Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

As a business mentor, I obviously get asked all the time, "How do you start your own business?". But the question I WISH I was asked all the time is, "How do you start the RIGHT business?". Related: The Five Steps to a Business Launch. So, don't limit what is possible for you.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Do you feel overwhelmed by the issues and challenges your clients are experiencing? Do unhealthy work environments and power-over leadership practices burn you out and drain you? If so, you might be an empath. Choose a business model where you can detach emotionally from client outcomes.

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Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The easiest time to raise your rate is on the cusp of something new — a new year, a new project, a new client. This article offers ideas of how to do this, as well as some sample language to use when notifying your clients. How to determine your new rate Unfortunately, there’s no one-size-fits-all formula.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 27, 2020

As a business mentor to aspiring consulting and coaching business owners, I deal with people who have been laid off all the time. It's hard enough when it's only your career that takes a hit. Here's some advice that hopefully will help you cope and see the light at the end of this trial: 1. It becomes an identity crisis.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2020

As a mentor who helps people turn their life work into their own businesses, I meet a lot of highly trained and experienced professionals with both vision.and fear. It's a big deal to leave the comforts of a steady paycheck for the unknown world of business ownership. Three Things You Need for Long-Term Success.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To set the context for what I mean by positioning traps – I need to take you back in time to 1997 when m y mentor and professor told me – people don't get what you do and what you can offer as an organizational consultant. When they ask for training, and you say – how many people, for how many days.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 1, 2020

The Fool is all over Facebook and the Internet with clever parodies about the importance of washing our hands, social distancing and cabin fever. We consultants might nature are a pretty serious lot. 10 Ways the (Wise) Fool Archetype Can Increase Your Success: 1. Use the time you have to create new products or services.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2017

Consultants who present a professional image as a stand-alone business can charge more for their services. It’s all about perception. If you look like you are doing consulting on the side or between jobs, clients won’t take you as seriously as someone who is a dedicated professional. It makes a difference to me.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Everyone in business recognizes strong brands and understands their importance. You need to be top-of-mind when the need for your expertise pops up so the client thinks to call you, or their colleague thinks to refer you. It’s about your reputation. It’s how you promote yourself and “go to market.”

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In industry, whether your ideas get taken seriously depends on more than the quality of your thoughts. Most people intuitively grasp that the last sentence is true but don't know how to acquire or borrow power when they lack it. This is one form of gravitas – the executive presence that gets others to take your ideas seriously.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Leadership is about people-first. Business is about the products, process, paycheck and profit. Aren’t you weary of the steady stream of leadership nonsense you hear from politics, Washington, or the corporate office? If you have had or do have a bad boss, you know what I am talking about.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 8, 2020

Do you know who your ideal consulting client is? Here's the thing: You can do decent work with a lot of different leaders. But you can do AMAZING transformative work with a select few who connect with you to the point that they don't just your products and services. So we are clarifying your ideal client.

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Why advertise someone’s else company rather than yours? If you are making these mistakes, you are not serious about your own business. If you are making these mistakes, you are not serious about your own business. See my email signature example here.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2023

Visionaries in business have an endless supply of creative, innovative ideas. But what about daily operations? What about the myriad details that have to be planned, correlated, weighed, resolved, and all the rest of it for the business to run smoothly? Embrace the reality that your business needs an Integrator.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

JANUARY 29, 2024

Pricing in any market is a significant piece of the proposal puzzle that makes or breaks your bid. Pricing in any market is a significant piece of the proposal puzzle that makes or breaks your bid. Strategic pricing is a process that starts with your organization’s overall business plan. It is comprehensive.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Your mind gets that it's not about you. You understand the business rationale and the economic conditions that led your company make this decision that is completely changing your life. But your heart.that's a whole different story. Step 1: Take a Beat and Process What Happened to You.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! Before we get started.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Everyone has questions about the sweeping tax reform that became law at the end of last year. Is there a tax advantage to how independent consultants structure their businesses — as a sole proprietor, LLC, S corp or C corp? Your taxes for last year, due this April, are largely unaffected. Key Findings A.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Job interviews can be nerve-wracking, but with proper preparation, you can significantly increase your chances of success. Whether you’re a fresh graduate or an experienced professional, thorough interview preparation is key to showcasing your skills, qualifications, and personality.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! Before we get started.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2021

Problems may arise with your boss, colleagues, the economy, your company’s strategy or business practices. You may have limited control over the source of the problem and little leverage to resolve it. This post aims to provide you with some guidance on how to approach difficulties in the workplace.

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 14, 2023

When he praised you, you knew you had hit the mark dead center. He let you and your team know exactly what you did that was great, and why it was great. You get a lot more emotional bang for your buck when you make recognition and rewards personal.” The result?

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Action Plan

APRIL 19, 2023

Today, I’m going to write about one of the most important skills any of us can possess as self-employed professionals: The power of Authentic Persuasion. Ultimately, If you can’t persuade, you won’t attract many clients. But first, let’s get very clear: persuasion is not about manipulation or coercion.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

Read further to learn what to expect upon deciding to start your journey with Epicflow, and learn our recommendations for making the implementation simple and effective. After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. Proof of Concept.

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Unfortunately, it is not that good but that could be a benefit for you. Few companies have learned how to get better and lead their markets. Companies most often fail because they lack the commitment, patience, investment, values, and they do not know how. Finally, do you want to accelerate your leadership success?

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Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I’m tired of hearing about how much business and leadership is going to change in the “World 2.0.” The fundamental principles of good business transcend the effects of COVID-19, the shift to work from home, new technologies, and all the other changes we’re living with now. Bah humbug!

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 23, 2020

Regardless of how the excess stress has come to be the impact is significant. Regardless of how the excess stress has come to be the impact is significant. There are many studies about the high toll that exhaustion is taking on us as individuals and companies and society on the whole.

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LSA Global

MARCH 7, 2024

Your strategies must go through your people AND your culture to be successfully implemented. High-performing companies have notably higher levels of strategic clarity and alignment regarding what they do, why they do it, and how they do it. Do you truly know your current culture? That makes sense to us.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you work in consulting, the elitism continues. You know how Harvard accepts only 5% of applicants? If you get into Harvard Business School (HBS), you’re implicitly taught that you don’t really need to take the finance classes very seriously. If you have one IPO, that’s not as good as having two IPOs.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 14, 2020

My personal website, the website you’re reading now, has been everything to me. My career, my business, my life’s work — all wrapped up into one neat, 2-dimensional digital package. But what about others? So, I asked 29 people about their personal websites. Action step (start YOUR personal website).

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2019

In my last blog post I wrote about how new grads can navigate interview season when they finally receive a consulting interview they’re excited about. You can find the full article here. My initial reaction to receiving these students’ questions about fit interview questions was to say, “just be yourself!”,

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Rick Conlow

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Few companies have learned how to get it right and lead their markets. They most often fail because they lack the commitment, patience, investment, values, and they do not know how. While they may talk a good game, they inadvertently sabotage any serious level of change and improvement. You will learn about: 1.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

However, due my busy schedule there is only a handful of requests that I can reply and offer to help. So, what’s the key to getting people to connect with you and your brand on LinkedIn? Little research is done before the outreach – This makes your message look unappealing. Is this someone you know and need advice from?

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2022

If you are not laughing, you're likely not paying attention. It seems like an understatement to describe the current business environment as stressful. Executive leadership teams are talking about navigating burnout and a growing concern for the emotional well-being of employees. Good humor is a part of a good life.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 5, 2022

This article is the third of a series of posts on how to build a company "operating system", the infrastructure that functions as a backbone of your most common tasks and daily activities. In particular in this article we focus on how to track company time on Airtable in order to be able to run analysis and optimization activities.

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Brimstone Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You need to take action to ensure that your new hires don’t become next year’s culture escapees. So, you just found wonderful new hires from other companies in your industry. They left their last company looking for change, and if you don’t provide it, they’ll leave your company too.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

Your current projects are going well. And you pat yourself on the back for making such a smart decision by making the move to consultancy. And then a few things go wrong: A project has been delayed due to an issue at the client end and now it looks like you have a clash of timeframes with another project.

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