Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2021

A constantly reoccurring conversation I have heard discussed about the management consulting industry is if the preference for talent is in favor of “ poets” (those that come from more of a humanities background) or “ quants” (those that come from more of a technical or hard sciences background).

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 2, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the business landscape by offering tools that can automate processes, enhance decision-making, and personalize customer experiences. The integration of AI technologies can lead to significant improvements in efficiency and effectiveness across various business functions.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As a result, companies are turning to consulting firms for assistance on how to rethink and restructure their organisation and workforce. When we speak of consulting, we are speaking of an industry that has grown significantly over the years and impacted how companies in many industries operate and deliver services to customers.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Navigating the murky waters of transition can be an arduous voyage. Chris, a former technology entrepreneur, shares his enlightening journey of metamorphosis - from a midlife crisis that led him to therapy, to eventually harnessing his experiences into a unique consulting practice.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Here are the steps you need to take to manage an L&D project effectively. Figure out what you need to impact, how you’ll measure success, and what the business purpose is for the project. Then, get their input to determine if any of the resulting systems fall short of their needs, is cumbersome, or is confusing.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2023

By harnessing the potential of AI, companies can optimize the integration and management of clean technologies , leading to increased efficiency, cost savings, and environmental sustainability. Consulting firms play a crucial role in guiding businesses through the integration of AI-powered renewables into their operations.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What are the top power skills that every organizational consultant ought to have? Today, I want to connect more specifically with those building an organizational consulting or coaching practice not just because of the money but because they want to make a difference. They get aggressive or shameless self-promot-y.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

This guide aims to overcome the uncertainty of the Epicflow implementation process and to help our clients deploy the software smoothly and achieve positive results as quickly as possible. 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.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Answer questions about possibilities for new development from management and others. You need defensive project portfolio management so you have a chance to manage your interruptions. The ticketing system would only have blockers, crashes, and other stop-the-presses kind of work. See Aging Fun with Drunk Agile.).

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Effectively managing change is critical for any business. While companies can certainly use their own approach, customizing a strategy to align with their needs and preferences, that isn’t always the easiest way to get a grip on change. Instead, beginning with one of the most-used change management models can be a simpler way to start.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

There are days as a consultant when things are going wonderfully. And you pat yourself on the back for making such a smart decision by making the move to consultancy. It isn’t displaying, and you’re worried, but you can’t figure out how to fix it. Seriously this changed my consulting life!

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. I was surprised by how few women programmers I met, just a decade after I graduated from university. Consider the System. And, the managers?

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PM Alliance

APRIL 22, 2022

More than once, a system implementation project—where a fixed cutover date typically requires a good portion of those delayed tasks to be done before the new platform can go live—has turned into a failure almost overnight because the project team didn’t stay on top of critical path tasks. Assign every task.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you tell people you are a consultant, many of them will not understand that you are an independent professional in business for yourself. Many people who call themselves consultants are employees of large global firms like Accenture, and others perform temporary assignments through a staffing agency. We are our own boss.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 24, 2024

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, but navigating the competitive landscape and myriad challenges can be daunting. This is where business consultants step in, offering their expertise to help small businesses not just survive, but thrive.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Today I'll discuss the positioning traps that hold consultants back from their impact and earning potential. 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.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Mindset might help people, but it's not sufficient. Instead, let's consider how to see management's adaptable and resilient actions. Those actions show that managers change their actions in the face of new information or feedback. And management actions matter the most. Why do I focus on management actions?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2021

Consulting, like many other industries, is under threat from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). ML plays an important part in building AI systems, and refers to the study of algorithms that improve with experience. An example of just how disruptive AI can be to an industry is the introduction of robo-advisors.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When I met with three aspiring consultants who are very passionate about parlaying their experience to help companies create healthy work environments and engaged employees. But after consulting on countless employee engagement projects, I started to see that there are hidden costs to these initiatives. Let me explain.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 27, 2022

If you refer to yourself as a freelancer or consultant, what does that imply? The terms you use to describe yourself will impact how potential clients perceive you, how they pay you, and even how much they're willing to pay. Consultants give strategic advice and often lead complex projects.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 17, 2022

Big changes in your career or taking risks with your business can be scary. Roy helps high achievers explore the intersection of the mind-heart connection, spirituality, and mindful systems thinking. So, we decided to hit record to share how to deconstruct fear and reframe its role in your transformation.

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Effective Managers

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Here is an article written by David Norman, Chair at The Consultants Peer Group (TCPG). David has created TCPG, a peer group for and about consultants only. David is a very experienced management consultant, currently on the national board of the Institute of Management Consultants in the USA. In the U.S.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

This is the first of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. This article will provide a basic introduction to AI as it relates to the consulting industry and explore some key concepts and applications that every consultant should be familiar with.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

I told the story of Cliff, a manager who wanted to understand why the projects were so late. One eagle-eyed fellow asked me this question, “How long was the time from T0 to T1?” ” I said, “Managers might spend as little as a quarter and as much as a year or two. .” I'm always off.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

JUNE 28, 2018

There are days as a consultant when things are going wonderfully. And you pat yourself on the back for making such a smart decision by making the move to consultancy. It isn’t displaying, and you’re worried, but you can’t figure out how to fix it. Seriously this changed my consulting life!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 7, 2015

Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, once summed up consulting interviews perfectly when she said, “The first rule of any game is to know you’re in one.”. In the research you’ve been doing into the wild world of management consulting, you should have noticed how important the case interview is on your road to a job offer.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2023

This is the third of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. After all, if machines are capable of many of the tasks that we currently rely on humans to do, what role will flesh-and-blood consultants play in the future?

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

An empath is someone with an extremely reactive neurological system which causes them to absorb both the positive and stressful energies around them. Being an empath in a profession like ours, where you see the underbelly of organizations and leaders, can be hard. Related: Consulting vs. Leading. If so, you might be an empath.

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Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Rethinking how IT works. We’re all familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – you must focus on your core needs first before you can fulfill your full potential. We’re all familiar with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – you must focus on your core needs first before you can fulfill your full potential.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Want a common sense, down-to-earth approach for developing leaders, growing organizations, and creating a profitable consulting or coaching business? Today I'm talking with Lee Cockerell, the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney resort and currently a consultant, author, and speaker.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 17, 2024

While entrepreneurship brings opportunities for innovation and growth, navigating the complexities of launching a successful venture can be daunting. This is where business consulting services and working with a seasoned business expert can make all the difference. Expert business guidance can help start your new venture.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 6, 2021

Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. This time, the issue comes from a Campaigns Manager in an international charity. Hello Management Centre, I am hoping you can help me. What our consultants say.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2020

That's because product development is a system of work. If you pressure one piece of the system and don't accommodate that pressure elsewhere, you create bad products. Years ago, I wrote The Influential Test Manager. The testers cannot assure product quality—they can report on the state of the product.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

Have you ever felt you need to make more progress with your consulting or coaching business? Today, we decode the profit puzzle and dive into the different levels of success you can achieve with your consulting or coaching business: stable profits, sustainable growth, and scalable success. How great does that sound?

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Nash Consulting

JUNE 29, 2022

“Business and human endeavors are systems. We tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. The issue here is that organizations and leaders often fail to see that employee engagement rests in a system of interconnected parts. Adjusting just one component of the system won’t fix the engagement problem.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

Every project management activity doesn’t exist in isolation – they are all related to and dependent on each other, may have competing requirements and/or shared resources. To make sure that the process of orchestrating projects across the whole environment runs like clockwork, project integration management should be applied. .

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Steve—and the team—needed to see their system. Visualize the Team's System. Managers can support their teams in many ways. One of the most important ways is to see the team's system. See Fault Feedback Ratio.

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