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A Practical Tool for Improving Your Consulting Firm

David A Fields

You want your consulting firm to continuously advance. Every engagement you complete is an opportunity to improve; however, simply delivering high-quality on projects isn’t enough to up your game. The giant door to improvement and growth opens when you devour end-of-project celebratory chocolates reflect on your consulting engagements. But what, specifically, should you evaluate?

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The Neuroscience of Learning: Designing Training That Sticks

Clarity Consultants

Organizations allocate substantial resources to employee training and development; however, a significant amount of the information acquired is frequently forgotten within a few weeksa phenomenon referred to as the forgetting curve. To optimize the return on investment in training initiatives, it is essential for businesses to leverage insights from neuroscience to design programs that facilitate enhanced retention.

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How To 30x Your Results With The Same Effort with Alex Smith: Podcast #349

Consulting Success

[podcast_headshot url=”[link] Imagine this: You’ve built a successful consulting practice, but now you’re trapped in the endless cycle of competing on expertise alone. So here’s the uncomfortable truth – being right isn’t enough anymore. Today’s guest on the podcast, Alex Smith, pioneered a radically different approach to strategy that helped him build an 85,000 person.

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The Economic Data You Need to Make Decisions Through Volatility

Harvard Business

Pay attention to these U.S. government readouts.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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The AI Advantage: Transforming Your Marketing Without Replacing Your Expertise

Chad Barr

Do you realize that you’re sitting on a gold mine of untapped potential? AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT and others, aren’t just fancy tech toys—they’re strategic weapons that can revolutionize your email marketing and broader marketing initiatives when wielded with precision. Think of these AI tools as your marketing department’s secret laboratory.

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Instructional Design Consulting: Choosing the Right Partner for Your Business

Clarity Consultants

Attention spans are short. Demand for dynamic training is high. Many organizations face a crossroads. How can you design engaging programs that effectively teach? Enter instructional design consulting. This specialized field transforms basic training into compelling learning experiences. The right instructional design consultant helps companies revitalize their L&D strategies.

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Microsoft Copilot: Your AI Partner in Productivity

Progressus

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept, its here, transforming the way businesses operate and reshaping the modern workforce. Microsoft Copilot is at the forefront of this revolution, integrating AI-powered assistance into the tools businesses already rely on daily. Whether its simplifying workflows, uncovering data-driven insights, or automating tedious tasks, Copilot is designed to… The post Microsoft Copilot: Your AI Partner in Productivity appeared first on Velosio.

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4 Styles of Coaching—and When to Use Them

Harvard Business

A 2×2 matrix to help you identify how much guidance your employee needs.

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You are a media theorist

Seth Godin Blog

If you’ve ever caught a ball, you’re a physicist. You might not be trained in it, but your intuitive sense of where the ball is going to land requires having a theory about gravity. And if you’ve ever taken aspirin for a headache, you’ve articulated a theory about medicine. Studying physics is unlikely to make you a better baseball player, but understanding economics will probably make you a better investor.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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OKRS and Performance Culture: A Conversation with Ben Lamorte of OKRs.com

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

OKRS and Performance Culture: A Conversation with Ben Lamorte of OKRs.

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LA Budget Crisis, Deficit Approaches $1 billion, Layoffs ‘Nearly Inevitable’

MishTalk

Union contracts are at the heart of the problem. Chicago coming up.

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The CFO’s Playbook for 2025: Tackling Challenges with Technology and Innovation

Progressus

Finance leaders are facing a rapidly changing landscape, where technology, AI, and automation are transforming traditional CFO responsibilities. Gone are the days of static reports and manual processestodays CFOs must be agile, strategic, and tech-savvy to drive business success. In our recent webinar, The CFOs Playbook for 2025, we explored how finance leaders can leverage… The post The CFOs Playbook for 2025: Tackling Challenges with Technology and Innovation appeared first on Velosio.

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You Don’t Need a Mentor to Get the Career Advice You Need

Harvard Business

Four ways to find actionable guidance.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Predicting the past

Seth Godin Blog

It’s not unusual to encounter conflicting weather reports. One site says it’s going to rain, the other insists it won’t. On the other hand, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. It’s sunny, right now, you can tell. A weather service that said it was raining would deserve to lose all trust and respect.

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Vroooom

Alan Weiss

I was receiving an unsolicited lecture from a “therapist” who told me I drive exotic and expensive cars as an overcompensation of being poor as a youth. She went on about the relationship of the two issues, and how I needed to recognize that. “What other explanation could there be?” she asked pompously. “Well,” I said, “maybe I just like cars.” The simplest answer is usually the best answer, especially with clients.

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The Wells Fargo Housing Market Index Declines Again in March, Dismal Traffic

MishTalk

Homebuilder confidence is lowest level in seven months.

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Increasing Motivation and Engagement in Today’s Market

Peter Stark

The employee market has been a rollercoaster at best over the last couple of years. For managers, maintaining a motivated workforce is more crucialand challengingthan ever. As businesses constantly adapt to current changes, employees may become disengaged. To help leaders manage their staff, we have provided four strategies to reignite motivation and keep their teams engaged.

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Savings Consultants Are Needed in Today's Market More Than Ever

Savings Consultants are needed in today’s market more than ever. With an increase in expenses, businesses are looking for opportunities to save. Often unknown to businesses are savings in expense reduction, specialized tax savings, specialized savings including medical underpayments, health benefits cost reduction, zero cost processing, and more. Blue Coast Savings, with over 20 years in business, assists Savings Consultants in helping these companies move toward more profitable businesses.

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Strategic Impact Initiatives Can Make Your Business Stronger

Harvard Business

What leaders can learn from successful efforts at Flexport and Twilio.

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Changing thoughts

Consultants' Consultant

Consultants Consultant: I’ve been accumulating little tips and tricks about how I make change happen in. The post Changing thoughts appeared first on Consultants' Consultant.

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Embracing Ally Leadership with Stephanie Chung

Leadership Vision Consulting

In a rapidly evolving workplace, leadership isnt just about guiding teamsits about fostering inclusivity, understanding privilege, and embracing diversity in all its forms. In this episode, we sat down with executive coach, aviation industry leader, and author Stephanie Chung to discuss her book Ally Leadership: How to Lead People Who Are Not Like You.

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New Economic Theory “Tariffs Are a Tax Cut for the American People”

MishTalk

Please consider an amazing statement by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. PolitiFact reports Karoline Leavitt says tariffs are a tax cut. When Associated Press reporter Josh Boak asked about tariffs in the White House press briefing March 11, the exchange with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly became testy.

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TOOLS and METHODOLOGIES for developing DECISION SUPPORT PACKAGES

This White Paper targets opportunities for Management to develop proficiency in the Decision Framing and Analyses element of input to Decision, & Risk Analyses for Major Project Funding Decisions.

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How to Search for Remote Jobs

Office Skills

Effective Strategies For Continuing Your Job Search Remotely Remote work has changed the way people approach their careers, and job hunting is no exception. Whether youre between jobs or looking […] The post How to Search for Remote Jobs appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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How to Learn from a Failed Negotiation

Harvard Business

Turn a loss into future wins.

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Ep. 53: Gamifying Change

Harmonious Workplaces

Level Up Your Workplace: Using Gamification to Drive Meaningful Change Welcome, change agents and curious minds! In a recent episode of the Harmonious Workplaces podcast, hosts Rich Cruz, Sharyl Volpe, […] The post Ep. 53: Gamifying Change appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Waves and tides

Seth Godin Blog

It’s easy to be distracted by the wave that’s crashing on the shore. On the other hand, the tide is inexorable. It’s the long-term trend, the one that is quietly happening, over time. Sometimes, a big wave comes along and we lose our focus. It’s urgent. But expecting and working with the tide pays off. Waves burn out.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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A Clear Explanation of How Reciprocal Tariffs Will Work

MishTalk

GMF has some amusing insights on reciprocal tariffs.

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There’s not Just One “Weak Link”

Alan Weiss

We tend to cite the last made or missed basked, or the crucial error, or great play that “made” the win or loss. But it's actually the accumulation of everything before. If your proposal is rejected, it's not because of that document, it's because of what you failed to do or did poorly prior to it.

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A Guide to Updating Your Resume When Moving from Public to Private Sector

Harvard Business

How to translate your accomplishments, skills, and potential.

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