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How the “Small Gap” Creates More Clients for Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

People are most likely to act when what they want is within reach. You can leverage that bias to win more clients for your consulting firm. Motivation’s a funny thing. You think to yourself, “Self, this is the year my consulting firm is going to put millions of dollars into my pocket. Also, I’m going … Continued. The post How the “Small Gap” Creates More Clients for Your Consulting Firm appeared first on David A.

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Winning The New Year: 5 Growth Levers For Entrepreneurial Consultants In 2022: Podcast #219

Consulting Success

2021 has been a tough and challenging year. But despite it all, we have to give it to ourselves for making it here—almost greeting the new year ahead. It is time to learn from the past and look forward to a new and better future. Let us win the new year as host Michael Zipursky. Winning The New Year: 5 Growth Levers For Entrepreneurial Consultants In 2022: Podcast #219 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Subsidized Strategic Planning for Non-Profits: Our Non-Profit Alignment Program is Back!

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Hey there. Are you a non-profit organization that's looking to get your team aligned and on the same page for 2022? I'm very excited to tell you about our Non-Profit Alignment Program.

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Companies Are Facing New Challenges – Are You Keeping Your Leadership Training Current?

Clarity Consultants

Today, companies are facing a slew of new challenges. Skill gaps have long been a burden for employers, making it difficult to secure the capabilities they need to accomplish their goals. There’s also a growing talent shortage, making it even more difficult for organizations to avoid staffing shortages and maintain full productivity. Additionally, many professionals have different expectations of employers now.

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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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Leadership Tip 17: Consciously Choose How You Optimize the Salary Money

Johanna Rothman

Tim, the Engineering VP, was worried he would lose people after their reviews and salary changes. He didn't have enough money to pay the salaries he thought everyone deserved. He'd fought with his fellow VPs for more money, but that didn't work. He had a too-small pot of money to distribute. He had these problems: The company did salary planning once a year, and January was it.

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IT Consulting: What’s All the Fuss about ‘Soft Skills’

Tom Spencer

Roaming through a series of management books and business coaching sessions, one can easily feel overwhelmed by the constant reappearance of certain buzzwords. ‘Resilience’, ‘agility’ and ‘holistic thinking’ are all features of effective business management that have gained widespread consensus approval, but the meaning behind these catchphrases often becomes blurred by the hype.

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Can New Year’s Resolutions Help Attract High-Paying Clients?

Henry DeVries

Margaret Page of Toastmasters International shares how making New Year's resolutions can be one of the keys to your success.

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Using Uncertainty Modeling to Better Predict Demand

Harvard Business

Many demand prediction models fall short because they fail to account for how data is generated.

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Project Management Areas You Need to Rethink

PM Alliance

The core functions of project management are the same as they’ve always been, but much has changed in the rest of the business world that influences how project teams plan, monitor, and execute projects. Our project management consulting team has helped clients transform their practices to take advantage of the latest technology tools and updated processes, and organizations today can access new resources that streamline and enrich the way project teams manage projects and support stakeholders.

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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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In building up its tech capabilities, has McKinsey left itself vulnerable?

The Source

Back in 2018, we wrote about the growing threat Bain, BCG, and other firms pose to McKinsey. Focusing on McKinsey’s clients at the time, we saw that Deloitte and Accenture emerged as bigger threats than traditional strategy competitors in a number of key services we ask about, including digital transformation. We also saw that although, unsurprisingly, large proportions of McKinsey’s clients were loyal for business strategy work, when it came to technology services, clients were less likely to s

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How to build an effective recruitment process

Asamby Consulting

Finding and retaining talents is a vital part of any successful business. However, companies often do not know how and where to find the right candidate that is a good fit to their organization. Asamby uses a process derived from the book “Who - The A method of Hiring”, that we adapted for small business. When we work on clients’ recruitment processes, we strive to create a team of "A players'' for our clients to scale and optimize their business.

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Strategy Implementation Lessons Learned from 2021: What to watch for as you move into 2022 Ep#140

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.

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Hybrid meetings

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: In my experience as a trainer, facilitator and also participant in meetings, “hybrid” meetings. The post Hybrid meetings appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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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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Pushing Back on Personal Pushback to Change

Makarios Consulting

We have often talked about change management from the perspective of a leader helping his or her team/employees through the resistance that is a natural part of change. But what about when you as the leader and your leadership team are the ones giving pushback? This situation is not uncommon. Just because you are a leader does not make you immune to resisting the uncertainty and messiness that invariably accompanies change.

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10 Insights to Start Your Year with a Bang!

Chad Barr

The Big Bang was the title of my first Raising the Barr® newsletter that I launched nine years ago. So much has transpired since that day and I am thankful for overcoming many life and business challenges while rejoicing in the many triumphs and gifts life has offered me. Here is a list I prepared to make this year extraordinary while keeping your momentum moving forward.

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Remote Collaboration Could be Your Company's Key to Survival w/Matt Compton, CEO Ep#139

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.

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What Courageous Leaders Do Differently

Harvard Business

It’s not about being fearless — it’s about how you act when you’re afraid.

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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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Pushing Back on Personal Pushback to Change

Makarios Consulting

We have often talked about change management from the perspective of a leader helping his or her team/employees through the resistance that is a natural part of change. But what about when you as the leader and your leadership team are the ones giving pushback? This situation is not uncommon. Just because you are a leader does not make you immune to resisting the uncertainty and messiness that invariably accompanies change.

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Generative hobbies

Seth Godin Blog

Some people say “hobby” like it’s a bad thing. In a race for more, it seems as though doing something you don’t get paid for, something that requires patience and skill–well, some people don’t get it. They’d rather troll around on social media or watch a rerun. A generation or two ago, hobbies were things like paint by number or candlemaking, or perhaps a woodshop.

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Pulling the trigger

Martinka Consulting

After a couple phone conversations plus zoom meetings a (supposed) business buyer wrote me and made three points, which were: His concern over fees. Uncertainty about how those fees and his time commitment will turn out. Pulling the trigger. I wrote back a one sentence reply, which was: When you have an answer to your third point everything else will fall into place whether that answer is yes or no.

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Have Remote Employees Lost Touch with Customers’ Needs?

Harvard Business

Three ways leaders can bring customers to life for teams who don’t regularly interact with them.

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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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Message to New and Prospective Students for Applied Behavioral Economics in Finance and Marketing (AEM 6150 – Spring 2022)

Steve Shu Consulting

Welcome to Applied Behavioral Economics in Finance and Marketing (AEM 6150)! This new course is geared toward developing knowledge, ability, and professional skills to apply behavioral economics in business settings. The course is especially geared toward students who may consider future professions in consumer finance, marketing, product development, data science, or consulting/advisory.

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Might as well quit

Seth Godin Blog

There’s a better cause right around the corner. It might not work. You’ll never be able to keep all the promises. It can’t last forever. We’re all going to die. It’s not perfect. Someone might steal your idea. There will be critics. You’re not ready. Someone else is going to do it. It’s not that important. It might not work.

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Key Steps to Shape Your Corporate Culture

LSA Global

Where Corporate Culture Fits For some, workplace culture can be overwhelming. Savvy business leaders understand the importance of culture in terms of business performance and employee engagement. They fully recognize that their strategy (the WHAT) must go through their people (the WHO) and their workplace culture (the HOW) to be successfully executed.

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How Does Your Company Support “First-Generation Professionals”?

Harvard Business

New research looks at the experience of individuals from working-class backgrounds in white-collar jobs.

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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.