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What gives Charity Managers a leading edge? Balancing commercial management with a social heart

The Management Centre

Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group In this interview Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group, shares his experience of developing managers so they have commercial, financial and innovation skills. mc: So you had a blended learning approach with workshops. What’s next?

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Using Online Platforms to Boost Your Billings

Successful Independent Consulting

Sample projects include company valuation, workshop development, competitive analysis, financial projections, go-to-market plans, performance measurement, and pricing. SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” Some are fixed price, some by the hour. Sounds intimidating. More investigation required.

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What Do Creative Marketers Look Like?

The Fearless Marketer

When I asked my subscribers if they’d like to be interviewed for the More Clients Club about how they attracted clients, Judy responded with a long list of all the things that have worked for her over the years. Her company conducts several workshops a month at their facility as well as events sponsored by other businesses.

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Commercial Awareness – what is it and how do I get it?

Tom Spencer

There are videos that use cartoons to explain how a transaction works, video courses in finance featuring “Fault in Our Stars” author John Green (his series of Crash Courses is both amusing and informative) and there are vloggers dedicated to easing you into the scary world of commerce.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Excelling in the Interview. If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop. The Application Process. Case Practice. Do Your Homework! Now depending on what school you attend this may or may not be possible.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

The workshops companies invest in typically teach them to constantly check their thoughts for bias. While interviewing a candidate, we might ask her where she went to school or to share her experiences. They even went so far as redact the names of schools and prior employers during the interview process.