Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Is it for common reasons like autonomy and flexibility, or is it so you can pursue one of your passions? Is it for common reasons like autonomy and flexibility, or is it so you can pursue one of your passions? This may seem like a waste of time—like just a fluffy exercise—but trust me, it’s well worth taking the time to do it.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2023

This Sunday morning, I tried to spend time thinking about how I could help people. Reciprocity is a powerful influence on behavior. delivery of guest check with one small piece of candy, which resulted in 3.4% delivery of guest check with one small piece of candy, which resulted in 3.4% Could I help someone to get a job?

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Chad Barr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s a quick guide on how to utilize this feature: Extracting YouTube Transcripts: Select a video on YouTube. Copy the text and paste it into a Word document. For other types of text, the process is straightforward: copy the content you wish to summarize and paste it into a Word document.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 23, 2022

Today, we're talking about the five simple steps to developing your ideal client archetype, which builds on what we talked about in my last two blogs, why people don't get it when you speak and write about what you do and what is ideal client archetype and why you need one. I'll never forget the first time I downloaded Pandora.

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CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 11, 2022

You want the highest performing executives to recruit you to be on their teams. There is one skill… that helps in all of these areas. It’s the choice to… Be True to Your Word. Someone who is true to her word does the following: She says what she means. Someone true to their word is unfailingly… Reliable.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

Part 2 was about cycle time and using Cost of Delay to make easier decisions. Zero words yesterday and the interruption below was the reason.). Fiction words for the novella. Zero words yesterday). Zero words yesterday.). And yesterday I wrote zero words. I only count words more than one person can consume.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2024

Hundreds of articles have been written on strategy, each with an author that presents a unique perspective from years of paradigm-shaking experience. Basically, to be inimitable, a strategy must focus its core revenue and cost drivers on methods or resources that cannot be mimicked by competitors in the long run.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For years, we've used several metaphors to describe software product development: People-based metaphors, such as: Man-weeks for all the humans working on a project or a product. The first time a manager asked me how many man-weeks my work would take, I said, “Zero. Pregnancy to explain the indivisibleness of some work.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I asked Contacts Count President and Networking Guru Vern Schellenger to do an on-air coaching session with me to help me craft my own personal and business networking strategy. Who has extra time going to endless networking events or emails that yield lukewarm responses like "Ummm, sounds interesting, good luck with that.".

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Get the word out. Just about all the time people who call themselves “marketers” spend is on this. But the math is simple: Most of the people at the top leave long before they engage, buy or spread the word. More buzz, hype, promotion. Don’t send a poorly-written mail merge to your best prospects.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Do you know how to best support them during one of the most challenging times of their lives? In this article, five women who have undergone treatment describe ways their colleagues did — and didn’t — lift them up through their words and actions, both at the time of their diagnosis and beyond.

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Buzzsprout

MARCH 11, 2024

Get more guests via cross-promotion When potential guests see that you promote people and businesses in your show notes, they are more likely to agree to be on your podcast. Try to keep this section between 100 and 200 words. Here are a few ways writing show notes can benefit your own podcast.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes. It was one of the most popular courses, with the classroom always full and students constantly discussing what they learned and how applicable everything was to their daily lives. If you are negotiating with someone for the first time, talk to them about other things first. Small talk plays a big role.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

to “I would rather scrub toilets than do this” and there is one duty you will consistently find at the bottom of the list: resolving conflict. Conflict, in the words of internationally-renowned conflict mediator Daniel Dana, is “a condition between two people in which at least one feels angry, resentful, hostile, etc.,

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 19, 2022

One may assume that the etiquette that applies to in-person meetings would also apply to virtual meetings. An expectation that appears to have developed over the last 12 months is that calls should be started two minutes before the designed start time. In other words, if you have set a meeting time for 11:00am, start the call at 10:58.

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Girard Training Solutions

APRIL 17, 2024

For the purpose of this article, we’re going to focus on a very important one that many managers are afraid of and tend to overlook: Give feedback! This reluctance often results from a lack of experience and practice, which can be overcome with dedication and time. For example, make sure this is a good time to talk.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depends on the individual. You can replace the word pair “cruel”/“kind” with other word pairs, and the statement would still be true. And how can one legitimately consider misery a success?) So here’s my thought of the day: Who do you spend your time with?

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The Consultants Peer Group

AUGUST 15, 2023

It's like a game of Jenga, one wrong move and the whole tower comes tumbling down. The same goes for email threads, one wrong "REPLY ALL" and the whole thread becomes a never-ending game of ping-pong. You can't escape, and you can't get a word in edgewise. Then there is the math: One email to eight people = 8 emails.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Yes, John is using Sam's original words and phrases and passing those words off as John's ideas. Plagiarism occurs all the time. ” Remember, this was the premier agile consultancy at the time. I didn't think that story was funny at the time. and I'm sure somewhere on this site before 2005.).

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Managing your time, leads to managing your life. Real time management is self-management. Most count five; some get six, and a few, seven (on the first try). Notice each has an extra word – the, a, and the. Most people do not see this the first time. 4 Successful Techniques to Manage Your Time for Results.

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Rick Conlow

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Good bosses believe right now is the right time to act – bad bosses wait for the “right” opportunity. On the other hand, Steve Job’s legacy is mixed. Let me rewind for one minute. Good leaders know that right now is the right time. Take your time and use these questions to generate ideas. Your Legacy.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

No one can force change on people with more hierarchical power. I'm not blaming the manifesto writers—no one invited a manager-type person to the meeting. And even if they had, I'm not sure us management-types would have had the words and ideas we have now.) While those skills are useful, they are not enough.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

If you are a STEM major looking to go into technical consulting, whether at a large generalist firm or a small boutique one, you will likely need to draw upon your knowledge of digital tools and skills. However, some of the specific technical software you might use in graduate school may not be the same ones used in consulting.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

At McKinsey, 90% of how I was perceived within the firm was based on 5% of the hours I worked (they occurred when I was presenting… and in particular, usually from just one slide in the whole deck). I learned to treasure the former and make repairs on the latter. I’ve found that quite true in my career and in my personal life.

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Alan Weiss

MAY 31, 2023

There have been three kinds of people I’ve encountered in consulting since I began spreading the word. One is the person who instantly recognizes the benefit of charging based on value and not time, and immediately begins changing billing practices (“early adapters”). Eventually, almost all of them come around.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes. I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. So, what’s the key to getting people to connect with you and your brand on LinkedIn?

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 12, 2023

One of the executives frowned down at the materials in front of him, then caught my eye. Kouzes and Posner report that “leaders who were clear about their values delivered as much as five times greater returns for their organizations as did leaders of weak character.” A dozen senior leaders were sitting around the conference table.

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Makarios Consulting

JULY 19, 2023

Savor the word for a moment … It carries with it connotations of accomplishment, contentment, satisfaction, and pleasure. This is the place where work and life function together, supporting one another rather than pulling against one another. Here, I (Tim) will share his principles and my thoughts on them. #1.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 17, 2022

I committed to publish succinct articles on a weekly basis that would help my clients improve their web presence (strategy, content, and marketing) and their lives. Here are my top 25 lessons learned: Sit down, open a blank word document, and start writing. Disregard word count. Push your audience to take action. Be consistent.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When I ask why, here are some of the responses I hear: They take too much time away from our “real work.” ” It's too hard to find time to meet. Then, there are the meeting cleanliness problems, such as no agenda, no minutes, and no one facilitator. There is not one type of hybrid team. We all have them.

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Makarios Consulting

JUNE 28, 2023

Pivoting at the wrong time or in the wrong way can be, in a word, disastrous. On the other hand, pivoting at the right time in the right way can inject tremendous energy into a business, propelling the company upward with terrific thrust. Pivoting in business is a difficult decision for leaders.

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Buzzsprout

APRIL 1, 2024

Podcast transcripts are a word-for-word manuscript of your podcast that has several benefits. The turnaround time for a human scribe is also longer, ranging from six hours to a full day. This method is free and costs only your time. One tool we have built is Cohost AI. min and 99% accuracy), GoTranscript ($0.84/min

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Makarios Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Look at the Roadmap It’s one thing to know the final destination you want to reach; it’s another entirely to understand the route that will take you there. As shock wears off, emotions kick in – particularly the negative ones: Fear: “I might lose my job!” Change is demanding. Here’s how! Worry: “Do I still have a job?” Transition.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

Your manager is arguably one of the most important people you will engage with during a summer internship. Regardless of what company or industry you work in, you will most likely have one-on-one meetings with your manager. This will allow you to be effective with how you manage your time planning for the next meeting.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 13, 2023

Rushing from meeting to meeting leaves most leaders feeling trapped with little time to listen. Most conversations hardly ever get the space to go below the surface with a focus on words rather than their meaning. Suspending judgment can be tricky for leaders pressed for time. The hybrid workplace has not helped.

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Kates Kesler

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

These often take time away from consideration of more strategic issues. On the one hand we put off dealing with issues that are important but not urgent because dealing with the inevitable power struggle is just too hard. On the other hand, we tend to jump to solving what looks urgent, when a slower approach might be better.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Any time we mess with people's money, status, or ability to work, we create emotions—for ourselves and the other person. The first time I had to manage a layoff, I had to lay off five people (across my department). No one was laying me off. As managers, when we offer a job or a promotion, those emotions tend to be happy.

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