Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This article explains how to determine your “base rate”, and the external factors that will impact your pricing. Links to articles on how to raise your rate or switch to a fixed fee are at the end of this one.) Or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company, and if so, did you have access to formal training?

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

How finding like-minded friends in a new city can start with strategic networking. Be a fly on the wall as Vern coaches me on how to network in this on-air coaching session. He is a passionate advocate for training and coaching individuals and teams to become more effective when they are networking and building relationships.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The most common go-to solution for any performance gap is to throw training at it. The truth is, while training is often necessary, it is NEVER sufficient. These questions are designed to help you get to the root of individual performance problems – which may or not not require training to solve. Is training provided?

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 22, 2021

On today's Ask Betsy, I open up my library of resources to two coaches, so they can figure out how to align executives with company values! We also learn how to take a coaching gig and make it into a more extensive consulting engagement! Your goal as a coach or consultant is to take strategy and turn it into an operational reality.

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Small Business Operations Consulting An investment makes sense only when you get more in return than you invested. If you hire an operations consultant, this Return on Investment might be not easy to calculate. This blog posts outlines what the ROI for hiring a small business operations consultant is.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

Here's some of the most common money fears and how to get over them. In the past you operated in a compensation model where you do work and then get paid. Now you're operating in a return on investment model where you invest your money, time and talents in your business with the expectation of a return.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As an organization development consultant, I played a key role in aligning the senior executive team around how service was delivered on the front lines, what needed to happen to establish Disney's Animal Kingdom as a must-see park, and how the creative and operational teams partnered together.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2020

Meaningful Sales Training Outcomes Require Meaningful Steps. If you are looking for real behavior change from your sales force (and you should), you need to change your view of sales training from a one-time event to an ongoing change process. How B2B Selling Has Changed. Challenge for Sales Training – Live and Remote.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 7, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Was it at a big firm with formal training (for example Deloitte, Bain & Company) or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company? If the latter, was it a company that provided access to training like General Electric, or a small to midsize firm? Type of experience — Where did you learn your craft?

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 31, 2022

I will be doing a training exercise in a few weeks where I’ll command an incident simulating a multiple-casualty situation after a major earthquake. The ham radio operations team reporting to me will be far more capable at radio operations than I am. They do not just magically fall from the sky and into your brain. First Name *.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. Especially if you join a class structure, such as an “analyst class”, the recruiting team may also be responsible for onboarding and training.

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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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Peter Stark

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

With the pandemic, it brought out a need more than ever for employees to be cross trained with employees working in remote, in office, in quarantine, or out sick. Organizations that grasp the importance of cross-training reap the benefits and gain a huge competitive advantage. 3 – Identify the right people to cross-train.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Then you're going to love this tutorial video because it will reveal to what the true purpose is for the consultant's role and how to fulfill your potential in this role. I am so excited to share with you my secret strategies around how you position yourself as a strategic partner. I don't know how to break up the content.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And through both of those processes, I served as an Operator, and then also as a Project Manager, and then a Master Black Belt Lead Sig Sigma process improvement black belt. Now, all of a sudden their operations are getting very sophisticated. And that was something that that big box consultancy didn’t offer.

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Few enterprise tools have the potential to revolutionize daily operations and help businesses achieve best-case ROIs like a CRM. However, three key benefits of a CRM stand out by delivering the most long-term value: Enhancing business visibility with unprecedented insights into everyday operations. What was the expected ROI?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I asked my partner Jen Hamilton - our community Chief Operating Officer to be my guest today and share all the deets on the what you'll need and how much it all costs so that you can plan in advance for both the startup and ongoing costs. You can see another how-to video about trying to decide which web domain and platform to use.

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Without consistent feedback a manager operates blindly. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website. The post How to GET Feedback When You Are the Leader appeared first on Rick Conlow. Over 130 micro-learning and career development resources at your fingertips!

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. Leadership curricula should focus on two key sets of skills.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Many companies are already operating with lean staff, due to high attrition rates and not replacing staff, not to mention downsizing as a result of a difficult economy. In this kind of environment, focusing on worker retention and cross training to make existing workers more efficient makes a lot of sense. McKinsey & Company.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 15, 2022

Decreased operating costs. Accelerator 3: Development Opportunities Providing opportunities to participate in training improves skills, job performance, feelings of self-worth, and affective commitment to the organization. Conclusion: How to build organizational commitment. Increased revenue. Increased employee retention.

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LSA Global

APRIL 25, 2022

Your new solution’s “bells and whistles” may be exciting to you, but buyers want to know how you will help them with their most pressing issues. That is why solution selling training focuses on being buyer-centric. The post How to Help Your Team Sell New Solutions appeared first on LSA Global. This is a mistake.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 14, 2019

Mark Pierce, owner, operator and founder of E5 Leadership Academy, has been teaching people how to fish rather than giving them a fish.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And if you're looking for real-world guidance and examples on how to get started, this training tutorial is that guidance. You definitely don't want to put like finance and operations together because they're going to have very different issues and very different perspectives. So let's get started. Transcript.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The 5 Growing Pains of Service-Based Businesses in 2023 (and how to overcome them) A service-based business is great because it is easy to start. The variety of scope, tasks and decisions will make it impossible to train a team. A standardized service-delivery will enable you to train your team and constantly improve what you do.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed. All organisations should run on secure operating systems, at least Windows 10. Zero-day exploits. Educate staff.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Training and Development: Bringing out the best in all personality types includes training and development. The Bad: Unethical behavior, moral ambiguity, lying, revenge, threats, fraud, cheating, emotional abuse, lack of trust in others, excessive politics, theft, and paying for kickbacks.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

To help me understand these new numbers I use analogies based on my initial training to help me understand a new industry. They have an operating budget based on the amount of their grant. These numbers were used to describe the health of a business or industry, to identify trends, or point out top performers.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Ensure employees have reliable access to these tools and provide training if needed. Provide Professional Development and Training Opportunities: Offer remote employees opportunities for skill development and career growth. Provide access to online training resources, virtual workshops, or conferences.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

APRIL 5, 2021

Not only do you have to oversee the product/service and operations, you also have to plan the strategic direction of the business. Whether you're running the show yourself or leading a team of 25, small business ownership is difficult.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I often hear people say they spent countless hours practicing how to answer this question, and many went as far as asking friends and family members to test them on it. Personally, I knew I wanted to get into an industry that understood the “why” and “how” of problem solving. Consulting will teach you a lot.

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Asamby Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2022

This articles outlines how to build a company wiki: Understand if and why you need a wiki Define the goals for your wiki Choose the best tool to house your wiki Define the structure Start creating and compiling content Keep your wiki used and up to date Why do I need a wiki for my company? You need a wiki.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Does Your Sales Team Need to Learn How to Better Sell Value? Sales experts the world over tout the benefits of learning how to better sell value. Business sales training studies of both buyers and sellers report a recurrent theme – the importance of value. The post How to Better Sell Value appeared first on LSA Global.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 7, 2024

A big challenge experienced by participants on our leadership courses is that they continue to find themselves getting sucked into day to day operational tasks, rather than focussing on the more strategic elements of their work. So how do we create opportunities to step back and give ourselves the time and headspace we need to lead?

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