David A Fields
DECEMBER 16, 2015
At last count, there are 2,398 programs, vehicles and channels for you to market your consulting firm. Approximately. You can buy yourself some SEO tactics, media packages, space on a speaker platform or the perfect webinar system. Myriad spending choices all devoted to solving your biggest problem: You’re not in front of enough buyers. You need more visibility!
Management Consulted
DECEMBER 16, 2015
What are you waiting for? Over 60% of 20somethings want to start a business of their own. Over 40% of employees want to start their own business. That’s a lot of people who want to go out on their own, but, for some reason or another, haven’t taken the leap yet. And we get it. Leaping is hard. What about you? Have you been sitting on a killer business model for years, but just haven’t gone out on a limb to make it a reality ?
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Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 13, 2015
(Source: Flickr ). We have talked at length all year about consulting interviews, and in this post we provide three (3) thoughts on what to do after the interview comes to an end. Confirming the next step: To find out about the next step in the recruitment process, talk to the recruitment manager (this will probably be someone other than your interviewers).
Chad Barr
DECEMBER 16, 2015
The first of the primary caucuses is just about 6 weeks away and the media is bombarding us with political fodder to chew on. Let’s be honest, some of the candidates in both parties are beyond outrageous in their assessment and possible solutions to what ails the economy, employment and world security. While they have convinced themselves that their paths are the only viable ones, their presentation style of ideas often borders on the ridiculous.
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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC
DECEMBER 16, 2015
I believe it’s good practice to regularly sit back and identify things to stop doing. If we don’t regularly stop doing things that are no longer helpful, how can we expect to change, grow, and be better leaders? So here are some things you might need to stop doing: The post Stop It! appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.
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Women in Consulting
DECEMBER 14, 2015
By: Renee Daggett. Dave Ramsey wrote the book, EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches. In one of his chapters, he reminds the reader that everyone is in sales. When we go to a restaurant, the waiter is selling to us. When we go to the doctor, he/she is selling us on the importance of taking good care of ourselves. As a business owner, we need to look at selling as a way of serving our customers/clients.
1 to 1
DECEMBER 15, 2015
One of the undisputed thought leaders in the customer experience space is Bruce Temkin, customer experience transformist and managing partner at Temkin Group as well as co-founder and initial chairman of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). In a blog post which lists the most important customer experience trends to watch out for next year, Temkin cites "the year of emotion" as the most important trend for customer experience professionals to track in 2016.
The Source
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Santa, Many thanks for your time yesterday. It was very useful to get feedback from you and your colleagues around our interim findings, and I thought it would be helpful to summarise the key points of the discussion. We’re all aware that the current business model leaves you exposed on several fronts. Amazon is just one of many possible players who could seriously threaten your position as a ‘category of one’, but the chances are high that specialist Xmastech firms will also emerge that exploit
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 18, 2015
Rapidly growing companies in the developing world can prepare themselves to do battle on a global stage by gaining access to vital capabilities through acquisitions or partnerships.
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MishTalk
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Wednesday morning, Sam Zell, billionaire chairman at Equity Group Investments, spoke with Stephanie Ruhle and David Westin on Bloomberg's "GO" TV. Zell discussed a wide variety of topics from the Federal Reserve rate hike, the risk of a near-term recession, real estate, energy, and various foreign investment ideas. The interview was before the Fed announcement.
freshminds
DECEMBER 15, 2015
In November 2010 a new day of high street sales hit the UK as the rise of multinational retailers and online shopping brought American 'Black Friday' across the Atlantic. As the day after Thanksgiving, in America 'Black Friday' was considered the date upon which people began their Christmas shopping and retailers slashed their prices to bring in the customers.
The Source
DECEMBER 14, 2015
By Fiona Czerniawska. When does a big consulting service become a blockbuster? The simple answer is that it’s when it ticks four boxes: It resonates with a widely-recognised issue in society: ‘just’ being a business concern is never enough to fuel exceptionally high levels of growth. It is a new issue: philosophers may tell us that there’s nothing really new under the sun, but corporate memory is short and each new generation of executives experiences something for the first time.
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 17, 2015
When firms want to shed a subsidiary, they must decide whether to spin off or sell the business. New research shows that selling, rather than spinning, may be the more profitable option.
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MishTalk
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Entertainment Value Regardless of your other opinions on Donald Trump, he is good for at least one thing in what would otherwise be a rather boring election campaign: entertainment. And so it was over the weekend after Saudi prince Bin Talal tweeted to Donald Trump "You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S. presidential race as you will never win.
Henry DeVries
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Someone I highly respect told me, "You have to read this book." And now I am telling you: please put A Simple Act of Gratitude by John Kralik on your reading list. The subtitle of this amazing book is “How Learning to Say Thank You Changed My Life." This is how [.
Martinka Consulting
DECEMBER 17, 2015
A business owner I’m coaching relayed the following to me. A customer came in, had some extensive services done, said she loved it, and gave a very generous tip. Then she flipped. She called and said the services should have taken longer (really saying she got shortchanged). So the owner offered a partial refund, which was graciously accepted. A few days later the customer called and said, no, I want more.
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 15, 2015
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MishTalk
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Merits of Not Shrinking the Balloon When the Fed first launched QE, they stated they had the "tools" necessary to shrink their ballooning balance sheet. I quickly made the claim, no thinking person on the planet believed that lie. ZeroHedge made similar comments, as did others. So no one is a genius for predicting today's non-news headline Fed Weighs Merits of Jumbo Portfolio in Post-Crisis Era.
1 to 1
DECEMBER 14, 2015
When the New York Times published an article in August shining a spotlight on Amazon's bizarre company culture, it triggered a barrage of comments and articles about the importance of culture in engendering engagement. Personal accounts of 1 a.m. conference calls, strongly encouraged 60-hour work weeks, and a culture that appears to throw people under the bus to advance in the organizational hierarchy are just a few of the strange experiences employees at Amazon reported and which also fly in th
Martinka Consulting
DECEMBER 14, 2015
The post (Lack of) Common Sense in Business Buy-Sell appeared first on Martinka Consulting.
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Analysts have been studying business organizations for more than a century. But our inquisitions are just beginning.
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MishTalk
DECEMBER 17, 2015
A chart of the DAT freight index posted on CCJ Indicators shows a massive, ongoing collapse in trucking shipments. " Spot freight falls 15 percent: The amount of freight available on the spot market fell 15 percent in November from October, DAT reported last week. That dip is in line with seasonal trends, the online loadboard said. Year over year, however, freight volume fell 45 percent from November 2014.
Seth Godin Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2015
It might be costing you more than you think. Urgent or important? : Your phone has been optimized to highlight the urgent. It buzzes and beeps. It sorts things. It brings everyone else's urgent things right under your nose, reminding you about them until they become your urgent things. A full day on your phone is almost certainly a day where you buried the important in favor of the urgent.
1 to 1
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Netflix has the perfect gift for the binge-watcher in your life: Socks that pause the show if you fall asleep. "Never again will you binge-watch yourself to sleep, only to wake up two seasons later wondering what happened," Netflix proclaims on its site. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog.
Strategy+Business
DECEMBER 13, 2015
This photo gallery is part of the article "Best Business Books 2015.
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