap to Achieve Sustainability Goals

Brimstone Consulting

CASE STUDY. Accelerating Progress Towards Achieving Sustainability Goals. A global agricultural sciences company engaged Brimstone to partner with its Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) to build a strategic roadmap that would enable the company to achieve its sustainability goals.

Launching the COMATCH Consulting Climate

Comatch

Monitoring industry trends is crucial for businesses as well as individuals. Observing forward-looking data helps track market expectations and prepare for changing economic situations.

How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work

Harvard Business Review

It may soon be standard practice for AI tools — such as GPT-3 and DALL-E — to provide first drafts of emails, articles, reports, blog posts, presentations, videos, and more. Digital Article

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Whining and status

Seth Godin Blog

Toddlers don’t get afforded a lot of respect. They whine all the time about how unfair things are, and it’s difficult to take them seriously. Lately, in our quest for victory, we’ve established that some winners get there via whining, and perhaps this is a useful strategy.

The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

Sourcing the right executive candidates and filling key managerial roles in an organization can be difficult, even in the best of times. Download this eBook to level up your discovery process, talent sourcing, and strategies for reaching your best-fit candidates.

See the Good, Be the Good

Chad Barr

Yesterday, Laurel officiated the funeral for a well-known and beloved Cleveland Federal Court Magistrate. Judge Perelman had come up through the ranks as a law clerk and became recognized for his fairness and objectivity when writing opinions.

Talent, Too, Has A Shelf-Life

Alan Weiss

The half-life of the most common uranium isotope is 4.5 billion years. That is not a typo, look it up.). The half-life of certain talents is about 4.5 years and descending.

When — and How — to Say No to Extra Work

Harvard Business Review

Four common situations to watch out for. Time management Personal productivity Managing yourself Difficult conversations Personal growth and transformation Interpersonal skills Digital Article