Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 17, 2021

Most independent consultants have some FUD (fear, uncertainty, or doubt) when it comes to finding work. Subcontracting to a well-established consulting firm or through an agency or online platform can be an attractive option. It’s an easy way to see if you even like consulting. Subcontract to a major consulting firm.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bosses, colleagues and friends all questioned the wisdom of quitting his high-paying job and steady paycheck for the unknowns of starting his own consulting business. After over 15 years of consistent and growing consulting success - they now understand exactly why he did it. Transcription. Betsy Jordyn: Okay.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Custom eLearning development, guided by an experienced instructional design consultant, can help organizations integrate storytelling into their training programs. For example, compliance training can integrate scenarios showing both compliance successes and failures, reinforcing key principles through relatable characters and situations.

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Steve Shu Consulting

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Prior to my current role, I spent many years in the traditional management consulting space. As I see it, the traditional segment of the management consulting industry values MBAs primarily because it facilitates a plug-and-play kind of model where people are interchangeable and can start working on a broad swathe of business problems.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

During my undergraduate education, I was always mesmerized by the sessions run by the MBB consulting firms: McKinsey , BCG, and Bain. Having worked at a boutique consulting firm and a Big 4 firm, I always sensed that the MBB experience was distinct. Why choose an MBB consulting firm? Three main reasons.

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Consulting Success

JUNE 12, 2017

Many consultants believe that just because they can consult they will be successful. The reality is that your ability to consult doesn’t mean you will be a successful consultant. “Michael, what does this have to do with consulting?” Consultants often forget why consumers want to buy something.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Consulting is a relationship business and the things you put into place like high-quality website and content do more than attract a lead. The 5 Tactics.

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Successful Independent Consulting

APRIL 28, 2017

If you describe yourself as both a consultant and coach, this article is for you. For example: Mary Smith: Executive Coach & Consultant John Doe: Organization Effectiveness Consultant and Leadership Coach Usually there’s nothing wrong with this. But consultants are not executive coaches.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Consulting is a relationship business and the things you put into place like high-quality website and content do more than attract a lead. The 5 Tactics.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Perhaps the hardest thing for an independent consultant is not knowing where your next project is coming from, or when. This article summarizes the pros and cons of these options, gives you questions for starting your research, and introduces you to some of the better-known consulting agencies. Sometimes this can be negotiated.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 11, 2024

But here’s the good news: you can absolutely nail your consulting or coaching niche and get it right the first time. For example, if you’re a coach, your niche isn’t just that you’re certified in a particular methodology. Or if you’re a consultant, your niche isn’t organizations in general.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 30, 2020

So, you want to start a consulting business? Or interested in taking your consulting business the next level? Most high-achieving professionals at some point in their career dream of ditching the pressure of the 70-hour workweeks and start a consulting business. Why Smart People Start Consulting Businesses.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Consulting though has many aspects – it’s not just about smooth talking. What are the different types of consultants? What value do consultants provide?

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Epicflow

AUGUST 3, 2022

The concept of a project management office was defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge [2] : it’s a department that establishes standards for processes related to managing projects and approves corresponding methodologies, techniques, and tools. Establishing project management methodology, standards, and best practices.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 5, 2020

Want to know what a perfect consulting proposal template looks like? Wish someone can take you behind the scenes so you can see for yourself how to structure a consulting proposal that commands six-figures? Here's the thing about proposals: It's not one of the favorite things that many consultants have around their business.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 13, 2021

He decided to turn his advice into a consulting business! He said that after he sold his business, and then a friend suggested he start a consulting business. One of the first things he did after developing a consulting business was to think about his ideal client. Is he a business coach or a mentor?

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What are the top power skills that every organizational consultant ought to have? Today, I want to connect more specifically with those building an organizational consulting or coaching practice not just because of the money but because they want to make a difference. A good org consultant knows organizational anatomy.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Have you switched up your career from leadership to consulting and coaching? with confidence through a real-life example. Kyle is a former CIO turned consultant, and one of the big things that held him back from launching his business and marketing was not having a straightforward way to express what he does.

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Clarity Consultants

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The simplest online content can be created on a smartphone or by recording a Zoom presentation, but if online courses are an ongoing part of your training methodology, it may be worth investing in equipment that will take the quality of your product to the next level. . Partner with our Instructional Design Consultants to make it happen.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

At the end of the day, the main thing that you sell to your client is not your methodologies or even your expertise. This is one of the hardest things for all consultants and internal business partners to master. It's how do you transition the conversation from talking about methodology to business performance gaps.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you tired of the endless chase for small-paying consulting gigs? Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite? You're a purpose driven consultant , and we want to equip and empower you to do the work that you're here to do.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). So, how does big data create value for consulting firms?

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you thinking about becoming a consultant but not sure what the consultant's role entails? Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? How I Discovered the True Consultant's Purpose (1:48).

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 1, 2022

For example, a great number of initiatives (e.g., Applying inappropriate project management methodology. It may seem that the choice of a project management methodology has little to do with cost overrun. However, for some projects, a certain project management methodology can become crucial for a project’s success.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In May, we launched the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online. In June, we launched BBS – our once-a-year program for aspiring consultants to work together, as a group, to be the best that we can be. Last year, 55% of our Black Belts got jobs at top consulting firms. And after all that, even with 1.5M

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

In our free time, we dream up new ways to effectively equip prospective consultants so they ace the process and get their dream job. Today, we’re pleased to announce the arrival of our Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online , a revolutionary new tool for people who want to break into consulting. The problem?

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 29, 2025

But for those leading the charge—coaches, consultants, corporate advisors, thought leaders, and influencers—the real game-changer lies in mastering the art of prompts. “Write an engaging thought leadership article about the future of [topic, e.g., AI in consulting], discussing trends, opportunities, and actionable insights.”

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Clarity Consultants

AUGUST 24, 2023

Team members are encouraged to explore new methodologies and technologies by attending industry conferences, webinars, and workshops. Top Reasons Why Instructional Design Consultants Recommend Staying Up to Date on Technology It is more important than ever for instructional design consultants to stay up-to-date on technology.

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The Source

APRIL 6, 2020

As the many people who read, listen and watch our material know, we’ve been giving a lot of thought over the last 2-3 weeks to how we can understand and track the impact of COVID-19 on the global consulting industry during the course of 2020. The analogy I’ve been increasingly using is of a prism.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

Instructional Design Consultants Create a Needs Analysis for the Sales Team Before any strategy can be created, it’s important for instructional design consultants to identify the pain points within the company. And instructional design consultants do so by measuring the effectiveness of the program.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Description: I’m joined today by the CEO of Signorelli Consulting Group, Tony Signorelli. His consulting group focuses mainly on sales enablement and marketing, and they have been in the business since 1995. You won’t want to miss the stories he tells in this episode of The Consulting Success Podcast.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

You can look at the role of a consultant as someone who simply provides solutions to enhance leadership and business results. The insight you glean through interviews and focus groups provide you an independent and outside point of view - one of the key reasons why executives hire consultants in the first place. So let's get started.

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2018

But as we have observed in our research, consulting work, and partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500 companies and top professional services firms, the transition to new and different ways of managing talent is often filled with challenges and unexpected hurdles. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite.

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Jerry Fletcher

MARCH 27, 2021

For the majority of consultants who are solopreneurs the only chance they have is when they are comfortably esconced in bed with that special person. The loner brain dump This occurs when an expert consultant happens to be a solo in her/his practice, home life and social life. If you’re lucky. We don’t want to be alone. It happens.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2023

As businesses increasingly recognize the potential of clean tech, consulting firms play a vital role in guiding organizations towards successful adoption. Here are five opportunities for consulting firms to serve clients in the clean tech space. Consulting firms can assist by conducting thorough financial modeling and ROI analysis.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2018

At one large European energy company we consulted with, no less than four separate corporate functions were supposed to be working on innovation—yet none of them was supporting critical needs at the business unit level. One remarkable example is Johnson & Johnson’s Innovation Unit. Intuit is a case in point.

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QEmploy

MAY 9, 2019

This article will look into the consulting industries current pitfalls and future in terms of transparency and digitalization. Interviews have been conducted with clients and consultants in order to give a realistic and broad outlook. Secondly, our established and experienced freelance consultant, who prefers to be kept anonymous.

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