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Win the Work with Samples

Successful Independent Consulting

Everyone knows that consulting can be hard to sell because it’s often perceived as expensive and too theoretical. To combat this bias, demystify your process. Using work samples and deliverables to show prospects how you do what you do will go a long way toward eliminating their skepticism. Samples can be anything that will help a potential client get an idea of how you work and what you will produce for them.

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Humble Leaders Foster Belongingness and Inclusivity

Harmonious Workplaces

The Transformative Power of Level 5 Leadership to Create Inclusive and High-Performing Teams The most effective leaders in my career have communicated a vision, had a plan, embraced the mission, and recognized the team’s work above their own contribution. These became some of my favorite places to work, and I still maintain some of these […] The post Humble Leaders Foster Belongingness and Inclusivity appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Market insulation

Seth Godin Blog

It’s possible that your day will be more enjoyable if you are insulated from the market. If you have a boss who has a boss… If you don’t have to review the sales numbers for the products you created or edited… If you have raised a ton of venture investment… If you are embracing the discontent of being unpublished, undistributed or unfunded… An alternative is to seek to strip away all market insulation, the equivalent of the kid selling cookies at a table in fr