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20 Qualities of a Consulting Rock Star

Successful Independent Consulting

Has taken (or leads) classes and seminars. Places all work products and recommendations in the context of the client’s environment. Knows details matter — Deliverables, work products, and communications are well formatted and flawless. Participates in conferences, seminars, webinars. Participation creates buy-in.)

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Seth's Blog: Upcoming seminar/internships

Seth Godin Blog

Essential reading about remarkable products and services. Upcoming seminar/internships. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Upcoming seminar/internships : « The illusion of choice | Main. | The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Delivery). CEO READ (Bulk Orders). IN STORES: Indie Bookstores. International Links.

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The key lesson from The Marketing Seminar

Seth Godin Blog

Marketing allows us to make products and services that we care about. We learn better together. Marketing works. Marketing requires telling true stories about our work. Marketing makes change happen. What would happen if you did that? What would happen if you could engage with the market in a way that served their needs and yours?

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

Social entrepreneurship combines the problem solving, product design, and strategic implementation associated with traditional entrepreneurial and consulting roles with large scale societal impact. In addition to the normal skill sessions, students in the management level also attend seminars to improve their leadership skills.

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Bad Boss or Good Boss: Who Do Your Work For?

Rick Conlow

They are an epidemic killing off employee productivity, loyalty, creativity and company profit. The worst bosses contribute to poor morale and bad attitudes, which lead to poor productivity, indifferent customer service, lower sales, reduced quality, and poorer overall financial results. Gallup says 82% of managers fail.

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Do You Charge for an eBook?

Women in Consulting

The discussion was about how to kick start an information product or “infoproduct” business. An information product is any product or service that you can sell to people to provide them with information. It includes ebooks, books, audios, CDs, DVDs, seminars, videos, tele-seminars and more. First, start charging!

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Reading at work

Seth Godin Blog

Most organizations think nothing of having twenty valuable employees spend an hour in a meeting that's only tangentially related to their productive output. But if you're sitting at your desk reading a book that changes your perspective, your productivity or your contribution, it somehow feels like slacking off. The Tom Peters Seminar.