Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 20, 2012

Often these techniques for addressing obstacles are passed down through mentorship or peer exchanges, and as such, these techniques are less documented. The manager may allocate a budget to a small business development and delivery team to explore and develop a lead customer in the new market.

Management 225

Management Consulting Groups Development 225

David A Fields

JULY 1, 2014

There’s a choice consultants make every day, and I am convinced that consultants who choose correctly will experience huge gains in their productivity and business-development efforts. Agreements Closing Consultants Context Discussion Creating Value Fees Positioning Proposals adding value agreements Context Document positioning.

Sales 170

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Steve Shu Consulting

MARCH 1, 2011

Here are a couple of examples of “painting the ends of the spectrum”: Trying to hone in on a direction related to strategy – In discussions with a client, framing the discussion by saying something to the effect of, “On the one spectrum, we can focus on simply reviewing the documents to make sure all parties understand.

Sales 247

Sales Consulting Leadership Management 247

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 27, 2019

A colleague asked me about the kinds of documentation the team might need for their stories. How little could they do for requirements documentation? I start with the pattern of Card, Conversation, Confirmation when I think about requirements and how much documentation. I don't use larger cards. I break the story.

Agile 68

Agile Guidelines Efficiency Productivity 68

Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Develop a “tagline” or one-sentence summary. In your email signature On your business card On your résumé At the top of your LinkedIn profile On your blog and/or website On your Twitter profile On your letterhead and document templates Be consistent: use the same wording across all mediums. What do I enjoy doing and do really well?

Consulting 296

Consulting Advertising Survey Examples 296

Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 1, 2024

Potential clients will understand if your document says “XYZ Corp” where the real client’s name and logo used to be. Potential clients aren’t likely to use your documents without you, but don’t tempt them. Use samples from multiple clients to increase your credibility.

Intellectual Property 195

Intellectual Property Meeting Interviews Consulting 195

Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci. I switched careers into learning and development and organization development. How do you develop that discipline? I’m very excited to have Ron Carucci joining us. Ron, welcome. Thanks for having me.

Development 190

Development Consulting How To Case Interview 190

Epicflow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Project management involves creating lots of documentation. If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous other documents. A business case is a document that helps decision-makers determine whether a project is worth the investment.

Management 52

Management Report Resources Efficiency 52

Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. I value the relationship we’ve developed over the last two years, and certainly want to continue being of service. This is one of those times. Make it a policy. I also recommend making it your policy.

Consulting 354

Consulting Policies Benchmarking Examples 354

Steve Shu Consulting

JULY 12, 2017

When pursuing a PhD, one has to synthesize a lot of tacit knowledge from many sources in order to develop facility and expertise. There’s a lot of explicit knowledge documented as well. I imagine it would also be helpful for developing research proposals in commercial environments.

Analysis 150

Analysis Research Finance Course 150

Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Individual consultants and engagement managers usually develop their own ways of organizing information. Develop interview guides according to the problem solving structure and conduct interviews with the interview guides in mind. This post is based on a question posed to me on Quora.

Consulting 150

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Agile 150

Jacq Hackett Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

For those of us who’ve moved from the public sector into consulting, thinking of ourselves as a ‘business’ might be counter-intuitive, and the concept of ‘developing a brand’ for our business, daunting. Create a simple brand story document. Choose a business name and register it. The easy option is to use your name.

Consulting 159

Consulting How To Healthcare Development 159

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Document ideas in the document we use for Directional Agreement. Offer your document as a “straw person” and starting point. So be bold with current clients: Use data from assessment and past work to create business case for next phase of work.

Consulting 224

Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 224

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

The question is, what is the best way to develop skills and grow professionally without the big price tags that come with graduate and postgraduate courses. Below are five favourite tips for skill development at zero cost. Develop your own Product/Program Methodology. Read Resources. Harvard Business Review Podcast. WSO Podcast.

Development 68

Development Oliver Wyman Consulting McKinsey 68

Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2017

By presenting a sample change readiness assessment, stakeholder analysis, change strategy document, or an engagement plan, I enabled the client to literally see what they were buying in hiring me. Potential clients will understand and respect you if your document says “XYZ Corp” where the real client name and logo used to be.

Intellectual Property 150

Intellectual Property Interviews Analysis Media 150

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 19, 2022

However, there are a number of further expectations that have developed. An expectation that appears to have developed over the last 12 months is that calls should be started two minutes before the designed start time. Close confidential client documents and close any chats so as to safeguard that information.

Meeting 158

Meeting Video Examples Development 158

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Document ideas in the document we use for Directional Agreement. Offer your document as a “straw person” and starting point. So be bold with current clients: Use data from assessment and past work to create business case for next phase of work.

Consulting 202

Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 202

Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. I value the relationship we’ve developed over the last two years, and certainly want to continue being of service to you and the team. This is one of those times. Make it a policy. I also recommend making it your policy.

Policies 195

Policies Examples Benchmarking Consulting 195

Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Moreover, some people prefer to review documents like résumés away from their desk, for example while eating lunch or in the evening. (I Much lower in the document they include an abbreviated section for work history with only company names and locations, job titles, and dates. See for yourself here.

Consulting 150

Consulting Examples Case Interview Fashion 150

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

3) Develop preliminary competence in the job above you. When you show you can develop mastery of your current job, you signal that you can likely do this for the next job too. 3) Develop basic competence in the job above you. If you lack those skills now, develop a plan to learn those skills. 2) Master your own job.

Software 111

Software Engineering Meeting Development 111

Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market?

Research 52

Research Development Management Resources 52

The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Not easily achieved when there is a well-documented skills shortage and competition for talented staff remains high. Encourage them to embrace learning so that they can adapt and keep developing – making themselves indispensable. Gain through diversification. Therefore encourage applicants to put themselves forward.

Development 53

Development Training Training Talent 53

PM Alliance

JUNE 30, 2023

Developing the capabilities to achieve consistent success across every project—whether it’s small and routine or big and complex—is the key to operational and financial sustainability. 1: Formalize and document your project management workflows Is your team one of the many that still hasn’t documented its processes in a fixed format?

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Methodologies Training Training Tools 75

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2020

The relationship between the Sovereign and his/her Advisors is an ancient one - one that is documented in both the Bible and in ancient myths. The second thing you need is to cultivate your own personal power and this begins with your approach to your business development.

Strategy 207

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Training 207

Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2024

During the meeting, document action items and assign them to specific team members. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. Define Action Items For every meeting, there should be a clear path forward. As the host of the meeting, you can create clarity by identifying and assigning action items.

Meeting 143

Meeting Productivity Management How To 143

Successful Independent Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Literally create a document titled “Rate Policy” and write down what rates you charge for what services. I value the relationship we’ve developed over the last two years, and certainly want to continue being of service to you and the team. This is one of those times. Make it a policy. I also recommend making it your policy.

Consulting 221

Consulting Policies Benchmarking Examples 221

Jacq Hackett Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

For those of us who’ve moved from the public sector into consulting, thinking of ourselves as a ‘business’ might be counter-intuitive, and the concept of ‘developing a brand’ for our business, daunting. Create a simple brand story document. Choose a business name and register it. The easy option is to use your name.

Consulting 120

Consulting How To Video Healthcare 120

Melissa Agnes

MAY 22, 2014

But when it comes to response flow charts, in my experience, most organizations create them for practical everyday use (in other words, how to address negative and unacceptable comments), but don’t address the higher level issues that a) can fast-develop, and b) require more attention to detail and guidance to your team.

Management 109

Management Guidelines Media Development 109

The Management Centre

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems the corporates are ditching appraisals, and binning big heavy documents. Appraisals are more than just documents, and processes. Is it to decide salary review, to figure out where to invest in development, to provide recognition, or to provide your team with support and direction? Old fashioned? I don’t think so.

Fashion 98

Fashion Accenture Management Engineering 98

Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With the rise of technology and the increasing adoption of remote and hybrid learning, organizations are rethinking their training and development strategies. Define what you want employees to achieve through training and development. Develop Engaging Training Content Engagement is a critical factor in corporate learning success.

Training 111

Training Training Case Interview Guidelines 111

Effective Managers

MAY 3, 2024

This checklist, developed by ICMCI, provides an easy to implement guide that covers various aspects of a consulting project, from contracting, through delivery to the project’s closing. In addition, the standard provides twelve policies that are a resource for the consultant to use as a template for the development of clarifying documents.

Consulting 98

Consulting Intellectual Property Methodologies Ethics 98

Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

Should you join a new and developing student organisation or one that is well established? The established society, with a mature membership base and experienced executive will not pose as many challenges due to their robust procedures developed over time. Required documentation must be presentable.

Consulting 88

Consulting Cover Letters Recruiting Recruitment 88

Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

Use a document to develop a brief agenda of what you would like to cover before the call. Use this document to detail specific points, questions, and ideas you would like to discuss during the meeting. Use this document to detail specific points, questions, and ideas you would like to discuss during the meeting.

Management 88

Management How To Meeting Industry 88

Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2018

For example, in Type 1 problem solving, Smalley cautions that “people naively assume that documentation and training are the best or only way to make countermeasures stick. He discusses the conditions that call for each approach, identifies key points of each one, and calls out their strengths and weaknesses.

Tools 150

Tools Operations Examples Analysis 150

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

” and pointed to a phase-gate approach with documentation deliverables after each phase. ” He said, “We'll deliver documents after each phase.” ” I said, “No, documents are not real deliverables. Documents represent what you think a deliverable will be. It's not a long document.

Agile 90

Agile Productivity Finance Software 90

Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2023

That's because they knew the customers would find problems the development teams had not found. But the development teams? That's because the development teams worked by phase, not by feature. And I'm the only developer on this product! I suspect that my defects escape because I am the only developer. And they did.

How To 81

How To Agile Productivity Data 81

Asamby Consulting

JULY 13, 2022

Usually you develop a hypothesis and then try to falsify it. Organizations at scale often organize this form of learning in a comprehensive learning and development (L&D) strategy. Documents and Databases Specific types of knowledge might best be stored in a document (think a case study) or a database (think a new potential lead).

Training 98

Training Training Culture Process Improvement 98