Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Why ChatGPT Matters for Independent Consultants As consultants, innovation is our middle name, and staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Fine-Tune Descriptions: When using ChatGPT for job descriptions or client-facing documents, pay attention to language nuances. The prompts I gave to ChatGPT are in the postscript.)

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Stay tuned! And now let’s dwell on the features that help our clients reach their business goals and make Epicflow stay ahead of the competition in the market of project and resource management software solutions. Would you like to know how? Read the full success story on our website.

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The Consultants Peer Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Stay tuned. First, Confessions of a Whistleblower by Garrison Lovely highlighted several cultural problems at the consulting firm, McKinsey. Lovely writes openly his experiences working in the $15 Billion annual revenue (2022) firm and recommends an approach to more accountability, especially in government arenas.

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Leadership Vision Consulting

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Stay tuned! In this episode, we share a conversation about team composition, positive team culture, and steps leaders can take to implement positive team culture on their teams.

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Girard Training Solutions

APRIL 17, 2024

Eventually, they will actively seek feedback to stay productive and improve their performance. As you become a great communicator and cultivate genuine relationships, your team will understand that constructive feedback comes from a place of non-judgment and respect and will recognize its benefits. Be objective. ” (Impact).

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Consulthon

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I know one is: stay in tune with. Do you have any suggestions on how to manage international shipping during the pandemic? Can you share any of your experiences? Are there any tips you can give me?

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The Consultants Peer Group

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Stay tuned. Sixth in a Series How to Differentiate Yourself and Your Consultancy Training in International Standards of Consulting By David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF In addition to the four blogs in the series presented before, another way to further differentiate your consulting is to get training in ISO 20700. What is ISO 20700?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

Stay tuned for part 2 of this series where I unveil the 7 main differences between internal strategy and management consulting. I initially started out my career in management consulting, exited to an internal strategy team in industry, and pivoted back to consulting. Experience in Internal Strategy.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 8, 2013

For those of you who didn’t enter , don’t hide your moustache under a bushel – be sure to like our Facebook page to stay tuned for our upcoming crazy and fun consulting competitions. As consultants, we’ve worked with hundreds of clients across multiple industries. Life is better with a moustache.

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Better to stay home and send a memo. And sure, your violin might be in tune or your slap shot might work… But it probably won’t. If you don’t, stay home and send a memo. Not “amateur” as in the unprepared professional. Amateur as in the passionate individual, untrained but with something to say.

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 18, 2021

By changing locations, moving to a new space, or increasing the volume of my headsets I am able to maintain my focus and stay on task. The post Tuning Out — Tuning In appeared first on The Chad Barr Group. Laurel and I enjoy sitting outside in our screened porch. It is also where and when some of our best ideas originate.

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Chad Barr

MARCH 17, 2021

Stay tuned. Shower, groom your hair and dress well as if you are meeting in person. Show your positive attitude, joy and enthusiasm. Bring the “helping others” mindset. Looking for a way to challenge your creative self? Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Adult learners won’t stay engaged for long if it isn’t clear why they need to know the presented material. That way, the learners won’t tune out after being presented with something they already understand or that doesn’t provide them with clear value. Adults have far different needs in comparison to children and teens.

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The Fearless Marketer

JUNE 15, 2020

We’d like to tune up our SEO and get thousands of people to our websites. On the other hand, I’ve seen many, many people really succeed when they focus on building relationships, staying in front of them with relevant information, and reaching out to have conversations. Stay tuned! The social media pitfall.

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The Consultants Peer Group

OCTOBER 12, 2023

They were: Adherence to an enforceable Code of Ethics Use of a Competence Framework Adherence to a Code of (Professional) Conduct In this blog we will feature how an international-recognized certification as a management consultant further allows you to differentiate yourself as a consultant. In other words, you!

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Connectedness: Stay Connected Genuine connection allows a leadership team to translate the right conditions (psychological safety and courageous followership) into strategic action and measurable progress. Building high functioning leadership teams impacts every part of the business, from day-to-day operations to long-term strategies.

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The Consultants Peer Group

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Overview: The previous blog on the Consulting Competence Framework identifies those skills and experiences that separate a professional consultant from the thousands of other consultants in the US today. There is an additional level of differentiation – an attestation of your professional behavior. Each of the five has multiple sub-responsibilities.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 9, 2021

One, I send out this email newsletter weekly to stay in front of and maintain the relationship with my audience. Stay tuned! If it’s a website, they often have fancy videos, compelling offers, and incentives to act now. Of course, we buy stuff like that all the time. And that’s how I fill my programs year-in and year-out.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The role of a consultant is dynamic and complex, requiring a unique blend of skills that go beyond pure technical proficiency. In this 2-part article, I will outline the 5 key skills of an effective consultant, then discuss how to hone and highlight these skills.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 6, 2020

Stay tuned for the whole series. I bet you've been in a class or a workshop over the past few weeks. You were a “participant” in a class that ranged from 20-2000 people. You didn't find the class organization helpful. First, the trainer/leader lectured at you for an hour or more. We can do better for online training.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ll tackle that in our next blog, so stay tuned! If you as a leader are seeing a trust deficit within your team, ask yourself if you have contributed to the situation in one or more of the following seven ways: 1. You put the kibosh on communication. For trust to flourish on your team, your people have to be “in the know.”

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 11, 2023

Stay tuned to some of our new creations this year we never imagined possible. . “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” ” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “What force is more potent than love?” ” Igor Stravinsky. ” Paul McCartney.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s an old story, about how if you put a frog in boiling water, it will hop out but if you put it in cool water, slowly raise the temperature it will stay in the water and eventually die. They often are more in-tune with technology and employees love it when they have tools to be more productive.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 30, 2021

Tune in (EI > EI > OH!). When you are working constantly, it is hard to stay fully engaged in a task for long periods of time. Feeling a bit flat or stagnant? The last 12 months have been tough, so it is totally understandable that Spring may not yet have Sprung for you. Spring clean your to-do list. Does it depend on the task?

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Stay tuned for Wednesday’s edition of the Tour recap…. The Duke undergrads were super savvy about consulting, and most had a ridiculous first world problem – they didn’t know how to communicate about a return offer from a summer internship in their upcoming full-time interviews. consulting clubs'

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 23, 2023

By leveraging market research insights, startups can fine-tune their offerings, effectively address customer needs, and differentiate themselves from competitors. By anticipating and addressing potential obstacles, startups can adapt quickly, make informed decisions, and stay on the path to success.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 20, 2018

Please don’t tune me out here, thinking, “Well, I really can’t do more than this. Does the following give a pretty good picture of your current marketing activity? You have a website but you’re not really satisfied with it. You go to networking events once in a while. If someone asks you to give a talk, you’re happy to do it.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Just before 1AM, we landed in Boston and cabbed it over to Cambridge for a night’s stay in our trip’s most comfortable bed at the Sheraton Commander. Stay tuned for Saturday’s edition of the Tour recap…. Go back through our previous posts and laugh with us. That’s right, y’all – it was Harvard time (1:20AM).

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2017

Stay on this hamsterwheel for too long and you’ll get burnt out, exhausted, maybe even feeling frustrated, sad, resentful or down right angry! How to tune in to your body and intuition to create more work-life balance. * If you’re like a lot of successful women leaders, you have a lot on your plate.

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Makarios Consulting

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’ll tackle that in our next blog, so stay tuned! If you as a leader are seeing a trust deficit within your team, ask yourself if you have contributed to the situation in one or more of the following seven ways: 1. You put the kibosh on communication. For trust to flourish on your team, your people have to be “in the know.”

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 23, 2019

So, stay tuned. Over the years, I have helped many of our clients create thousands of pieces of content in a variety of media formats such as articles, podcasts, videos, books and courses. My key objective when working with clients is to extract their wisdom and creatively, artfully and successfully share it with the world.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

After this, high performing talent is incentivized to stay by being offered a management level position or a department of their choice. In my last blog post we looked at six reasons employee’s leave an organisation. We also looked at some of the reasons that motivate people to voluntarily leave an organisation.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 7, 2020

Leadership skills are an essential part of the consultant’s toolkit. More than just managing people, leadership is about communicating effectively in order to motivate people to achieve the desired outcome. What does a good leader look like? Despite their key role in driving performance, this is somewhat hard to determine.

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The Consultants Peer Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I started this series to help you discover five ways to raise your consulting game. In the previous blog, Adherence to an Enforceable Code of Ethics , I presented that adherence of an enforceable Code of Ethics would be a major part of this market differentiation. Yikes, how the mighty have lost their NorthStar. But back to the topic of this blog.

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Rod Burkert

DECEMBER 18, 2020

I thought a ton of people would tune in on the first Friday of every month to learn from “an incredible line up of seasoned BVFLS practitioners who will openly share their experiences, insights, and secret sauce about how they built and continue to grow their practices.”. I already wrote that post – see above.) We launched in July 2019.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 27, 2020

Stay tuned. Last week I did a “webinar demo session” on how to send very simple emails to get meetings with prospective clients and those who can lead you to prospective clients. You can get a copy of the session here. And then the feedback started to roll in. A few had already set up meetings. Get to know people and their challenges.

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The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Stay tuned as I’ll be writing about all of these in the next few months. Well, for many, many years I’ve worked at deciphering the marketing jigsaw puzzle. It took some time to find all the pieces and the system to put them together. Some were obvious. Some were wicked hard. Some stared me in the face, but I missed them.

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