Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Subcontracting is what you do instead of doing the hard work to confront your fears about marketing and settling for a business that is based on: Finding other more successful consultants or coaches and asking them to consider you for their overflow work. What is a Subcontracting Business Model? Who This Model Works For.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Do you struggle with owning your vision for your business with the guilt of now knowing how to make that vision happen? Let Dan be your inspiration and guide and a powerful example of how to go after your dreams and achieve your full potential. He is an action-oriented visionary who deeply cares about people. Transcription.

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PM Alliance

MAY 12, 2023

This is particularly true with digital transformation initiatives, which must often balance the difficulties of long project durations against the market realities of ongoing technology advancements that can quickly change what’s needed (or expected, or available) in a new solution.

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The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Yeah, 2020, has been a really tough year. And you haven’t been sure how to keep your business going during these crazy times. In challenging times, it only makes things worse if we make up stuff that’s simply not true. In challenging times, it only makes things worse if we make up stuff that’s simply not true.

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Progressus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Many professional services firms face challenges in delivering projects within the stipulated time and budget. Let’s delve into how a robust project accounting strategy can revamp project management, enhance forecast precision, and uplift profitability. Missed communication can further escalate costs or introduce delays.

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 25, 2020

make your reservation here ) My guest, Lisa Nirell, was one of the first people to go through my Marketing Certification Program in 2008 and has gone on to a distinguished career as a marketing consultant, author, and speaker. It’s time for me to pivot again. If not, this might be an extra tough time for you.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 2, 2021

For the last couple of weeks he’s been a regular story in the Seattle Times, on radio stations, TV, online, and the mayor of New Orleans did a video encouraging him to get a trade to the Saints. All he did was complain about the Seahawks offensive philosophy and how he gets hit so darn much.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2023

Therefore, it’s time for companies to recognize that CSR isn’t just a “nice to have”, it’s a critical component of a successful business strategy. As companies experience more success, there is a growing trend towards increased emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ).

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Kai Davis

JUNE 15, 2021

How do you get started building (or rebuilding) marketing habits? Maybe that’s doing some podcast outreach or creating a content beachhead to engage with your market where they already are (more on that inside Get More Leads [link] ). How much time do you need to set aside (and how often) to work on this habit?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 27, 2020

“ Oh it’s going to be all right This is love…this is life When times get tough and still worth the fight This is love, this is life The road here is paved with the brokenhearted We have gotta finish what we started Oh we gotta hold on tight This is love…this is life!” That missed promotion or lost job.

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Martinka Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

While the panel spoke of middle market deals a lot of what they covered applies to the lower middle market. Here are my top 10 takeaways, with my comments: It’s a frothy valuation market – sure is although my market has the two sanity checks the larger deals don’t have. Owners I talk to who do defense work are booming.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

Let's be real - you don't want to grow your OWN consulting or coaching business for the money. If you were in it for the money, you'd stay in corporate. Your goal is to have a career and business that supports your total life priorities and allows you to use your gifts and passions to make a difference in the world. This article is your first step.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 4, 2021

It is no secret that work hours are tough, at least in many countries. While most consultancies are establishing programs to reduce work hours and improve work-life balance, my personal experience revealed that this is little more than a marketing effort. It is not difficult to see why the job is so attractive to young overachievers.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

What does a haphazard greasy pizza party say about how a company deals with internal and external issues? Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. However, when the lunch arrived, few partook. Others simply disengaged. So, What’s Wrong with Pizza?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Having a world-class website that serves as the center of gravity for your marketing efforts is essential. If you skip the web process and go straight to marketing, you might employ tactic after tactic without really having a sense of the end game outside of finding clients. You want to attract and retain customers/clients.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes. You have no full-time work experience except university, which has a hard expiration date in May (or maybe other months depending on the program). You have no full-time work experience except university, which has a hard expiration date in May (or maybe other months depending on the program).

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization. However, simply having a data strategy is not enough.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2023

The CEO’s Best Tool for Success – A High Performing Leadership Team To thrive, organizations must be agile enough to meet everchanging market conditions. Team health is a prerequisite to having enough psychological team safety to have the honest debate required to make the tough decisions – especially when the stakes are high.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 9, 2017

One of the things I learned during my EMBA was how to break down, re-organize and clearly explain certain kinds of information; a skill which has proved useful when preparing and pitching my start-up based on my b-school business plan. In late October, that got put to the test. My nascent company is called MedPayRx. Introduction To The Event.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2021

Many others find their way into consulting as a part-time “side-hustle”. If you have been using consulting as a side job and want to turn it into your full-time gig, then keep reading along. This post will share 5 tips on how to get started. Each and every day you are setting out to help other businesses succeed. Create a Plan.

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Alan Weiss

MARCH 18, 2020

How Do You Interact with Your Customers and Prospects in Time of Crisis and Uncertainty? . In these parlous times, it’s more critical than ever to understand your customers’ diverse behaviors and preferences. and will tend to rely on you more than ever to guide them through tough times. Just leave food nearby.

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Maybe it’s how they relate to other people – pure, plain toxicity. Who wants to have the talk that says, essentially, “What you do and how you do it is not supporting our organization”? It’s Time to Make the Right Decision Addressing problems of poor performance or bad behavior requires leadership courage. Nobody wins.

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Maybe it’s how they relate to other people – pure, plain toxicity. Who wants to have the talk that says, essentially, “What you do and how you do it is not supporting our organization”? It’s Time to Make the Right Decision. Perhaps it is their work – or lack of it. Or, with more finality, “We are letting you go”? Nobody wins.

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LSA Global

JUNE 2, 2023

Is It Time to Challenge Your Current Strategic Direction? To succeed, leadership teams need to test their strategy to ensure it makes sense within the overall market, culture, competitor, and talent realities. Getting leaders on the same strategic page makes sense. But nothing in the marketplace stays the same.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2023

Why Leaders Need to Create Faster Strategy Execution We think of strategic speed as the ability of an organization and its leaders to move quickly enough to take advantage of market opportunities and offset competitive threats. Most business leaders consider the speed of successful strategy execution to be paramount to sustainable growth.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

2022 was a tough year for me. I’m not surprised that the struggle to sell tickets in many markets was real. There was too much investment in the “V-shaped” recovery narrative and not enough in looking at what had happened in the market. This means that every time I send out this newsletter, thousands of folks read it.

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Action Plan

JULY 10, 2023

I recently found a book in my Kindle Library called “ How Clients Buy ” by Tom McMakin and Doug Fletcher. One of the very best books I’ve encountered on marketing and selling professional services. He has done great work for me in developing our go-to-market business strategy. Do you have time next week before Friday?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 15, 2022

This article continues on from Part 1 , in which I shared some of my experiences of working with an internal strategy team at a large financial institution, and some of the main projects and activities I undertook. In this article, we will explore the 7 main differences between internal strategy and management consulting. Flexibility.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Challenging Times Often Require a More Proactive Corporate Strategy Does your leadership team tend to focus on the immediate issues in front of them (a reactive corporate strategy) or do they pause and look for new opportunities (a proactive corporate strategy)? Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that leaders need to do both.

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LSA Global

JULY 5, 2021

And it is easy to see how a customer focused culture could benefit an organization compared to organizations who don’t pay as much attention to what matters most to their customers. A true customer focus is far more comprehensive an effort than just musing about the customer experience or surveying a slice of your market.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A business consultant can help organizations save time and money, provide professional advice, navigate their growing direction, and optimize their business, etc. It is crucial for business owners to understand where they stand, what they want to achieve, and how to execute their strategies.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes. Today, I hope to share with you my opinions on how to become a mentor, how to provide maximum value to your mentees, and how to strengthen your mentorship skills. How to become a mentor. In my experience, there are two types of mentors: short-term and long-term ones.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2014

I ended up using some of the books off your site’s recommended reading list – The McKinsey Way , How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms , and I bought the Consulting Interview Bible. When and how did you decide you were interested in consulting? It helped that I was closer to home as well (originally from Oregon).

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Jerry Fletcher

MAY 1, 2021

The premise of every assessment I’ve ever seen is that you want to be analyzed so as to know yourself better and thereby: Be able to build on your strengths Overcome your weaknesses by knowing them Build your mental toughness Instill confidence and fit into the team better Be more productive without sacrificing relationships. This ain’t new.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Is it: Marketing – this is a common one. I’ve talked to so many owners who say something like, “If only we knew how to market better.” But if there’s not growth or when it stops, it’s time to get an expert in to improve productivity. It’s time to figure out the bane of your business and deal with it (or them).

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 20, 2017

15 Must-Listen Business Podcasts for Consultants Listen to these podcasts for consultants if you want to learn from other successful consultants on how to improve every aspect of your business. Forecast by Ahmad Munawar Forecast is a show about marketing for professional services leaders. To listen and subscribe, visit forecast.fm/itunes.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 17, 2021

No matter how open the governments make it there still must be willing and capable people to work. Publications from the Puget Sound Business Journal, to the New York Times, to the Wall Street Journal and everyone in-between regularly have articles on the job market. Bottom line, it’s an employee friendly market.

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