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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

Examples Several years ago, my agency represented a highly talented professional with over 20 years of experience even though he positioned himself as a jack-of-all-trades. What was the industry? They want to hire a specialist and you want to be that person. They have a defined niche that makes them easy to remember. Who was impacted?

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

I know a highly talented professional with over 20 years of experience with several Fortune 500 companies. Transformation and turnaround leader specialized in building teams, measurement systems, and driving results at distressed and growth companies alike, with a focus on the middle market. Translation: turnaround expert.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

The benefit of bringing in specialist consultants is that they are likely to have experience solving similar problems and an understanding of industry best practice. Turnarounds. Restructuring is a niche service which requires specialized knowledge and industry experience. Image: Pexels.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.

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PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

Harvard Business

Making these shifts requires increased attention to organizational governance around three domains: talent, capability , and leadership. Most of the LCPs we studied began with the task of ensuring the PE firm itself had the right talent, culture, and leadership, and then moved on to do the same for portfolio companies.

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. What new learning do you need to enable our firm to stay or get to the top of our industry? Are we using your talents to the fullest? If not, how can we leverage you more next year? What should I, as your manager, 1.