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Ten Ways to Boost Cash Flow as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Founded in 2003, BookkeepingDirect helps small consulting firms achieve freedom from financial stress so they can do their best work. Schedule timeat least an hour a weekto do marketing and outreach related to business development, even when youre busy. Fundbox works on an as-needed basis with business-friendly flexibility.

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The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming

Harvard Business

Considering how Germany anchors a European continent plagued by high unemployment and slow growth, its labor market is on fire. Analysts criticized the country’s labor market institutions as particularly inflexible. New management approaches and measures added more efficiency and a results orientation. With just 2.6

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Household Demographics 2003 vs. 2013: Spotlight on Age of Head of Household

MishTalk

Here''s a look at some interesting demographics, comparing 2003 vs. 2013. Number of Households by Age of Head of Household 2013 vs. 2003 The next chart shows the change in number (in thousands), in the age of the head of household. The data is from the Census Department 213-page PDF 2013 Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement.

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

2009; Johnson and Goldstein, 2003; Johnson et al., employers, advisors, platforms, systems providers, investment managers). 5649 (2003): 1338-1339. ” Marketing Letters 23, no. Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture.

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Getting Smart About Change Management

BCG

One-time market leaders and corporate giants fall rapidly from grace, having failed to modernize or having lost out to nimble competitors. One industry that has been a huge beneficiary of all this turbulence is the change management industry. The traditional approach to change management is itself in need of change.

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Capgemini Consulting Interviews – Tech, Business or Both?

Management Consulted

In 1981 , the Cap Gemini Sogeti group entered the US market. Gemini Consulting was formed in 1991 with the integration of management consulting firms, United Research and The MAC Group. The group establishes offices in India 2003, where 10 years later the firm has over 40,000 employees. Random, right? Industries.

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The “Quiet Life” Hypothesis Is Real: Managers Will Put Off Hard Decisions If They Can

Harvard Business

In competitive markets, managers have a strong incentive to give their best effort. But economists have long argued that when companies are insulated from competition, their managers may not be motivated to maximize the profit of the firm and instead may choose to enjoy the “quiet life.” Kenneth Andersson for HBR.