Consulting Matters

AUGUST 12, 2020

Have you ever wondered. What services do I offer my consulting clients? I walk you through the general principles of what you need to include in an offer, how to position them to attract and land clients as well as how these principles uniquely apply to consulting and coaching businesses. Transcript.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 11, 2021

Finding a job as a young professional is a challenging task in any climate, however, by following these four tips you can increase your chances of kickstarting your career. Do something you’re passionate about. When you are determined to make a difference, you will be more likely to make an impact. Do your research.

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Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As a self-employed consultant do you really need a website? Besides, it’s highly unlikely that a prospective client is going to stumble upon your website and decide to hire you. I used to say that if you had a really strong LinkedIn profile and you keep your networ k warm , you probably didn’t need a website.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

The sheer intensity of the industry is a big reason why many consultants end up burning out within 2 years, opting to exit into more relaxed roles such as head of strategy at a startup, or venture capital. Even if you’re technically off the clock, you might still experience pressure to respond to emails or messages on Teams.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Nobody at Harvard really ever says, “If you get in and attend, you’ll be a somebody… and if you don’t, well… you know…” Those words are never said out loud. What they are is true… for the person who adopts them. You get to choose your own actions. You get to choose your own actions.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 30, 2021

You start with researching the companies you want to work for, followed by applying, conducting informational interviews, and going through multiple rounds of case interviews. If you do everything properly, with a little bit of luck, you will get an offer. If you have a specific question, make sure to be specific.

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Consultant Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Running a business can be hard work – made even harder by all the choices out there. If you find yourself asking, “What social media platform should I be on?”, But asking what social media platform you should use is the wrong question to tackle first. ”, that’s understandable.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

They naturally have different styles and the junior consultants who are best at adjusting to them often have the most success. Of course, when you get to the very top of a consultancy or any other organisation, managers tend to be good. However, he’s just not cut out for managing others. The Micro Manager. The Competitor.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 23, 2020

” They've made these requests to their staff: Work at home, as if you were at the office. Don't use so much wifi bandwidth when you VPN in from home. You must use corporate tools even though they don't support your remote work. If you hear or say any of this, what can you do? What do people do then?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Are you so over those labor intensive projects that keep you as busy as you were when you were an employee? It's a consequence of an intentional positioning strategy, which I will explain to you in this video. Transcript.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? This is a longer video than a typical Quick Win that you might see here.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The week after, I’ll be throwing an old folk’s dance party at my place so that the kids can hang out with their parents and rock out. BTW, who do you have in the World Cup Final? FYI: These will all matter to you no matter what size your venue, team, league, or other sector of the business you work in.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 30, 2021

Are you struggling to find the joys of spring at work? The last 12 months have been tough, so it is totally understandable that Spring may not yet have Sprung for you. If so, read on for 4 practical ways to help you put a spring in your step at work this April: 1. Spring clean your to-do list. Do you really need it?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

You set the agenda. The Big Idea: You have to do long/short. There are lots of headliners now, but you also have to work to cultivate the future. What happens when the big-name headliners hang it up? The real skill is having a strategy that you can stick to over time. These worked out well.

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Jerry Fletcher

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

If you haven’t thought about the subject, I guarantee you will run out of things to say quickly. On the other hand, if you are really into a subject, if you are passionate about it, you can go on for quite a while. And you will find that you can expand on the key elements of your beliefs quite easily.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Being a solo consultant doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself. In fact, you shouldn’t. Of course, you need to take responsibility for all the core consulting tasks – those tasks that require your high-level expertise, your thinking, your credibility. But for a host of other things, get help.

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Turnaround Consulting Healthcare Course 136

Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

This blog post is mostly about what to do when you receive an interview at that firm you’ve been eyeing for some time. So, if this is you, congrats! To allow you to learn more about the team and what they do, so you are sure that this is the career path you want to pursue. You’re well on your way.

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Kai Davis

APRIL 14, 2021

So, how do you make it easy for people to send you referrals? In my worldview, you start by thinking about two primary elements: First, you need to get really, exceptionally specific on who you want your referral sources to refer to you Second, you need to build the resources, assets, etc.,

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Today we bring to you some key ways that you can increase your business understanding and, therefore, your effectiveness in consulting. As a consultant, you have to look at things in ways that most people would not. We have been working behind the scenes to compile resources to aid you in business understanding.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Being a solo consultant doesn’t mean you have to do everything yourself. In fact, you shouldn’t. Of course, you need to take responsibility for all the core consulting tasks – those tasks that require your high-level expertise, your thinking, your credibility. But for a host of other things, get help.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

In this episode, we talk about how Ron shifted from working in an organization to working for the best ones, the ideal size of a successful consulting firm, and the effective ways to implement changes in your work so that you are attracting only the most ideal clients. Michael, so great to be with you. I was out working in Europe.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 20, 2021

As a CEO, you want your head of sales to be infinitely stronger in sales than you. You want your CFO to be infinitely more experienced in finance than you. You want your general counsel to be far more competent in the law than you. of Stanford undergraduates who applied. The bar was very, very high.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

No matter how effectively you have undertaken every other aspect of a project, if you fail to produce an excellent report, your client is going to be dissatisfied. But when you first start out it can be hard to know what to be aware of, and what you need to change. Say it how it is. Avoid unnecessary jargon.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 8, 2023

He still talks about being able to come on the podcast to his friends at school…who knew it was a big deal. Between the talk I gave for the AFL and hanging out with Ryan, a highlight day from my trip to Australia. Oli Shawyer : Oli helped me have the opportunity to do the AFL talk.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

No matter how effectively you have undertaken every other aspect of a project, if you fail to produce an excellent report, your client is going to be dissatisfied. But when you first start out it can be hard to know what to be aware of, and what you need to change. Say it how it is. Avoid unnecessary jargon.

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Seth Godin Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

If you’re on a crowded plane and one person is freaking out about turbulence, the panic will eventually peter out. If, on the other hand, six people are freaking out, it’s entirely possible that it will spread and overtake the rest of the plane. If panic is helpful, of course you should bring it on.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 30, 2015

Take responsibility for getting the most value out of the next conference you attend. There is the possibility of face time with people you might not normally get to meet. You can meet clients you may not have seen face to face. You could learn something. Upon arrival, hang out in the registration area.

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Management Consulted

JULY 31, 2016

I had a flight out, but it wasn’t the one I should have been on. My husband and I, although we have been married for 7 years, aren’t really sure who should be the primary communicator with his family. So we opted out, and just planned to spend time with them during the conference and head to the mountains on our own.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 13, 2020

I think about who I want in my workshops: attendee, student, or participant. People register alone, and they rarely see the other people who take the self-study workshop. My experience with self-study workshops bears out my expected results: The less money you charge for the workshop, the more people register. That's me.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 23, 2020

” They've made these requests to their staff: Work at home, as if you were at the office. Don't use so much wifi bandwidth when you VPN in from home. You must use corporate tools even though they don't support your remote work. If you hear or say any of this, what can you do? What do people do then?

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Nash Consulting

MAY 6, 2020

The only thing worse than a poorly run meeting is a poorly run meeting filled with people who are behaving poorly. So how do you get people to bring their best selves to meetings? And we just happen to know a consulting firm than can come in and help you learn to run great meetings!) Remember, what you allow, you teach.

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Peter Stark

JULY 5, 2020

What attitude did you bring to work with you today? Some leaders who are described as having a bad attitude exhibit behaviors of being pessimistic, lazy, rude, gossiping, late on assignments, quick to tell you something can’t be done or spreading ill will and discontent.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2018

When you’re an individual contributor, you focus mainly on time management. You allocate them according to what’s most important to you. Let's say you have 16 waking hours in a day. For the sake of simplicity, let's also say you have 16 mental energy units per day (roughly equivalent to 16 productive waking hours).

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The Fearless Marketer

APRIL 8, 2019

I’ve been haranguing you for more than a month about writing funny emails. I can’t do it. And those, my friends, are really the only two reasons that you are terrified of including a dose of humor in your emails. The guy lives in a trailer park and hangs out with his pet two pet lamas. You wouldn’t.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

If you missed us, we are generally funny. If you are convinced that – on top of our expertise in consulting interviews – we’re also fun, come hang out with us next weekend in San Francisco – September 21. *. Go back through our previous posts and laugh with us. and rolling back to the bus station.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

This week, we bring you the Top 10 Consulting firms in New York – the power center of the world. How do we know New Yorkers think the universe revolves around them? Well, for one, when we set our calendar in West Coast time, they show up on East Coast time – because who (that matters) lives outside the Big Apple?

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Peter Stark

JULY 20, 2020

Whether you are working from the office or telecommuting, we can all agree we are experiencing some crazy times. With the constant changing circumstances of office life, working from home with the chaos of the family around you, or alone all day, we are all experiencing more stress than normal. Some stress is good.

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