Sat.Mar 27, 2021 - Fri.Apr 02, 2021

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The Power of Mindfulness: Remember, Recenter, Re-engage

Brimstone Consulting

As busy professionals, we usually can’t stop when we are feeling overwhelmed, provoked, or off-kilter to recenter ourselves and then re-engage with our colleagues cool, calm, and collected. It would be great if we could put the world on pause while we get ourselves together, but that is not a realistic expectation. So, given that we are constantly being pushed and pulled in all directions, what can we do to more effectively recenter ourselves and spend less time in unproductive states of mind?

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The Secrets of High Growth Consultancies

Management and IT Consulting

What high-growth firms are doing in 2021 to make them more visible and grow faster than their no-growth peers.

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If Your Company Uses AI, It Needs an Institutional Review Board

Harvard Business

Standard approaches ignore scores of possible ethical problems. To better mitigate risk, companies should take a cue from the health care sector.

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3 Steps to Generate Leads for Your Consulting Firm from Content Marketing

David A Fields

Your outstanding content demonstrates to readers, listeners and viewers that your consulting firm houses the knowledge, talent and expertise to solve your client’s thorniest challenges. However, you may be missing a hidden route to surfacing leads for your consulting firm via digital content. Below is a key distinction and three steps to maximize the lead-generating … 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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Leaving A Multi-Billion Dollar Company To Start A Consulting Business With Amanda Hill: Podcast #180

Consulting Success

Are you thinking of venturing into the unknown to pursue building your own business? Today’s guest is Amanda Hill, CEO of Female Forward. Amanda left her position in P&G to pursue her calling in consulting. Amanda was driven by her servant leadership mentality, passion for learning new industries, and her personal desire to have more. Leaving A Multi-Billion Dollar Company To Start A Consulting Business With Amanda Hill: Podcast #180 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Challenges to Virtual Training (And How You Can Overcome Them)

Clarity Consultants

Virtual training brings a lot to the table. It makes learning possible regardless of location. Plus, when you use asynchronous or on-demand approaches, the day of day is irrelevant, too. This can be a boon for companies that have to adapt their training to navigate the complexities of the pandemic or that simply want increased versatility. However, virtual training does.

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Leadership Tip #4: Admit When You Don’t Know

Johanna Rothman

Someone asks you for information and you don't know the answer. Maybe a senior manager asks, “When can the customers expect this particular feature?” Or your manager asks, “How does this specific architecture work for our product?” A colleague or a person you serve asks, “Why are we doing this?” You might freeze and not be able to answer in the moment.

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4 Ways to put a Spring in your Step at work

The Management Centre

Winter is finally over. The days are getting longer. The UK lockdown may be ending. The trees are blossoming, bulbs are flowering and all around us birds sing hallelujah. …Not quite accurate? Are you struggling to find the joys of spring at work? Feeling a bit flat or stagnant? The last 12 months have been tough, so it is totally understandable that Spring may not yet have Sprung for you.

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The Greatest Leadership Principle of All-Time

Rick Conlow

The greatest leadership principle of all-time is elusive even though it is common sense. Unfortunately, “The obscure we eventually see. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer,” says journalist Edward Murrow. Managers often miss the greatest leadership principle of all-time. This is true about what it takes to be a successful leader. There is so much noise out there!

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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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6 Tips For A Successful Remote Start

Tom Spencer

There is no denying that the Corona pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we work. Home office and video conferences have become the norm, and some say they are here to stay. While the “new normal” can be convenient in many ways, it also presents an unprecedented challenge for new starters. Six months ago, I started my first full-time job for a large technology company in the middle of the pandemic.

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The Focus of Every Agile Coach: Support How the Business Creates Value

Johanna Rothman

How should agile coaches work? I've heard several questions and problems around what agile coaches should and should not do. Should agile coaches focus on: How well the teams use their pre-determined agile framework. (For example, how good is their Scrum?). Enroll (or somehow persuade) the managers in an agile mindset. (As an example, how agile do the managers think?).

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How Is Blockchain Being Used to Make eLearning Even Better at the Collegiate Level

Clarity Consultants

Thanks to the rise of Bitcoin, Blockchain has been making headlines for years. While the technology is an integral part of the cryptocurrency landscape. Blockchain’s potential extends well beyond the world of digital currency. In fact, when used correctly. Blockchain has the ability to enhance eLearning at the collegiate level. The post How Is Blockchain Being Used to Make eLearning Even Better at the Collegiate Level appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Training Development.

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Four Ways To Use Key Influencers To Generate Word Of Mouth Advertising

Henry DeVries

Invest quality time in key relationships with those who have the most credibility and experience, with the largest spheres of influence, ensuring they understand the full value of your solution and what it can mean for their business.

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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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The real advantage of case interview preparation

Tom Spencer

Consulting case interviews require lots of preparation. On average probably 1-2 months. Although you will hear of some geniuses who aced their cases after only one week of preparation, this is probably not true for us mere mortals. Consequently, if you want to be well prepared for your case interview, you will probably have to expect 1-2 months of intense preparation, after which it is not yet certain whether you will receive the job offer.

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Case Interview Frameworks

CaseInterview.com

Case Interview Frameworks. If you’ve done any research on case interview frameworks , you’ll find that my approach is a bit different than what you might see elsewhere. Other case interview prep resources often will give you dozens of frameworks to use in your preparation. My approach is different in that I have found it easier to master just 3-4 key frameworks that apply to the vast majority of cases.

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Consultant Marketing Pillow Talk

Jerry Fletcher

If you’re lucky. Not everyone has a partner outside the business they can talk to candidly about how it is going. For the majority of consultants who are solopreneurs the only chance they have is when they are comfortably esconced in bed with that special person. If married the mate can be the sounding board. In a long term relationship you can share with the one you’re with.

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Why You Need Proactive Marketing

The Fearless Marketer

I don’t think I’ve seen a tougher environment for attracting new clients than in the past year. The pandemic has definitely made things harder. Companies are tightening their belts, and clients are in a reactive, not creative mindset. Even in my business, it’s been slower than usual filling my programs. So, what have I done and what do I think you should do?

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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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Why Your LinkedIn Is Not Attracting High-Paying Clients

Henry DeVries

Be the rare consultant or professional on LinkedIn who just starts helping.

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Janine Firpo—Yes, You Can Make Money Investing In What You Believe In

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how where you invest your money really matters. Not only do all of the women in my new book, " Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in B usiness," inspire me, but I'm finding that Women's History Month is the perfect time to celebrate them and really call attention to what they're accomplished. That's why I'm re-posting my podcast interviews with them throughout this month of March.

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Yes We Can

Chad Barr

Since being fully vaccinated 3 weeks ago, Laurel and I took the opportunity to reunite with our children and grandchildren this past weekend to observe the second Passover seder, finally, in person. We hadn’t met with them unmasked since last year and since we now met the CDC requirements, we got to bring them back to Cleveland for 2 days! As soon as they climbed out of the car and into the house, they flew down the basement steps to check out the exercise room, play with the balls, toys a

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How this CPA-turned-CEO Uses Data Driven Decision Making to Improve Profitability w/Stephen King

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Stephen King is the President & CEO of GrowthForce , a company that specializes in outsourced bookkeeping, accounting and controller services for companies that want to run better, grow faster and make more money. Stephen spent much of his career at Ernst & Young and Amnesty International US, and has started a couple of his own companies.

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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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Does a High-Performance Culture Make a Difference?

Effective Managers

The culture in your organization matters. The concept of organization culture is popular right now. ASs a result, many owners are thinking about a high-performance culture, and how to go about it. But how much of a difference does it really make and what can it do for your organization? Some believe it would make a difference; some do not. That’s why I want to provide some insights into a high-performance culture so you can decide for yourself whether or not it makes a difference.

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260: Bruce Eckfeldt—How Can You Really Scale Your Business to Succeed?

On the Brink Podcast

Need to grow your business, fast? Hear how! Bruce Eckfeldt roams in the same territories that I do, but his background and experience are rather different. He was an architect until he realized that learning how to be an architect is very different from being one. So he skipped over into business and never looked back. In our conversation today, we dig deep into what he learned as a CEO in an Inc. 500 company, building his own company, and then selling it and pivoting to redesign his career.

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Research: A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost

Harvard Business

A month after receiving short, hand-signed thank you notes, workers reported feeling significantly more valued by their organization.

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Business – It’s Not Rocket Science

Martinka Consulting

I have never worked with a business buyer who didn’t want to grow (aka scale) the business they buy. I don’t know if I’ve ever met a buyer who only wanted to keep it where it is. So I found a Bloomberg article in the February 14, 2021 Seattle Times interesting when they quoted Pierre Poignant who is running Branded, a VC back firm that has acquired 20 houseware and leisure brands.

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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.