Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 2, 2018

Field of expertise — Consultants who can diagnose problems and create sound strategies and actionable plans can charge more than those who focus on more tactical work like project management. As a general rule, the more strategic — or frankly, the more mysterious — the work is perceived to be by the client, the more they are willing to pay.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 14, 2024

Eleven out of 12 top-down target transformations fail to achieve their goals, with only a fraction of theoretically “executed” or “realized” improvements translating to the corporate ledger.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2024

The author analyze project teams across 257 firms to identify why only 60% of planned value is typically realized in change initiatives, focusing on four key factors: effective initial communication (“ACE the Memo”), ensuring resource accessibility and autonomy (“Master the Means”), employing mechanisms to align actions with goals (“Amplify with Mechanisms”), (..)

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2024

Delayed and ineffective commercial integration can turn a good deal into a loser, because sales growth ultimately determines whether a merger achieves its value-creation goals.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Changes at work can stir up anxiety, anger, and frustration. Being affected by these dynamics isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s normal not to feel normal for a while. In this article, the author outlines six strategies to try to help yourself stay grounded amidst uncertainty.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Leaders today know that they need to be agile — to change direction quickly in the face of changing or uncertain conditions. The author advises that leaders instead set and communicate an unchanging overarching goal, while allowing that how they achieve that goal can and will change over time.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2024

A conversation with Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei on how to solve any problem in five clear steps.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Dali doesn’t just share his story; he breaks down exactly how to handle the emotional issues that come up in the face of transformational change… … and offers a roadmap for facing and overcoming the fears, doubts, and imposter syndrome that can hold you back from your consulting or coaching business potential.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This article explains how to determine your “base rate”, and the external factors that will impact your pricing. Links to articles on how to raise your rate or switch to a fixed fee are at the end of this one.) Do an internet search such as “typical hourly rate for change management consultant in [your location].”

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2025

Lessons from the U.S. Air Force’s adoption of AI.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. A big obstacle is the change management profession itself (of which we are all proud members).

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 28, 2025

For example, if you do change management work on big system implementations, you may lose $50,000 or more. Here's how to tap into this market: Find the Right Firms Start with internet searches that combine your area of expertise and location (e.g., boutique firms digital marketing Atlanta").

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Start by understanding the reasons people don’t want to come back.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2022

Four strategies for leaders.

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MARCH 12, 2017

Generally speaking, a lawyer’s workload is more narrow and less diverse than a consultant’s; add that in with little to no travel and minimal exposure to different industries, and many lawyers are looking for a change. Management Consulting straight after Law School. We created a comprehensive course on how to do it well.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

About Meg Crofton: In addition, Meg truly enjoys and welcomes speaking opportunities aimed at leaders who are focused on their own development, customer service, culture building, and change management. She is interested in mentoring roles for executives and consulting projects on change management initiatives.

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Consulting Success

APRIL 22, 2019

a business focused on helping organizations that are moving or thinking about how they can leverage their physical space better to maximize employee engagement, productivity, How To Structure Consulting Offers To Win More Business with Jessica Lederer: Podcast #85 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2022

Prioritize, build trust, simplify, and prepare.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Because most leaders carry ideas about change that stem from additional ideas of command and control leadership. We know from change management simulation data, that top down leadership approaches have a limited and short-lasting impact on behavior change.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2022

Four strategies to help you shift your mindset.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Change Management Basics to Get Right What Is Change Management? We define the change management basics as the process of helping people successfully and consistently embrace new ideas, beliefs, and behaviors. That is where the change management basics matter most.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

For Project Management Offices, Asana is an excellent tool to streamline workflows, ensure alignment across multiple projects, and manage resources effectively. When looking for the best software for your Project Management Office, carefully evaluate your organization’s needs, objectives, projects, and processes.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

While the former approach is friendlier from a change management perspective, we usually find that it leads to only incremental change. This is why we find a zero-based approach preferable. A zero-based budgeting and planning process using stretch targets challenges conventional thinking and brings forth bolder ideas.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Next, they learned how to design a team charter with their teams in order to aligned team goals, roles, and strategy success metrics with overall strategic priorities. Do your managers know how to create strategic clarity and commitment with their teams? Are your team’s decision making capabilities where they need to be?

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Your brain is a changing […] The post Science Proves Again Why We Resist Change and How to Change It appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces. Our Brains Are Wired For Safety Researchers have shown that the brain stores memories as neural pathways, which are reinforced and strengthened by post-learning experiences.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2017

A former colleague liked to remind leaders of their impact by telling them, “There are children you’ve never met who know your name.” ” The point was simple: Their followers were also moms or dads who were going home and talking about their day in front of their children.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

New Managers Should Focus on Helping Their Teams, Not Pleasing Their Bosses. How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals. Here’s How to Create It. Karen Dillon. Amy Jen Su. High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Laura Delizonna.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A study of two U.S. hospitals.

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Effective Managers

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Therefore, to drive successful transformational change, your organization needs to create a culture of accountability. . Successful change management leads to accountable change within your organization. Unfortunately, over 60% of all major change programs fail to deliver the intended results.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

How to Help Employees Believe That Change Is Their Idea Leaders and change management consulting experts know that change is both inevitable and not easy to implement. McKinsey, Harvard Business Review, and Bain have all cited a 70% change management failure rate.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How to Create Successful Change Partnerships at Work Organizational change must go through your culture and your people to be successfully implemented. The ability to create change partnerships at work is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of successful change.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Unsure about how to influence and guide executives through organizational transformation? Here’s what you need to know Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to influence executives to engage in transformational change …especially in today’s complex, volatile, ambiguous marketplace?

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2024

When we think about change at work today, we tend to assume its inevitability and focus our attention on how to manage it — what methods and processes and technology and communication we need to put in place to have it move ahead more smoothly. Of course, some change is necessary, and some is inevitable.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

What’s less clear is how we can best manage this potential. In particular, how do we organize and reskill our workforces to take advantage of both the automated and human skills that will be necessary to drive future success. By now, it’s probably clear to most of us that the Age of AI has arrived.

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LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2023

Change Management Traps to Avoid Sand traps in golf are designed to penalize wayward shots. To avoid sand traps, golfers focus on how to improve their long and short game. Change management consulting experts feel the same about change management traps to avoid.

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Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2024

Three questions to help you decide when and how to correct the course.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The highly experiential modules included: Leading in a Flexible Work Environment Learn how to enhance trust , transparency , and teamwork by adopting the critical skills and habits necessary to successfully work in flexible and distributed team environments.

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