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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting

The Consultants Peer Group

IT, HR, Profit Improvement, Operations, etc., Years of experience, references to past clients, testimonials, etc. First, likely you will develop your marketing pitch/collateral along the lines of your skill set, what you offer. will be the first cut. I trust you notice in this list that none of this is about What you consult in (e.g.,

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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

Merging insights from leading consulting firm McKinsey, academic journals, and contemporary cultural references like Ted Lasso , this blog explores the multifaceted nature of leadership to which many, if not most, organizations may wish to aspire. References Allas, T. & However, the behavior of the team told a different story.

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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

However, I have found that the best results came from working with highly motivated, strongly competent, and extremely ethical recruiters who own and operate small businesses. Hire a Competent and Ethical Recruiter As I mentioned, since 2001, I have worked with various recruiters, executive search firms, and headhunters.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. References Holiday, R. Ego Is the Enemy.

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Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment

Harvard Business

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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How to Overcome Your Imposter Syndrome Fears

Consulting Matters

The term was coined in 1978 by two clinical psychologists, “referring to high-achieving individuals marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a ‘fraud.’” It comes out with all types of logical excuses about money and ethics about marketing.

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Here’s what to think about When Creating a Forward-Looking ESG Strategy

Brimstone Consulting

Stakeholders want to know how organizations are affecting the environment, how treat and interact with their employees, clients and communities, and if they conduct their business ethically. Again, this requires a shift in mindset from “checking boxes,” or seeing ESG as a burden, to approaching ESG as an opportunity.