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Really? A Phone Call Instead of A Meeting?

Alan Weiss

Do you notice we’re all talking about “remote” business as if it’s something new, engendered by pandemic restrictions? I’ve been coaching, advising, and hosting my Forums for decades, all remotely. When there were “teleconferences” they were remote!

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8 Tips for Running a Productive Virtual Meeting

Tom Spencer

As a former consultant, attending and facilitating meetings was probably where I spent most of my time. With the lack of physical human interaction, scheduling meetings was the mutually agreed way to even have a simple conversation. Like many of you, I get frustrated by unproductive meetings. Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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Management is for softies – but it gets solid results: Bob’s story

The Management Centre

This co-creation approach has some real benefits – participants are engaged early on, and we can understand exactly what their management challenges are and ensure the training is tailored to meet their needs. Let’s call him Bob. He had a set of hard KPIs he needed to meet every day, and he was meeting them.

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8 Top tips for managing at a distance

The Management Centre

Make it daily, if possible, and vary the channel – maybe a mix of phone calls, Skype, email, text and even group chats via applications such as WhatsApp. When it’s not possible to make personal observations of your individuals’ performance it’s really important they can reflect and feedback on themselves. Make it frequent.

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How to Create Breakthrough Success without Burnout: Interview with Rachelle Stone

Consulting Matters

Betsy Jordyn : So really what I want to understand from you cause there’s going to be a lot of people who are in the same boat that you were when we first met who are trying to grow your business. And I recognized it one day and put the brakes on and instead of resigning I retired at 48 years old. Rachelle, welcome.

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Cultivating a Mindset of Imperfection Action: Interview with Consulting Success Founder Michael Zipursky

Consulting Matters

Zipursky: Yeah, ConsultingSuccess.com is where we work with consultants to help them to attract more clients with us and support them with many marketing systems into their business as well to support them in increasing their fees, winning more proposals and ultimately scaling their businesses and creating more of what I call meaningful success.

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Why You Need Proactive Marketing

The Fearless Marketer

Well, I really believe that you should embrace proactive marketing more than ever. This is not cold calling. Your first goal is to get a conversation, then a meeting, and then the opportunity to present your services or programs. And then, a few days later, I followed up by phone. Let me give you examples of all of them.