Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Today’s question is about the impact of cost leadership on your brand. I’ll begin by defining the concept of cost leadership. Are there positives to cost leadership? To benefit from cost leadership, you’ll need to know what you want your brand associations to be. Where can cost leadership confuse folks?

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Jerry Fletcher

AUGUST 8, 2020

Relationships get you referred”. Relationships get you referred. Your practices become best practices for that organization and its leadership. Relationships get you referred. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Results gets you paid.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 11, 2022

A lot of businesses are experiencing a leadership shortage. CEOs need a strong leadership pipeline to thrive, but it's not easy to build. In fact, perceptions of leadership effectiveness and readiness often differ between executives and the frontline. Leadership development investments don't have to be a big gamble.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

But it’s normal to have objections and doubts about investing in developing better leadership habits. In the review and analysis of four separate studies in different industries, it was discovered that leadership effectiveness could account for up to as much as 45% of an organization's performance.

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 10, 2010

Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group and co-author of the bestselling book Groundswell , was generous to include me on her distribution list for an advanced reading copy of her new book Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead. customer service, marketing), and organizational models (e.g.,

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The Source

APRIL 23, 2020

Spend any time analysing the marketing messages landing in your inbox right now and you might notice that they tend to fall into one of three categories: Messages about COVID-19 Messages that refer to COVID-19 Messages that ignore COVID-19. The messages that fall into the first category are addressing the thing (the only thing?)

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 17, 2020

The need for effective leadership is especially acute during a major crisis. First, I have helped my CEO clients navigate multiple industry, capital market, and economic crises over the past 25 years. I’ll refer to some of these experiences in a moment. The first step of crisis leadership is to provide accurate information.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Being a consultant is no easy feat, and almost every successful consultant is characterised by competent mastery of the following 5 key skills — problem solving, leadership, data and quantitative skills, teamwork, and communication.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

” statement, people will immediately know why they want to work with you or refer you to friends or colleagues. I have been a business owner for 15 years, studied modern marketing, and working with hundreds of clients on their business development, brand building, and marketing. What Is A Brand And Why Do You Need One?

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. Regrets to Leadership Risks? However, in leadership, I feel we always risk something. References Holiday, R. Inclusive leadership: Realizing positive outcomes through belongingness and being valued for uniqueness.

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UPD Consulting

JANUARY 29, 2024

But its susceptibility also reveals what some in marketing might refer to as a “branding issue.” Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity. Yes, no doubt.

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Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This post is a guest post from Jake Jorgovan, founder of Content Allies and author of The Consultant’s Path to Thought Leadership. An example of cornerstone content leading to more business is my e-book, The Consultant’s Path to Thought Leadership. This is hands down the biggest win I have had in marketing to date.”.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 11, 2024

The goal is for leadership teams to become more informed by broadening ideas about what multiple futures might bring. The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself. References: Chermack, T. Preparing for the 2030 labor market. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Cornish, E. World Future Society.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Problem solving Problem solving refers to the ability to reliably overcome challenges. Leadership What constitutes a ‘good’ leader is hard to define, but it boils down to something like initiative, commitment, and the ability to rally others in support of a common goal.

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Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing. Second, when knee-deep in actually doing "the real work," solopreneurs are hard-pressed to find time to publish thought-leadership articles or create and manage marketing campaigns.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Information from leads and clients cannot be found anywhere, which subsequently hampers marketing efforts. Leadership should exercise mindfulness and keen observation of the warning signs of information hoarding with individuals and groups. The following examples of leadership styles have their uses and their weaknesses.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Great leaders dream of a better future – from business sustainability to growing future leaders, increasing speed to market, or operating with greater purpose. Unfortunately, many organizations keep strategic plans a secret and don't involve leaders outside the executive leadership team.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 4, 2017

He began as a door-to-door salesman, and progressed to sales manager, sales director, and eventually marketing director before becoming a CEO for a finance company. From Door to Door Salesman to International Leadership Consulting with John Murphy: Podcast #15 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Harmonious Workplaces

MARCH 2, 2024

Craft Engaging Stories Based on Arcs Organizational leadership can boost the effectiveness of storytelling in organizational contexts by choosing one of several available narrative arcs. which highlighted various Hollywood story arcs and their characters to use to persuade people in marketing. References Apolinski, L. &

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 15, 2011

Interpersonal, Facilitation & Leadership Skills – Interpersonal and leadership skills are pretty well-documented in other areas. One of my favorite foundational books on leadership is the Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner ( [link] ). I also think of changing one’s reference of thinking with.

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The Source

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We are often asked what makes for good thought leadership, so we thought we’d share some real-life, high-quality examples. It leverages substantial research, juxtaposing consumer and banking leadership survey data to pull out some differentiated insights. After all, ‘tis the season for sharing and for celebration…. …

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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 how you promote yourself and “go to market.” For example: not “ Management Consultant ” but “ Leadership for Companies in Transition. ” In our field this is called personal branding.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

Dancing here refers to engaging, supporting, and communicating with employees in multiple ways. GM market share fell from 62.6% Kouzes and Posner, authors of The Leadership Challenge, found that over 80% of managers value honesty as a key characteristic in their leaders. They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party.

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. I responded that I held a certification in digital marketing and had a history of early adoption of technology throughout my career. They wanted someone with strong leadership skills and a history of motivating others — CHECK!

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Rick Conlow

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Big Data therefore refers to that data being collected and our ability to make use of it.” Certainly, the new tools of Big Data improve marketing focus, sales penetration, predictive models, and online customer service. In addition, go here for our RealTime Learning & Training leadership and personal development website.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Often bad leadership habits trickle down and become acceptable ways of behaving. link] Battle #2: Leadership & Organizational Entropy In our ever-changing world, there are many theories but few laws. The bad habits of leadership that we have all witnessed or engaged in are not destiny.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

They try to sit down and write copy for their website or marketing or a simple blog post and they face writer's block so intense that it's a miracle that more computers of consultants and coaches aren't flung against the wall. And not to the people who referred me to others. But not to Google.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

A financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets estimated the customer benefit of the Space X Falcon 9 reusable rocket. Market Culture creates a competitive, fast-paced, results-oriented environment. References: Beswick, C., Competing values leadership: Creating value in organizations.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It's frustrating and confusing when values are only words for marketing campaigns and corporate communications. You've probably experienced this to some extent before, and maybe now you're in a leadership position. Market Culture creates a competitive, fast-paced, results-oriented environment. Robert Collier.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

Here is a verbatim snippet from her résumé at the time: PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY AND SERVICES Senior consultant with professional experience in Organization Development and Change, Leadership and Organizational Communications and Coaching , as well as internal and external Corporate Communications, including global marketing initiatives.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2021

Board Governance, Board Development, Leadership, Risk Management, Fund-raising . Since that time, the AAC has seen 5x growth and is substantially relevant and respects in its market. Brimstone knows how to find the best in leaders and leadership but also understand that all businesses and leaders are unique. .

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

The seven (7) factors considered by the 7 S Model include: Shared values refer to the values that are widely practiced within an organisation and form the company’s core guiding principles. Strategy refers to the plans that a company has for gaining a competitive advantage (e.g.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 27, 2022

If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? Explicitly marketing yourself with the term “professional independent consultant” can increase the price you can command, and it can help you to be paid on a 1099 tax basis rather than on a W-2 basis. Friends don’t let friends W-2!

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When organizations offer such perks in the face of adverse situations, employees can begin to distrust leadership. The personal feelings workers have for their managers and for the executive leadership of their workplace can impact organizational commitment and performance. References Cording, J. The Power Of Free Lunch.

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s Time to Make the Right Decision Addressing problems of poor performance or bad behavior requires leadership courage. I (Tim) trained a certain leadership team a number of years ago on how to give redirecting feedback. Referring surreptitiously to his notes, he worked his way through the feedback conversation.

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Makarios Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Addressing problems of poor performance or bad behavior requires leadership courage. I (Tim) trained a certain leadership team a number of years ago on how to give redirecting feedback. Referring surreptitiously to his notes, he worked his way through the feedback conversation. He thought to himself, “Why not give this a shot?”

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 20, 2023

As you work on building new leadership habits , it is not uncommon to feel stuck. link] Psychological Safety Myth Buster #3: Build Capacity Like physical endurance and strength can be enhanced with training, your capacity for changing your leadership habits can improve with development. This is the stage where individuals can innovate.

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