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The Benchmark That Builds Consulting Businesses

David A Fields

I only know if I have some sort of standard for comparison. Consultants often look at benchmarks to gauge their recent performance. Those are internal benchmarks. [ Is that tall? [ ]

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How B2B Software Vendors Can Help Their Customers Benchmark

Harvard Business

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.

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Quote Your Consulting Billing Rate with Confidence

Successful Independent Consulting

Benchmark so you know your rate is reasonable. Remember, even your higher rate will be cheaper in comparison.) The tactics in this article will help if you bill by the hour or by the day. There are other ways to bill for your talent and expertise but those will be covered in another article. There are lots of ways to do this.

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4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back

Harvard Business

Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others. In some cases, we benchmark against those who are more capable or accomplished, which can be counterproductive when we fail to match them. If the path is generally up, all’s good.

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business

Traditional ZBB implementations focus almost exclusively on simple SG&A , in part because SG&A benchmark data is far more readily attainable than are relevant data from the core functions of comparable companies. Most ZBB implementations are not ambitious enough.

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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

But the comparison at least provides a benchmark. Comparing racial discrimination to a penalty for long commutes is complicated for many reasons, not the least of which is that race and place are related in DC. In some ways, avoiding applicants with long commutes makes a lot of sense from the employer’s point of view.

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Self-assessment is critical to continuous improvement

Tom Spencer

You can start to develop a benchmark by considering the collective reasoning of those attending the same presentation as well as your own initial opinions. This will allow you to see what you are doing in comparison to what others are doing in both the formatting and execution of a presentation.

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