Sat.Feb 18, 2023 - Fri.Feb 24, 2023

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The CORRECT Response to “How is Your Firm Better?”

David A Fields

Jeff Boyardi, CSO (Chief Sauce Officer) at a Stuphinacan Co. contacts your consulting firm to explore a potential project. You engage in a friendly discovery conversation (a.k.a. Context Discussion) and agree to a follow-up date to discuss next steps. Alas, Jeff isn’t alone at the next call.

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Tech To Consulting: Getting Started in Consulting For Tech Employees

Consulting Success

Are you thinking about taking the tech skills you’ve learned as a full-time employee and going out on your own as a consultant? Maybe you were caught in the recent wave of tech industry layoffs and aren’t so sure you want to start over as a new employee at another company. Or maybe you saw.

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International Standards for Management Consulting

Effective Managers

Here is an article written by David Norman, Chair at The Consultants Peer Group (TCPG). David has created TCPG, a peer group for and about consultants only. David is a very experienced management consultant, currently on the national board of the Institute of Management Consultants in the USA.

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Leadership Trust Killers: 4 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

Organizational Talent Consulting

I inherently trust most people. I also can quickly distrust people. For the same reasons as everyone else, to avoid something bad. Deciding whether to trust or not is always important. Putting faith in the wrong someone or something can lead to big life and career mistakes.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Embracing Your Expertise: The Importance of Believing in Yourself with Ann Carden

Consulting Matters

Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life? Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

When you read the title for this article, you may have heard the 1981 song from The Clash in your head. It’s a great song. Like that song, this article is about deciding to stay or leave a relationship.

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22 Powerful Quotes for Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Rick Conlow

The number 22 signifies one of the most powerful of all numbers. It signifies leaders, doers, and visionaries. These are the people who turn the wildest dreams into amazing accomplishments. They possess a strong sense of purpose about what they do. Read these twenty-two quotes about entrepreneurship.

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Consider Persona-Based Stories to Explain Project Status

Johanna Rothman

I thought watermelon status was something “everyone” knew about. But it's not! Read No More Watermelon Status Reports: How to Use Stories to Explain Project State. That's a persona-based approach to help other people understand the project's reality.

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The creation of one of the largest consulting businesses….ever!

Ben de Haldevang

As part of the new podcast series from the Agile Gorilla Collective, David Boyd, Abhay Pande, Paul Siegenthaler (you can find their bios here [link] – they are an impressive bunch of people!) and I talk through the separation of the EY consulting business as much discussed and written about over the past few months. We address both the operational implications, the impact on clients and how to address the human issues which will undoubtedly arise from the deal.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.

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Why Soft Skills are Necessary in Landing a Consulting Job

Tom Spencer

As Marcel M. Robles once said, “soft skills have more to do with who you are than what you know”. We have machines to deal with hard skills that are physical, repetitive, and require basic cognition. Learning hard skills will prepare you to work with these machine-like abilities.

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Generative AI Won’t Revolutionize Search — Yet

Harvard Business

There are major practical, technical, and legal challenges to overcome before tools like ChatGPT reach the scale, robustness, and reliability of Google. AI and machine learning Technology and analytics Web-based technologies Digital Article

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Consulting in Mongolia- a Personal Journey

Effective Managers

One of the pleasures of being a Certified Management Consultant is to meet and collaborate with CMC peers from around the world. One such colleague is Altantuya Altankhuu (Tuya), currently the Chair of our management consulting Institute in Mongolia.

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Actionable

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The Surprising Effects of Business Vs. Leisure Travel

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Acing the Fit Interview — Finessing Negative Stories

Tom Spencer

Acing the Fit Interview: Strategy and Approach Motivation Questions Effective Storytelling Finessing Negative Stories In the last article of this series, you will learn about complex questions designed to trip up even the best of candidates.

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How to Seed Organic Marketing in a Video-First World

Harvard Business

It’s all about generating content — from consumers, creators, and celebrities. Marketing Social marketing Scaling entrepreneurial ventures Digital Article

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Feedback – What It Is and Why It Is Essential?

Effective Managers

Managers are well aware of the existence of feedback. Employees are no strangers to it either. But what is feedback, and why is it essential? A key role of a manager is to monitor the work of team members, and then support and coach them towards improved performance.

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350: Britt Titus—Let's Use Behavioral Science To Help People Live Better Lives

On the Brink Podcast

Hear how understanding someone's culture can improve lives I was so excited to have the opportunity to speak with Britt Titus on our podcast. As you will learn, Britt found her calling when she discovered how behavioral sciences and humanitarian concerns could transform the world, one step at a time.

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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. With real-time buyer insights, you can be first-in-line to provide solutions and lead better, hyper-personalized conversations.

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About Time

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: This is one of my favourite movies. Reveals the secret to living a lovely. The post About Time appeared first on Consultants' Consultant. Consulting Well Get what you want Improv: creativity listening story Inspiration leadership Manage yourself

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Coaching Your Team as a Collective Makes It Stronger

Harvard Business

Too often, managers see coaching as a one-on-one practice. Collaboration and teams Teams Employee performance management Digital Article

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Accountability: Context and Boundaries of Cross Functional Work

Effective Managers

Cross functional work is one of those concepts that sounds easy to implement in theory, but in practice, you may have varying results. As most other processes within the organization, it all depends on how your organization works and whether you know how to implement it efficiently.

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Test Resource

Actionable

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Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps

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.

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Resource Utilization Made Simple: Essence, Importance, and Ways to Optimize It

Epicflow

How to make sure that a company utilizes its available resources wisely so that they are productive but aren’t overloaded? How to minimize downtime, and get the chance to increase a project’s profitability?

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How Microsoft Became Innovative Again

Harvard Business

Inside the cultural turnaround that helped the tech giant think like a startup. Innovation Strategy Leadership Technology and analytics Digital Article

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Promo creep

Seth Godin Blog

Hustle harder. Run more ads. Spam people. Interrupt. Make the logo bigger. Post again. Post again. Add more blurbs. Push the press release to irrelevant people. Do one more ad. Use AI to create faux intimacy. Get the word out. Burn trust. Get more attention.

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Discover The Rainmaker Secrets Of Riches In The Niches

Henry DeVries

Finding your niche is essential if you are a service business owner. Here are valuable tips on the subject, along with the story of someone who found her niche. Karen Moraghan offers sage advice for any type of business owner.

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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.

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Announcing Dr. Linda Schubring as President of Leadership Vision

Leadership Vision Consulting

In this episode, we announce Linda's new role as President of Leadership Vision. We discuss why this change matters and how it will impact our listeners, viewers, readers, and clients. The post Announcing Dr. Linda Schubring as President of Leadership Vision appeared first on Leadership Vision.

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Survey: Employees Want Business Technologies to be More Collaborative

Harvard Business

When your technologies work well together, your people can, too. Technology and analytics AI and machine learning Automation Business management Digital Article

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Checking the date

Seth Godin Blog

After 2022, it’s hard to tell for sure. And going forward, public life is going to be even more rumor-driven than it is now. Any video, any voiceover, any photograph–we can’t be sure. If YouTube or the Wayback Machine shows us that it happened after 2022, bring some doubt.

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