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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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 13, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. When Consultants Should Facilitate, Coach or Train By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2010. There are strong feelings that consulting, facilitating, coaching and training are very different roles. When You Might Resort to Training.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 4, 2019

Is a job in consulting really what you expect it will be when you are a student, knee-deep in case prep and coffee chats? In this series , we hear from new consultants who were recently in those shoes, and what their experience has actually been like during the transition from the dream to the day-to-day reality of consulting work.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Multiply and protect your income streams by expanding your skills, expertise, and presence in the consulting world. She is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Dorie currently splits her time between teaching, consulting, and writing.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

After about seven years as an independent consultant, in January I began a regular, full-time executive director position with a local nonprofit organization, and spent the month fully immersed in learning the programs, the culture, and the needs. What was your first experience raising money for a cause or working for a nonprofit?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting books often suggest a sequence of steps or phases that a consulting project goes through. If all they tried was training, then they might have a very short-term view of how to fix things.). Phase 1 of the consulting process.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

APRIL 24, 2015

Some time back I blogged about LinkedIn's (then new) Board Connect Service as a great new resource for nonprofit organizations. In the couple of years since, LinkedIn has built upon and expanded their vision of "LinkedIn for Good" and their offerings to nonprofits. month), perhaps out of the budget for many nonprofit staff.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD – Authenticity Consulting, LLC – 800-971-2250. Read my weekly blogs: Boards, Consulting and OD, Nonprofits and Strategic Planning.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. As a Consultant, Know When You’re Giving Away Too Much By Carter McNamara on October 15, 2011. A week ago, they told me they decided not to hire me, and would do the facilitator training themselves. It shows you’re an inexperienced consultant.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 14, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Why I’m Cynical about the Consulting Profession By John Dupre on April 14, 2013. Years ago, I remember going out on sales calls with one of the partners in our consulting firm, Marv Weisbord. Most consulting firms are now “expert” oriented.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 6: Good Reasons to Hire Consultants and Poor Reasons to Hire Consultants By Carter McNamara on February 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 21, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consulting? OD vs. Training – Or Is It? They’ll even assert that OD can include training, as well as many other “interventions,” such as coaching and facilitating. Coaching vs. Consulting – Or Is It? and advice (“consulting”?),

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

I've spent some time this morning and earlier this week in phone consultation with a for-profit company, and it's been great. No, I haven't turned away from the nonprofit sector. I'm still fully busy serving as an Interim Executive Director for one agency, and squeezing in some retreat facilitation and training when I can.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do? One of the greatest frustrations of consulting is the desire to change your client’s organization, but not having direct influence to accomplish that change. This Blogs Home.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

We just love bringing you good reads, and today our spotlight turns to top consulting firms in one of our favorite cities in the U.S. So here they are: The top 10 management consulting firms in the very global, very dynamic, always-changing District of Columbia! – Washington, DC.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 5, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Welcome to this 3-part article on managing resistance in consulting projects. Part 3 will describe how to deal with your own resistance as a consultant.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 5: Internal and External Consultants By Carter McNamara on March 6, 2013. Welcome to this six-part series on the foundations of consulting. We highly recommend his book “Flawless Consulting.”)

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 2: How Do Consultants Work? Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do? In addition to the various roles in consulting, there are various approaches to consulting, as described in this post.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 4: Types of Consultants By Carter McNamara on November 15, 2010. Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do?, That post also listed numerous roles that a consultant might play. This Blogs Home.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. Do you know what their primary job is in consulting? They interviewer is going to get to pick.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Gathering and Processing Information? Myers-Briggs is a registered trademark of Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.), Also see: Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Problem Solving?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How Much Should the Client Be Involved in Consulting Projects? Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting, asserts that, as a consultant, you should not be contributing more than 50% of the effort in a consulting project.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The program Mary runs at Operation Freedom Paws teaches the vets to train their own dogs over a 32-week period, giving them confidence and strengthening the human-canine bond. Running a Consulting Business Top Consulting Tips branding Rebranding women in consulting' By: Jennifer LeBlanc.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JUNE 20, 2007

Think about this in relation to how nonprofit managers come up through the ranks. People who are highly trained and qualified at helping people with their individual problems, or delivering a particular service, are put into situations where they are supervising other professionals and creating budgets, all without any prior preparation.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

Doctorpreneurs have three important qualities: Medical excellence: First and foremost, doctorpreneurs are excellent doctors, with first-rate education and training. Compassion: Doctorpreneurs are compassionate human beings who believe they have a responsibility to use their professional training to serve as many people as possible.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Links to Build a Consulting Practice By Carter McNamara on January 7, 2011. Our firm gets 4-5 calls/month from people wanting to know how to start or grow a consulting practice. Should You Start a For-Profit or a Nonprofit? Library Blogs Home.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

LinkedIn, the social network for professionals of all sectors, has just announced the launch of their new Board Connect service for nonprofit organizations. Best of all, the service is free to nonprofits ( business use of the Talent Finder can cost $1,000). So, what could be wrong with all this?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Challenging Our Own Mental Models Our Growth as Consultants (Part 3 of 3) By Jim Smith on March 19, 2011. Given the uncertainty and complexity in our organizations, dealing with ambiguity is a critical skill for consultants. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 3, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Mr. Leitten is an experienced non-profit leader and consultant, chief executive and attorney. He provides consulting services nationally to non-profit leaders from his office in Port Orange, Florida. He can be reached at Leitten Consulting - consulting.leitten.com. From Guest Blogger: Brian Leitten.

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Women in Consulting

MAY 22, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. We take your feedback very seriously. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 1: What Do Consultants Do?

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Or is more important that you take your leadership skills to further the mission of a nonprofit or social benefit organization? If you want to start your own consulting or coaching business, then my firm is the ideal choice for you. If you want to find a job, there's many great firms to turn to that can provide expert support.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

AUGUST 16, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Think about consultant organizations – we are humans employing methodologies that experience leads us to believe benefit organizations. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This. Read more.].

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 17, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. We have brought in outside consultants to provide recommendations and prescriptions about the problems that plague us. At the same time, a few reflective scholarly consulting practitioners were experimenting with ways to improve whole systems.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Consultant — What’s Your Natural Approach to Problem Solving? As a consultant, you work with clients to solve problems. Always consider that diversity in your consulting projects. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Read more.].

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