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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Having consistent cash flow is one of the hardest parts about being self-employed, especially when youre just starting your business. To improve cash flow, I recommend subcontracting as a way to generate income while you continue to build your own business. It can be difficult for veterans, too!

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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Value flexibility.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business

As United Rentals, the largest equipment rentals company, shifted its strategy to focus more on national customer accounts, it faced a huge forgetting challenge; branch managers needed to forget the fiefdom mentality. While these core businesses continued to generate cash flow, IBM struggled to find The Next Big Thing.

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