Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2024

Narrowing your niche is an important step in the right direction, but you’ll also want to develop a tagline as part of your branding. After helping hundreds of solopreneurs, I’ve developed this formula: (What You Do) + (The Result) Step 1: Select the keywords that best reflect your expertise (What You Do). You get the idea.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

China is more important than ever in the global economy, which means that many companies have to develop a strategy for doing business there. The author, a China expert, describes some key steps that companies can take to develop the right China strategy during this moment of opacity and flux.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As organizations face perpetual change and innovation, those prioritizing continuous learning and development gain a significant competitive advantage. Investing in learning and development is crucial, as it empowers individuals and strengthens an organization’s resilience in the face of change.

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Office Skills

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Charting a Path to Career Success: Strategies for Professional Advancement When it comes to navigating the complexities of modern career advancement, it’s easy to get lost without a professional development […] The post Strategies for Career Success appeared first on Office Skills Training.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Impact of CEOs on Strategy: Driving Vision and Execution Stakes are high for CEOs; almost 25% of Fortune 500 CEOs are dismissed each year. We know from leadership simulation assessment data that the impact of CEOs on strategy matters. Can your CEO drive cohesion and a sense shared sense of purpose?

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2024

The root problem is the disconnect between strategy and innovation. Priorities might include developing new products, expanding into new markets, enhancing the customer experience, increasing operational efficiency, or embracing sustainability. Business unit and functional-level strategies (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2024

For all the communication around strategy, we know that leaders at many companies don’t provide the necessary context for employees to understand what the words and sentences in a strategy statement actually mean. What can leaders do to help employees understand enough context to understand a strategy?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

This article presents a classroom experiment that compared a strategy developed by a team of MBA students in the traditional way with one developed using a virtual AI assistant, which was an interactive tool that linked a tried-and-tested strategy toolkit as a plug-in to the generative AI underlying Chat GPT.

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Granite Leadership Strategies

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Develop Your Value Not only do you need to discover what the customer values through repeated conversations with them, but you need to ascertain how important those differences are to them. The post Pricing Strategy Developing Your Value appeared first on Granite Leadership Strategies.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Diversify Revenue Streams One fundamental strategy for business resilience is to diversify revenue streams. For example, a manufacturing company might explore new markets or develop complementary products to ensure a more stable income. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 8, 2024

Do You Need More Effective Strategies to Maximize Employee Talent Development? Done right, strategies to maximize employee talent development should increase employee engagement, retention, and performance. Is your training strategy relevant enough?

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Let’s walk through the key strategies that can help you navigate challenging times effectively. Flexibility allows you to adjust strategies as new information and circumstances arise. Developing a recovery plan early on helps ensure that you’re not just reacting to the crisis but also laying the groundwork for sustained recovery.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Too often, organizations bring in outside firms to develop their growth strategies — resulting in a smart plan without the motivation, skills, and resources to get it done.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Strategy is arguably one of the most overused words in the English language. Hundreds of professors have dedicated their lives to studying strategy, and consultants are paid fortunes to develop and implement […] The post Strategy Unpacked: More Than Just Plans or Tactics first appeared on Tom Spencer.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 17, 2024

Hundreds of articles have been written on strategy, each with an author that presents a unique perspective from years of paradigm-shaking experience. Some even “reinvent the wheel” by rejecting past concepts altogether and introducing an entirely new way of thinking about strategy. On the other hand, human capital can be inimitable.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

From financial planning to operational upkeep, implementing the right strategies during fall can help businesses stay ahead of the curve and ensure sustained success. Find out here about fall business maintenance strategies. The post Fall Business Maintenance Strategies appeared first on Business Consulting Agency.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 15, 2024

Successful designers understand the importance of working within cross-functional teams of developers, product managers, and other stakeholders. Prototyping should be an iterative process so that designers can gather valuable user feedback early in the development cycle, and thereby rapidly refine and improve designs.

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Consulting Success

JULY 18, 2022

Are your strategies delivering excellent outcomes that lead to generating revenue? Listen to your host Michael Zipursky as he talks with Bob Wiesner about identifying ROI and profitability for business development and success. Bob is the Managing Partner at The Artemis Partnership in the America South-Western hemisphere.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 5, 2024

In this short article, we will delve into five key strategies that can help you become a great product manager. To develop this understanding, product managers actively engage with customers through surveys, interviews, and user testing. Data is a potent tool that can guide product development.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this article, we will start to unravel the mysteries surrounding hedge funds, exploring their nature, workings, and the strategies they employ to generate profits. This relative lack of regulation allows hedge fund managers to implement complex investment strategies and respond quickly to market opportunities.

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Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Actionable Strategy Drives Success. Almost 70% of well-formulated strategies fail because of poor execution. While there are many reasons for this high rate of failure, in our work, we have found that the bridge from strategy to execution tends to fail due to one or more of the following reasons: The leadership team is not aligned.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many leaders would argue that there should be only one strategy for a company, and that strategy provides all the guidance and direction necessary for departments to create implementation plans. However, most high-level strategies have hundreds of ways they can be translated into action.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. Before outlining the benefits of internal strategy, I want to highlight a few things: I generally enjoyed my time as a consultant and view the firm I left with high regard. Internal strategy isn’t for everyone.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 29, 2022

Agile strategy leads to 220% increase in revenue. Further, the organization had not invested in leadership development nor was there a common leadership language. Following the assessment, Brimstone began by working with the leadership team to develop a comprehensive strategy. CASE STUDY.

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

What is my strategy to make this change happen? How can I create the conditions for a network effect to develop around my project? Is my strategy simple to describe and hard to stick to? What’s the process for altering the strategy based on what I learn? How does my strategy navigate those political dynamics?

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Effective Managers

JULY 22, 2024

In today’s dynamic workplace, managers must master various communication strategies to lead their teams effectively. This helps identify areas for improvement and encourages a culture of continuous development. Conclusion Effective communication is a skill that all managers must continually develop.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I asked Contacts Count President and Networking Guru Vern Schellenger to do an on-air coaching session with me to help me craft my own personal and business networking strategy. The 8 competencies developed by Contacts Count contain skills, behaviors, tools, and strategies you can learn to make networking an Art not an Accident.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I did a Twitter chat with Ken Troupe for his sports business class and there were a lot of questions about strategy, especially how to create an effective strategy. To continue the discussion I was having with Ken and his students, I wanted to offer 5 tips for developing an effective strategy. Strategy is about action.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

If you’re developing influencer marketing strategies, this episode is for you.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 18, 2022

As part of a consulting engagement or broader enterprise strategy alignment, you can expect to plan and run an offsite at one point of your career. So whether you are running a small executive team offsite, or one for a larger group, here are five tips I’ve used to plan a successful strategy offsite. Develop a detailed agenda.

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